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ZURICH & REDMOND, Wash. -- (Business Wire)
ABB and Microsoft Corp. today announced a strategic partnership to help
industrial customers create new value with digital solutions. Customers
will benefit from the unique combination of the Microsoft Azure
intelligent cloud and ABB’s deep domain knowledge and extensive
portfolio of industrial solutions.
The two partners are committed to empowering digital transformation in
customer segments such as robotics, marine and ports, electric vehicles
and renewable energy. By selecting Microsoft Azure as the cloud for its
integrated connectivity platform, ABB’s customers will now have access
to an enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure that benefits from billions
of dollars of ongoing investment.
“Together with ABB, we are providing industrial customers with the
digital technology and cloud platform to empower every person, team and
business system within an organization to glean new insights and drive
faster decision making to seize new growth and opportunities,” said
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft.
“This partnership will provide unique benefits to our customers in
utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure, building on the
combined strength of Microsoft and ABB,” said ABB CEO Ulrich
Spiesshofer. “Building on our installed base of more than 70 million
connected devices and more than 70,000 digital control systems, the next
step is to develop one of the world’s largest industrial cloud
platforms.”
The ABB Ability offering, announced today, combines ABB’s portfolio of
digital solutions and services across all customer segments, cementing
ABB’s leadership in the energy and fourth industrial revolution. ABB’s
new integrated cloud platform will be a key enabler for ABB Ability and
is expected to create a large, open, digital industrial ecosystem for
customers, partners, suppliers and developers.
Together, ABB and Microsoft will accelerate digital solutions that
improve customers’ productivity by increasing uptime, speed and yield.
As ABB standardizes its platform on Azure, and expands its leadership in
energy and the fourth industrial revolution, the company will take full
advantage of Azure services such as Azure IoT Suite and Cortana
Intelligence Suite to capitalize on insights gathered at every level
from device, to system, to enterprise, to cloud.
ABB and Microsoft have a long history of successful collaboration, and
have delivered transformational end-to-end solutions across several
industries including Robotics, Smart Grids, Marine and Ports, and
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.
About ABB
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in
electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and
power grids serving customers in utilities, industry and transport &
infrastructure globally. For more than four decades, ABB is writing the
future of industrial digitalization. With more than 70 million devices
connected through its installed base of more than 70,000 control systems
across all customer segments, ABB is ideally positioned to benefit from
the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolution. With a heritage of more
than 130 years, ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about
135,000 employees. www.abb.com
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and
productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its
mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet
to achieve more. Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft group of
companies.
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