T-Systems Partners Industrial Automation Giant Eaton to Develop Secure IoT Solutions

Deutsche Telekom's IT subsidiary, T-Systems has partnered with industrial automation company, Eaton to develop secure Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that allow machine and system builders to network their applications in the Cloud.

Electrical and industrial control components from Eaton will provide easy connection, based on the OPC UA standard, to T-Systems' multi-IoT platform. The multi-IoT platform is hosted and operated in T-Systems’ German high-security Cloud computer centre, and meets the strict standards of the German data protection act.

This will enable machine builders to monitor and carry out predictive maintenance of complete systems directly from the Cloud, as well as optimising control of wear and tear, operating costs and productivity of the machinery by using intelligent data analysis.

The new IoT solutions provide manufacturers with the analysis capabilities of extensive machine data throughout the entire life cycle of one or more machines, irrespective of their location, vast and diverse possibilities for productivity and efficiency gains have been opened up.

Together with pilot customers, the companies are developing IoT service packages that address different use cases based on live data from ongoing production. These will enable machine builders to better manage their operations, said the companies.

Stefan Selke, MOEM Segment Marketing Manager EMEA at Eaton
Small and medium-sized machine and system builders don't usually have the opportunity and the means to invest in secure, high-performance IoT and Cloud technology. 

Wilfried Bauer, Head of System Integration, Digital Solutions, Cloud, Internet of Things at T-Systems
We want to supply German engineering companies with the technology and components to network their equipment via the Cloud as well as support them on their way to Industry 4.0 with digital solutions that can be precisely tailored to their needs.