ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens, IBM (NYSE:
IBM) and Red Hat today announced a new collaboration that will use
a hybrid cloud designed to deliver an open, flexible and more
secure solution for manufacturers and plant operators to drive
real-time value from operational data. In one month, a single
manufacturing site can generate more than 2,200 terabytes of data
according to a report by IBM – yet most data goes unanalyzed.
Through the joint initiative, Siemens Digital Industries
Software will apply IBM's open hybrid cloud approach, built on Red
Hat OpenShift, to extend the deployment flexibility of MindSphere®,
the industrial IoT as a service solution from Siemens. This will
enable customers to run MindSphere on-premise, unlocking speed and
agility in factory and plant operations, as well as through the
cloud for seamless product support, updates and enterprise
connectivity.
"Today's manufacturers require agility and flexibility to meet
expectations for higher quality products with shorter production
cycles," said Raymond Kok, senior
vice president of Cloud Application Solutions for Siemens Digital
Industries Software. "MindSphere already provides customers with
data-driven insights to strengthen operations through Industrial
IoT. Through our work with IBM and Red Hat, we can now offer
customers the flexibility to choose to operate MindSphere
on-premise or in the cloud to best meet their distinct operational
needs and become more efficient, nimble and responsive to today's
marketplace."
"We see that most industrial data is generated outside of IT –
in manufacturing operations, supply chains or connected products –
yet to leverage digital technologies, manufacturers choose to
either send data up to their enterprise cloud, or bring the
technology down," said Manish
Chawla, Industry General Manager, Energy, Resources, and
Manufacturing at IBM. "Our collaboration with Siemens uses hybrid
cloud and is being engineered to deliver manufacturers the best of
both worlds: autonomy, speed and control over shopfloor data
processed at the edge, as well as seamless connection to the
enterprise."
"Our collaboration with Siemens helps streamline operations in
manufacturing by bringing the leading Kubernetes platform and an
open hybrid approach," said Darrell
Jordan-Smith, senior vice president, Industries and Global
Accounts, Red Hat. "With Red Hat OpenShift as the underlying
platform for MindSphere, we reduce complexity by providing
manufacturers one unified method to deploy and operate MindSphere
on-site or in the cloud. This allows manufacturing leaders to focus
on innovation and drive maximum business results."
To help operationalize the capabilities and reduce IT risk, IBM
Global Business Services and Global Technology Services consultants
will serve as a provider for managed services and IoT solutions for
Siemens' MindSphere customers.
MindSphere is used by organizations to collect and analyze
real-time sensor data from products, plants, systems, and machines,
enabling users to optimize products, production assets, and
manufacturing processes along the entire value chain to build a
real-time digital twin. By adopting Red Hat OpenShift, the
industry's leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, as the preferred
on premise architecture, customers will have the flexibility to run
MindSphere solutions locally in a private cloud, or in future
applications through a hybrid, multi-cloud model, as well as
enabling field to enterprise insights. Through this offering,
Siemens and IBM enable customers to retain full physical control of
their data to better cope with regulatory requirements and data
privacy.
Today's announcement builds on a long-standing relationship
between IBM and Siemens, including most recently, the introduction
of a joint solution with IBM Maximo that extends the operating
lifecycle of industrial products and machinery by bringing together
engineering, operations and maintenance data into one platform.
The collaboration with Siemens is part of IBM's ecosystem
program to invest in accelerating adoption of hybrid cloud and open
architectures across essential industries, including manufacturing,
energy, smart cities, telecommunications, and financial services.
Siemens is leveraging IBM's Cloud Engagement Fund, established as
part of IBM's $1B investment into its
ecosystem, to access technical resources and cloud credits to
support migration of client workloads to hybrid cloud
environments.
These efforts are increasing in importance as organizations
navigate the impacts of the pandemic which has created an acute
need for speed to market, flexibility and nimbleness to encourage
innovation.
About IBM
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About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source
software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver
reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and
Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and
existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications,
standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate,
secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support,
training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to
the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system
integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source
communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital
future.
About Siemens
Siemens Digital Industries
Software is driving transformation to enable a digital
enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design
meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies
of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide
organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of
automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens
Digital Industries Software products and services,
visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us
on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets
tomorrow.
Note: A list of relevant Siemens trademarks can be
found here.
Contact: Allison Bishop,
Allison.Bishop@ibm.com
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