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Supplier Slogan | Inspire the Next. | Enabling the Networked Society. | The Internet of Things Starts with Intel Inside. | | Ingenuity for Life | Bring the IoT to Life. | Powering Business Worldwide | | Listen. Think. Solve. |
HQ Location | Japan | Sweden | United States | France | Germany | United States | Ireland | United States | United States |
Year Founded | 1910 | 1876 | 1968 | 1836 | 1847 | 1984 | 1911 | 1885 | 1903 |
Company Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Stock Ticker | OTCMKTS: HTHIY | NASDAQ: ERIC | NASDAQ: INTC | Euronext: SU; OTCMKTS: SBGSF; OTCMKTS: SBGSY | ETR: SIE | NASDAQ: CSCO | NYSE: ETN | NYSE: JCI | NYSE: ROK |
Revenue | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | > $10b | $1-10b |
Employees | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | > 50,000 | 10,001 - 50,000 |
Website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website |
Twitter Handle | @hitachi_us | @ericsson | @intel | @SchneiderElec | @Siemens | @cisco | @switchoneaton | @johnsoncontrols | @ROKAutomation |
Company Description | Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems.
Year founded: 1910
Revenue: $94.0 billion (2014)
TYO: 6501 | Ericsson provides services, software and infrastructure in mobility, broadband and the cloud that enable the communications industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve their users' experience and capture new opportunities.
Year founded: 1876
Revenue: $26.8 billion (2014)
NASDAQ: ERIC | Intel designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. The company's platforms are used in various computing applications comprising notebooks, desktops, servers, tablets, smartphones, wireless and wired connectivity products, Wearables, transportation systems, and retail devices. It offers microprocessors that processes system data and controls other devices in the system; chipsets, which send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive or solid-state drive, and optical disc drives; system-on-chip products that integrate its central processing units with other system components onto a single chip; and wired network connectivity products.
Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units:
- Intel Inside
- Intel Data Center Manager (DCM)
- Saffron Technology
- Wind River | Schneider Electric is a leading global manufacturer of equipment for electrical power distribution and for industrial control and automation. The company helps power generators distribute electricity; designs automation systems for the automobile and water treatment industries; builds electric networks and utility management systems for energy, water treatment, oil and gas, and marine applications; and manages electric power in residential, industrial, and commercial buildings.
Year founded: 1836
Revenue: $26.0 billion (2014)
EPA: SU
Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units:
- Avantis
- Wonderware | Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe. With their positioning along the electrification value chain, Siemens has the knowhow that extends from power generation to power transmission, power distribution and smart grid to the efficient application of electrical energy. Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units: - Digital Factory - Siemens Technology to Business (TTB) | Cisco designs and sells broad lines of products, provides services, and delivers integrated solutions to develop and connect networks around the world, building the Internet. Over the last 30 plus years, they have been the world’s leader in connecting people, things, and technologies - to each other and to the Internet - realizing their vision of changing the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns. Today, Cisco has over 70,000 employees in over 400 offices worldwide who design, produce, sell, and deliver integrated products, services, and solutions. Over time, they have expanded to new markets that are a natural extension of their core networking business, as the network has become the platform for automating, orchestrating, integrating, and delivering an ever-increasing array of information technology (IT)–based products and services. Subsidiaries/ Business Units: - Jasper - OpenDNS - CloudLock | Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably.
Year founded: 1911
Revenue: $22.6 billion (2014)
NYSE: ETN | Johnson Controls is an American company globally offering products and services to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings, automotive batteries, electronics and interior systems for automobiles.
Year founded: 1885
Revenue: $42.9 billion (2014) | Rockwell is a provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that helps manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage for their businesses. Rockwell operates in two segments: Architecture & Software, which deals in hardware, software and communication components of the organization, and Controls Products & Solutions that handles a portfolio of intelligent motor control and industrial control products, application expertise and project management capabilities. |
IoT Solutions | The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet—essentially a "Connected Everything Platform." These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment. When objects can sense and communicate, it changes how and where decisions are made, and who makes them.
IoT is connecting new places—such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems—to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to: increase efficiency, innovate in product development, increase asset utilization, enhance the customer experience, streamline the supply chain, and improve safety and security.
Hitachi Consulting helps apply IoT solutions to drive business value, ultimately allowing companies to be IoT innovators and become an "Enterprise of Things." Companies can learn more about Hitachi Consulting's products, solutions and expertise and how they leverage the diverse product portfolio of Hitachi to help enterprises quickly get value out of IoT capabilities. | The Internet of Things (IoT) will have a profound impact in the future. Enabling anything to be connected and providing ’smartness’ to these connected things will bring value across a number of sectors in the Networked Society.
Ericsson is engaged with a number of partners from industry and academia in an EU-funded research project called the IoT Initiative with the objective of increasing the benefits and possibilities of IoT, but also identifing and proposing ways to tackle the challenges.
The project analyzed about 150 application scenarios of strategic importance. A selected subset were tested in surveys which went out to a number of users and professionals within the ICT community. | From monitoring the energy efficiency of our homes to finding more productive ways to feed the global population, harnessing these connected “things” and turning massive amounts of raw data into actionable insights will have a transformative impact on society. However, both technical and business challenges are slowing IoT adoption. Decision makers within companies are trying to gain a better grasp of expected ROI, cost, and scalability, while IT managers struggle with integration, Interoperability, management, and the need to tailor to specific verticals.
Intel is addressing these challenges by offering open and scalable products, fostering a thriving ecosystem, and showing what is possible with pilots and use cases that demonstrate the potential value and ease of deployment. Intel offers a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end hardware and software with built-in security.
To make IoT simpler to deploy and scale across applications quickly, Intel offer the Intel IoT Platform, a design blueprint that details how to securely connect and manage a fleet of “things” from small sensors to huge server farms that make up the cloud, while using various analytics tools and technologies along the way. | The recent Internet of Things (IoT) momentum has been enabled through a broad adherence to open standards (such as Ethernet) and by technology breakthroughs in the area of Data Aggregation middleware. Schneider Electric delivers open, connected solutions at each IoT-driven intelligent ecosystem layer: the connected, decentralised device layer (sensors, drives, meters, PLCs, controls, switchgear), the platform layer (cloud services, middleware, physical infrastructure architectures), and the On-Premise central control layer (operational intelligence, remote monitoring, predictive analysis, simulation, cloud analytics).
Schneider Electric tools help data centre, plant, and smart grid operators to become more efficient by sorting through mountains of data (eliminating false alarms or nuisance alarms) and by generating dashboards that consolidate the information coming in from all parts of the extended network. Instead of gridlock, a smooth flow of information is created which allows for greater operational intelligence and higher quality decisions.
IoT is broadening the scope of where both power protection and security are needed, as entire chains of communication can be disrupted by the breakdown of a single device. Schneider Electric leverages the power of IoT and big data to maximize safety and reliability through high-precision automation and control, training and simulation, the generation of ‘what if’ scenarios, robust remote management, Predictive Maintenance, managed services, and advanced analytics. Power protection and cyber security considerations are imbedded into our product designs in order to strengthen overall network reliability. | In the near future, billions of pieces of equipment will be connected to one another and massive amounts of data will pouring in. Advanced algorithms, high-powered computing, better connectivity and cloud storage all facilitate the emergence of smart systems. Knowing how to leverage the respective opportunities, however, requires a unique set of skills. Siemens has the engineering, domain and digital know-how to generate performance improvements across the entire value chain, from design to production and operations to maintenance. Digital simulation technology accelerates the plant design, the installation and commissioning as well as the entire product design and production planning process. Multiple components in systems and plants can be intelligently networked to communicate with each other and exchange real-time data. Machine Learning makes complex systems more efficient without human intervention. The intelligent analysis of operational data helps identify patterns and predict potential downtimes. Minimum downtimes boost reliability thanks to lifecycle services. | Globally, countries, cities, industries, and businesses are becoming digital to capitalize on the next wave of the Internet - the Internet of Everything (IoE), which we define as the connection of people, processes, data, and things. When people, processes, data, and things are connected, we believe it creates an opportunity to deliver better customer experiences, create new revenue streams and operating models to drive efficiency and produce value. Cisco's goal is to be a strategic partner to our customers by providing the solutions, people, partners, and experience as their customers move from traditional to digital businesses. They believe their customers’ journey to becoming digital businesses requires security, cloud, mobile, social and analytic technologies with a strong foundation of an intelligent network that is agile, simple and that provides real-time business insight. The move to digital is driving many of their customers to adopt entirely new IT architectures and organization structures. In their view, Cisco is delivering the architectural approach and solution-based results to help them reduce complexity, accelerate and grow, and manage risk in a world that is increasingly virtualized application-centric, cloud-based, analytics-driven, and mobile. | With IoT, virtually any object, person or even animal can be assigned an IP address and provided with the ability to transfer data over a network. For instance, a patient with an implanted heart monitor, a farm animal with a biochip transponder and an automobile with built-in sensors are all achievable thanks to IoT. Eaton's Electrical Sector and Hydraulics Group engineers are actively looking at integrating the IoT across a growing number of products. By capturing data that exists within components and systems and making it available, these products will be able to provide actionable knowledge to improve performance. | The Internet of Things (IoT) is fueling innovation in products, services and solutions that improve building operations and performance.
For decades, Johnson Controls has been providing the equipment and systems that communicate in real-time to deliver optimized environments. With a portfolio ranging from sensors, equipment and systems through cloud-based data collection and fault detection, they offer an advanced and robust product line.
Johnson Controls smart equipment leverages embedded controls and secured connectivity to reduce the risk of downtime and improve the serviceability while optimizing efficiency and reducing energy costs. | Smart Connected Operations is a future looking vision that describes what the factory or production line of the future will look like. It will involve Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) enabled MOM applications integrated with IIoT enabled assets and IIoT enabled business systems. It is an elemental part of creating the Smart Connected Enterprise and is often where companies have breaks in the strands of the digital thread.
In moving towards this vision, both solution providers and manufacturing organizations are going to have to up the game when it comes to investing in IIoT. These investments will include the creation of new organizations that bring together IT, OT, and business leaders, new technologies that enable connectivity, cloud, big data analytics, and the development of new applications, along with the foresight to see that small pilot projects today could transform entire industries tomorrow. |
Key Customers | BMW, Cortal Consors, Die Mobiliar | AT&T, O2, Sprint | Apple, Dell, HP, NTT Data, Mandic Cloud Solutions, Shanda Games G Cloud, Baidu, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation, BMW | Compass, Neoclyde, TierPoint, Shell. | ARUP Laboratories, Digital Realty, University of Michigan, HP, Polar Electro, Electrolux, ROJ Electronics Srl, Tokamak Energy, Grissom High School, Zipline, Bye Aerospace. | Barilla Group, Del Papa Distributing, Stanley Black and Decker | Boeing, Navistar, Tata Motors | Organichem, Sealed Air, Steelcase, Morgan Stanley, Ericsson, Jaguar Land Rover, Fiserv (Europe) Ltd | Campari, INCO Engineering, Whyalla Steelworks |
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Technologies | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Analytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyDronesPlatform as a Service (PaaS) | Networks & ConnectivityInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Platform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceSensorsActuatorsAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyDronesFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Networks & Connectivity | ActuatorsAutomation & ControlSensorsAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Networks & ConnectivityOtherPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge Intelligence | Analytics & ModelingAutomation & ControlFunctional ApplicationsPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceCybersecurity & PrivacyNetworks & ConnectivitySensors | Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Networks & ConnectivityAnalytics & ModelingAutomation & ControlFunctional ApplicationsPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Sensors | Automation & ControlNetworks & ConnectivitySensors | Cybersecurity & PrivacyNetworks & ConnectivitySensorsAutomation & Control | Automation & ControlSensorsAnalytics & ModelingNetworks & ConnectivityProcessors & Edge Intelligence |
Industries | ChemicalsConstruction & InfrastructureElectrical GridsEquipment & MachineryFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & HospitalsOil & GasRenewable EnergyRetailTransportationUtilities | AutomotiveChemicalsMiningTelecommunicationsTransportation | AerospaceAutomotiveConstruction & InfrastructureConsumer GoodsElectrical GridsElectronicsFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & HospitalsOil & GasRailway & MetroRenewable EnergySecurity & Public SafetySpecialty VehiclesTelecommunicationsTransportationUtilities | AgricultureBuildingsCementChemicalsConstruction & InfrastructureElectrical GridsFood & BeverageLife SciencesMarine & ShippingMetalsMiningOil & GasPaper & PulpPharmaceuticalsPlasticsRecycling & Waste ManagementRenewable EnergyUtilities | AerospaceAutomotiveBatteryBuildingsCementChemicalsConsumer GoodsEducationElectrical GridsElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFinance & InsuranceFood & BeverageGlassHealthcare & HospitalsMarine & ShippingMiningOil & GasPharmaceuticalsRailway & MetroRetailTransportationUtilities | AutomotiveCities & MunicipalitiesConsumer GoodsEducationElectrical GridsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMetalsMiningOil & GasRenewable EnergyRetailTelecommunicationsTransportationUtilities | AerospaceAutomotiveBuildingsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMiningOil & GasRailway & MetroSpecialty VehiclesUtilities | AerospaceAutomotiveConstruction & InfrastructureEducationFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & HospitalsMarine & ShippingOil & GasRetailTelecommunicationsTransportationUtilities | |
Use Cases | Energy Management SystemCybersecurityEdge Computing & Edge IntelligencePredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & Optimization | Predictive MaintenanceVehicle Telematics | Asset Health Management (AHM)Automated Disease DiagnosisAutonomous TransportationComputer VisionCybersecurityEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceFleet ManagementOnsite Human Safety ManagementRemote Asset ManagementRemote Patient MonitoringVehicle Performance MonitoringVirtual Prototyping & Product TestingVisual Quality Detection | Asset Lifecycle ManagementAugmented RealityBuilding Automation & ControlBuilding Energy ManagementConstruction ManagementDigital TwinEnergy Management SystemFactory Operations Visibility & IntelligenceMachine Condition MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & OptimizationTrack & Trace of AssetsWater Utility Management | Process Control & OptimizationAutomated Disease DiagnosisDigital TwinFlexible ManufacturingManufacturing Process SimulationManufacturing System AutomationPredictive MaintenanceVirtual Prototyping & Product TestingWater Utility Management | Advanced Metering InfrastructureBuilding Automation & ControlBuilding Energy ManagementCybersecurityEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceFactory Operations Visibility & IntelligenceLeakage & Flood MonitoringPerimeter Security & Access ControlPersonnel Tracking & MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & OptimizationReal-Time Location System (RTLS)Remote CollaborationRemote ControlRemote Patient MonitoringSmart City OperationsSupply Chain VisibilityTrack & Trace of AssetsTraffic Monitoring | Building Energy ManagementManufacturing System Automation | Perimeter Security & Access ControlBuilding Automation & ControlBuilding Energy ManagementEnergy Storage ManagementPredictive Maintenance | Machine Condition Monitoring |
Functions | Business OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess Manufacturing | Discrete ManufacturingField ServicesProcess ManufacturingWarehouse & Inventory Management | Business OperationFacility ManagementField ServicesHuman ResourcesLogistics & TransportationProduct Research & DevelopmentQuality AssuranceSales & Marketing | Business OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementMaintenanceProcess ManufacturingWarehouse & Inventory Management | Business OperationLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & Development | Business OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementField ServicesLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess Manufacturing | Facility Management | Facility ManagementProcess Manufacturing | |
Services | Software Design & Engineering ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesCybersecurity ServicesData Science ServicesTraining | | Data Science Services | Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesCybersecurity ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration | Hardware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration | Software Design & Engineering ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesSystem IntegrationTraining | Hardware Design & Engineering Services | Cybersecurity ServicesTraining | Training |
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Strong | Moderate | Moderate | Minor | None | Strong | None | None | None |
Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Strong | Minor | Strong | Strong | Moderate | Minor | None | None | None |
Application Infrastructure & Middleware | Strong | None | Strong | Minor | None | Moderate | None | None | None |
Analytics & Modeling | Moderate | None | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | None | None | Minor |
Functional Applications | None | None | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | None | None | None |
Cybersecurity & Privacy | Moderate | None | Moderate | Minor | Minor | Strong | None | Moderate | None |
Networks & Connectivity | None | Moderate | Moderate | Minor | Moderate | Strong | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
Processors & Edge Intelligence | None | None | Strong | Minor | Minor | None | None | None | Minor |
Sensors | None | None | Strong | Moderate | Moderate | Strong | Moderate | Minor | Moderate |
Automation & Control | None | None | None | Strong | Strong | Minor | Strong | Moderate | Moderate |
Robots | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Drones | Strong | None | Strong | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Wearables | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Actuators | None | None | Minor | Minor | None | None | None | None | None |
Other | None | None | None | Minor | None | None | None | None | None |
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