BT and Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, announced a global partnership to co-create innovative solutions in the area of industrial and enterprise internet of things (IoT).
The partnership aims to drive better business outcomes for global customers, including greater efficiency, productivity and cost savings. The companies will initially focus on exploring and designing asset intelligence and predictive maintenance solutions to deliver the desired outcomes for customers in industry sectors such as manufacturing and transportation.
The companies’ combined technology, infrastructure and expertise will help their mutual customers to take full advantage of connected intelligence and advanced data analytics to streamline processes and optimise business performance on a global scale.
The first business solutions resulting from this collaboration are expected to be available in Q1 2018.
Bas Burger, CEO, Global Services, BT
Hitachi’s OT, IT and IoT expertise, long-standing customer engagements and its Lumada IoT Platform will combine ideally with our global infrastructure, cloud services and cybersecurity expertise to create powerful IoT offerings that will help maximise the success of our global customers’ digital transformation journeys.
Ryuichi Otsuki, CEO, Hitachi Vantara and VP at Hitachi
We see the creation of strategic partnerships with leaders and market makers like BT as a critical underpinning to Hitachi’s IoT strategy as we move our company and business into the next phase of its evolution.
