NEC Corporation will collaborate with Siemens in the Internet of Things (IoT) field.
It said in a press release that the partnership will provide a monitoring and analysis solution for manufacturing that connects MindSphere, the Cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens, and NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT).
The collaboration shall enable both companies to provide total data collection, storage, monitoring and analysis, including customisation according to customer needs.
As part of the agreement, NEC will join the MindSphere Partner Program, which can provide NEC with access to specialised technical training and support from Siemens as well as a number of joint go-to-market capabilities.
System Invariant Analysis Technology, part of NEC’s cutting-edge portfolio of AI technologies, “NEC the WISE”, is being used to automatically learn and model the behavior of systems based on data gathered from a large number of sensors installed in large-scale, complex systems. This provides visualisation of systems and how they operate, in addition to enabling systems to operate safely and efficiently by proactively detecting errors using analytical models. NEC has already installed approximately 100 such systems internationally.
MindSphere from Siemens connects products, plants, systems, and machines, enabling companies to harness the wealth of data generated by the IoT with advanced analytics.
Specifically, MindSphere is being used to collect and accumulate field sensor data and NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology system will automatically monitor and analyse the data. This solution will first be offered as a Cloud solution for the manufacturing industry, then applied to factory systems, manufacturing lines, plant facilities and other equipment, as well as products that are produced using this equipment, claimed the company. It will also make it easy to visualise and analyse vast amounts of sensor data, thereby contributing to increased productivity, reduced operational risk, product quality and the preservation of know-how.
The companies plan to target customers in manufacturing industries internationally, then expand to customers in other industries, said the press release.