Google Cloud Targets the Manufacturing Industries with Siemens
Siemens is integrating Google Cloud’s data cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies with Siemens’ Industrial Edge platform.
Apr 29th, 2021
As industry began more widely adopting cloud computing services over the past few years, AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft’s Azure tended to be the two most prominent cloud services cited for such applications. SAP’s S/4HANA cloud was also prominent, but typically in paired services with specific technologies aligned with SAP’s products. Google’s cloud services, however, were not as prominently mentioned in many manufacturing cloud applications until recently.
Siemens, Google Cloud cooperate on AI-based Solutions in Manufacturing Tuesday, 20 April 2021 23:07 Siemens, Google Cloud cooperate on AI-based Solutions in Manufacturing Featured Axel Lorenz, VP of Control at Factory Automation of Siemens Digital Industries.
Google Cloud has teamed with industrial automation and software technology provider Siemens to cooperate on optimising factory processes and to improve productivity on the shop floor.
Siemens says it intends to integrate Google Cloud’s leading data cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies with its factory automation solutions to help manufacturers “innovate for the future”.
According to Siemens, data drives today’s industrial processes, but many manufacturers continue to use legacy software and multiple systems to analyse plant information, which is resource-intensive and requires frequent manual updates to ensure accuracy - and in addition, while AI projects have
Edge Computing Gets a Platform Focus
Recent announcements from Siemens and Stratus Technologies/Rockwell Automation show how edge computing is evolving into a platform for broader industrial digitalization applications.
Jan 6th, 2021
For years now, edge computing technologies have been gaining in popularity as a means of onsite equipment data aggregation and analytics a key component of industrial digitalization. More recently, edge computing has also been gaining wider use for virtualization and providing secure remote access to equipment.
Siemens and Stratus Technologies have announced two new edge computing offerings that extend the use of edge computing beyond the specific applications mentioned above.