VMware, Inc. announced a collaboration with SAP, aiming to
create an integrated Internet of Things (IoT) solution that supports
the implementation and management of IoT use cases across devices,
infrastructure, edge, cloud and application domains. The goal is to enable fast
deployment, scalability and on-schedule execution of IoT projects.
In a 2016 study conducted by IDG Research Services on IoT, 47 percent of
companies considered technological expertise as an important factor when
selecting an IoT vendor.(1) This is especially important, because enterprises
spend a lot of time in vendor selection and integration while implementing IoT
use cases.
Collaborating on an Enterprise IoT-Ready Architecture
An enterprise IoT-ready architecture consists of an
infrastructure plane and application plane. The infrastructure layer refers to
the IoT infrastructure itself along with the capabilities to manage and secure
it, whereas the application plane analyzes insight-rich data from connected
things to drive business decisions and processes.
VMware is a leader in infrastructure and device management
software. With its family of VMware Pulse IoT solutions, VMware will offer
enterprises a consistent infrastructure plane for all their IoT projects and a
management solution to securely onboard, configure and monitor ‘things’ on an
ongoing basis along with support for on-premises capabilities. The recently
announced VMware Pulse IoT Center will help simplify IoT complexity by managing all ‘things’
as one, improve the reliability and security of IoT infrastructure through
accurate and real-time visibility of ‘thing’ health, and help accelerate the ROI
of IoT use cases by streamlining how IoT projects are deployed and
scaled. VMware Pulse IoT Center is expected to become available in
calendar 2017.
SAP is a recognized leader in business and enterprise
applications and analytics. SAP Leonardo IoT solutions are built on the agile
and innovative SAP Cloud Platform, and connect people, processes and things.
SAP Leonardo is a digital innovation system that helps companies transform
systems that manage workflows or processes into systems of intelligence by
integrating technologies like IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning
and analytics to bridge the gap between operations and information technology.
Through their collaboration and testing, VMware and SAP plan to
offer mutual customers:
· Enterprise
IT Approved – Both VMware and SAP are trusted brands and have an
understanding of how to help organizations recognize real gains from IoT
technology.
· OT–IT
Integration – SAP provides real-time visibility by converging time-series
device data with business transactional data, while VMware will enable IT to
have visibility and control of the IoT use case from the infrastructure
operational point of view.
· Holistic
Analytics – With access to both operational and business analytics,
enterprises will be better able to harness the wealth of information unearthed
from their IoT deployments as well as view and track the health of the IoT
infrastructure itself.
· Shorter
Time to Value – Both companies are working together to develop a pre-integrated,
pre-tested solution that aims to enable quick deployments while providing the
necessary security and management capabilities for IoT
architecture across gateways, micro data centers and the cloud to drastically
help speed up time to value.
“VMware and SAP have a long and rich history of working together
to empower our mutual customers to transform their businesses with solutions
that help to innovate, simplify and move toward a software-defined enterprise
architecture,” said Mimi Spier, vice president, Internet of Things, VMware.
“Today, we extend that relationship with our collaboration to apply our
know-how to helping customers successfully deploy and operate their IoT solutions
spanning infrastructure to applications and analytics.”
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