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Microsoft has been working to help businesses harness the Internet of Things (IoT) for longer than you might think, but it always amazes me to see just how much growth and change occur in this dynamic technology discipline over the course of a single year.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about working with IoT technologies is the diverse range of scenarios and solutions they can support. In 2014 we saw companies across industries tell their stories of true transformation: Stone masons, elevator manufacturers, mass transit authorities, smart buildings researchers, retailers, healthcare providers, and companies in oil & gas, to name just a few.
As more companies tap into IoT to improve efficiencies, enable innovation and transform their business, Microsoft continues to invest heavily to develop the premier platform for the mobile-first, cloud-first world. This investment is anchored on Microsoft Azure, and with a steady stream of new features released in 2014, Azure is increasingly recognized as one of the most complete cloud offerings in the industry — no matter what you’re running. And with the comprehensive set of Azure IoT services supporting asset monitoring, operational intelligence and data analytics, 2014 also saw the release of several game-changing capabilities that are having a real impact with IoT.
For example, last winter we released Power BI for Office 365, putting real business intelligence and analytics into the hands of anyone familiar with Office. A few months later, we released a preview version of Azure Machine Learning, giving companies access to advanced algorithms and analytics with drag and drop functionality. This fall we added even more with preview availability for Stream Analytics and Azure Data Factory, and the general release of Azure Event Hubs — Microsoft technologies that leverage the power of the cloud to collect and bring clarity to data in new, powerful ways.
At the same time, we’re mirroring those investments on the device front — extending OS tools and resources to help device makers and developers implement IoT scenarios across a broader set of architectures. We’ve even committed to support the AllJoyn project with Windows 10 to further our openness commitment and continue to streamline the development process. Coupled with new developer resources, Microsoft is helping the developer community to become more engaged, experienced and skilled in applying IoT technologies to solve business challenges.
As we enter into 2015, all of these investments are coming together at just the right time, and the IoT industry is predicted by many to go mainstream with another year of exponential growth. We’re going to see many more businesses change their entire business model and transform themselves around IoT to sell solutions based on intelligence from the network edge — remote servicing and analytics instead of just products and services, uptime instead of elevators. In the meantime, to help even more organizations thrive with IoT in 2015, we recently launched the new IoT Quick Start program to get select enterprises up and running with IoT almost immediately.
We’ve come a long way, and we have a long way to go. As always, we will continue to tell these amazing stories, and will keep looking for ways to improve and add to our platform so more companies can transform their business with IoT.
Microsoft has been working to help businesses harness the Internet of Things (IoT) for longer than you might think, but it always amazes me to see just how much growth and change occur in this dynamic technology discipline over the course of a single year.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about working with IoT technologies is the diverse range of scenarios and solutions they can support. In 2014 we saw companies across industries tell their stories of true transformation: Stone masons, elevator manufacturers, mass transit authorities, smart buildings researchers, retailers, healthcare providers, and companies in oil & gas, to name just a few.
As more companies tap into IoT to improve efficiencies, enable innovation and transform their business, Microsoft continues to invest heavily to develop the premier platform for the mobile-first, cloud-first world. This investment is anchored on Microsoft Azure, and with a steady stream of new features released in 2014, Azure is increasingly recognized as one of the most complete cloud offerings in the industry — no matter what you’re running. And with the comprehensive set of Azure IoT services supporting asset monitoring, operational intelligence and data analytics, 2014 also saw the release of several game-changing capabilities that are having a real impact with IoT.
For example, last winter we released Power BI for Office 365, putting real business intelligence and analytics into the hands of anyone familiar with Office. A few months later, we released a preview version of Azure Machine Learning, giving companies access to advanced algorithms and analytics with drag and drop functionality. This fall we added even more with preview availability for Stream Analytics and Azure Data Factory, and the general release of Azure Event Hubs — Microsoft technologies that leverage the power of the cloud to collect and bring clarity to data in new, powerful ways.
At the same time, we’re mirroring those investments on the device front — extending OS tools and resources to help device makers and developers implement IoT scenarios across a broader set of architectures. We’ve even committed to support the AllJoyn project with Windows 10 to further our openness commitment and continue to streamline the development process. Coupled with new developer resources, Microsoft is helping the developer community to become more engaged, experienced and skilled in applying IoT technologies to solve business challenges.
As we enter into 2015, all of these investments are coming together at just the right time, and the IoT industry is predicted by many to go mainstream with another year of exponential growth. We’re going to see many more businesses change their entire business model and transform themselves around IoT to sell solutions based on intelligence from the network edge — remote servicing and analytics instead of just products and services, uptime instead of elevators. In the meantime, to help even more organizations thrive with IoT in 2015, we recently launched the new IoT Quick Start program to get select enterprises up and running with IoT almost immediately.
We’ve come a long way, and we have a long way to go. As always, we will continue to tell these amazing stories, and will keep looking for ways to improve and add to our platform so more companies can transform their business with IoT.
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