C3 IoT Platform to increase customer value, provide more intelligent
business solutions with Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud provider
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash. -- (Business Wire)
C3
IoT and Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday a strategic partnership to
deliver new technology developments and go-to-market initiatives that
accelerate enterprise AI and IoT application development.
As part of this partnership, the companies will create a “better
together” solution, comprising the C3 IoT Platform™, a low-code,
high-productivity PaaS for scaling AI and IoT across enterprises, fully
integrated to operate on Microsoft Azure. C3 IoT will leverage Microsoft
Azure as a preferred cloud platform and tap into the power of its
intelligent capabilities. The companies will conduct co-marketing and
co-selling strategies that rapidly scale distribution globally, as well
as intensive training for dedicated teams to speed customers’ time to
value.
Close collaboration between Microsoft and C3 IoT will help enable
customers to more rapidly develop and deploy AI-based applications for
transformative use cases, such as AI predictive maintenance, dynamic
inventory optimization, precision healthcare, and CRM.
“The partnership between Microsoft and C3 IoT is significant in that it
allows us to optimize our existing investments in data infrastructure
while accelerating time to value of AI-based applications that enable
Shell to better serve our customers with even more agility and
efficiency,” said Erik Betz, Vice President, Architecture, Platforms,
and Data, Shell.
“With this partnership, two market leaders are joining forces to drive
digital transformation at the world’s leading organizations,” said
Thomas M. Siebel, C3 IoT CEO. “Combining the market reach of Microsoft,
the amazing power of Microsoft Azure, and the capability of the C3 IoT
AI platform, we will dramatically accelerate the adoption of AI, IoT,
and elastic cloud computing globally.”
“C3 IoT has an exciting vision, proven technology, and demonstrated
customer success across industries, making them a great partner for
implementing 3M’s digital transformation initiatives,” said H.C. Shin,
3M Vice Chair and Executive Vice President. “With tangible business
results from the initial predictive healthcare and supply chain
analytics applications, we plan on scaling the C3 IoT and Microsoft
Azure solution across our enterprise. In this way, 3M is combining data
science into material science, transforming how we design and deliver
products and better serve our customers.”
“AI is one of the most transformative technology paradigms of our time
in its ability to empower companies, societies, and economies to achieve
more,” said Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President, Worldwide
Commercial Business, Microsoft. “C3 IoT’s proven technology and strong
customer relationships make them an ideal partner in helping drive
forward AI-based solutions built on the intelligent cloud.”
The C3 IoT Platform is now available on Microsoft Azure and fully
integrated with a rich set of Azure services, including Azure IoT Hub,
Azure Machine Learning, and big data and advanced analytics solutions.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for
the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is
to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve
more.
About C3 IoT
C3 IoT is the world’s leading AI and IoT software platform for digital
transformation. C3 IoT delivers a comprehensive platform as a service
(PaaS) for the rapid design, development, and deployment of the
largest-scale big data, predictive analytics, AI, and IoT applications
for any business value chain. C3 IoT also provides a family of
configurable and extensible SaaS products developed with and operating
on its PaaS, including predictive maintenance, fraud detection, sensor
network health, supply chain optimization, investment planning, and
customer engagement.
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Contacts:
C3 IoT Contact:
Kim Dion, Corporate Public Relations
(650)
503-2200
PR@C3IoT.com
or
Microsoft
Contact:
Microsoft Media Relations, WE Communications for
Microsoft
(425) 638-777
rrt@we-worldwide.com
Source: C3 IoT
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