VMware to create an integrated IoT solution with SAP

With an aim 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, VMware has announced collaboration with SAP. The goal is to enable fast deployment, scalability and on-schedule execution of IoT projects.

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 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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