Microsoft and Schneider Electric help power schools and clinics in Nigeria
By enabling remote maintenance and monitoring for solar power conversion, the Schneider Electric IoT solution expands possibilities in regions of Nigeria that previously received electricity only a few hours each day.
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Rolls-Royce optimizes airplane engine performance using Azure IoT Suite
With more than 13,000 engines for commercial aircraft in service around the world, Rolls-Royce aimed to reduce fuel consumption, minimize maintenance costs, and improve customer experience. Predictive analytics capabilities of Azure IoT Suite and Cortana Intelligence transformed how Rolls-Royce uses data to better serve its customers and maintain its fleet.
Azure IoT Suite puts Sandvik on the cutting edge of digital manufacturing
Sandvik, a global manufacturing leader, wanted to improve the scalability and world-class tooling solutions it delivered to its customers. Using Azure IoT Suite, Microsoft Cortana Intelligence, and Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sandvik optimized its manufacturing process and created a predictive maintenance schedule designed to help avoid unscheduled shutdowns.
Azure IoT Suite fuels oil and gas industry success at Rockwell Automation
Petroleum mining, transport, refining, and sales operations require expensive equipment that can be supplied by hundreds of manufacturers. Rockwell Automation uses Azure IoT Suite to monitor these valuable capital assets, equipping its customers with insights at every point of the supply chain, and helping them predict problems before they happen.
Jabil turns to Azure IoT Suite for help creating a digital, intelligent, and predictive factory
Jabil, a leading design and manufacturing solution provider, revolutionized its plants by connecting the factory floor to the cloud using end-to-end Microsoft technologies. These new digital factories use machine learning and predictive analytics to learn ahead of time when a piece of equipment might fail, reducing unplanned maintenance costs and downtime.
thyssenkrupp uses Azure IoT Suite to give the world's cities a major lift
Big cities are known for their skyscrapers, and skyscrapers can’t exist without reliable elevators. thyssenkrupp Elevator uses the predictive maintenance capabilities of Azure IoT Suite to help service technicians identify problems and make time-saving interventions at the 1.1 million elevators the company maintains worldwide.
Using IoT, Johnson Controls builds connected buildings for a greener planet
Growing pressure to reduce global energy consumption is driving development of greener ways to manage buildings. HVAC equipment and building automation leader Johnson Controls used Windows 10 IoT and Azure IoT Suite to create easier, more automated methods of aggregating data and gaining useful intelligence on its global systems.
Schneider Electric brings sustainable power to West Africa with Microsoft Azure IoT Suite
Many parts of Nigeria struggle to attain reliable access to electricity. Schneider Electric partnered with UK and Nigerian governments to provide power to more 200 schools and clinics around Lagos, benefitting 190,000 students and 4.7 million patients by 2020. Azure IoT Suite and Cortana Intelligence drive remote monitoring and maintenance for the new solution.
BCA integrates Azure IoT Suite into the next generation of Singapore's smart buildings
BCA Singapore is the first government agency to implement an integrated IoT solution for chiller efficiency, aiming to improve cooling efficiencies in 30 high-rise and commercial buildings in Singapore. Powered by Azure IoT Suite, the solution monitors chiller plant performance and provides actionable insights that enable cost and energy savings.
Ecolab solves global water challenges with the help of Azure IoT Suite
Demand for freshwater use is growing as global population increases. Ecolab used Azure IoT Suite to connect thousands of sensors in facilities worldwide and analyze real-time water usage data. By improving efficiency and cutting costs, Ecolab and Microsoft are helping move companies to net-zero water usage.
SFE and Microsoft power Norwegian communities with smart energy
Aiming to combat power grid instability, Norwegian power company Sogn og Fjordane Energi (SFE) connected every building in a small community—including homes, schools, and health centers—to the Microsoft cloud. Using Azure IoT Suite, SFE keeps customers happy and prices competitive by tracking user behavior and predicting spikes in demand to help prevent outages.
Azure IoT Suite helps CAN Telematics boost capacity for workers and customers
CAN Telematics uses satellite connectivity to deliver near-real-time asset intelligence to its field workers and remote offices. Azure IoT Suite allows the company to scale the solution without significant new hardware investments, affordably increasing reliability and customer service-level agreements beyond the industry standard.
IoT helps Indy 500 deliver a winning experience to new fans
Indy 500 felt pressure to attract today's connected generation to its iconic racing brand. Fans can now view real-time statistics and in-car streaming using a new Azure IoT Suite-powered app that processes vast data sets in the Microsoft cloud—more than 4.5 million rows of data during the three-hour race.
North American Eagle and Microsoft seek to safely break the human land-speed record
The North American Eagle Project, developer of the jet-powered car, faced a dire business challenge: a small error in its design calculations could result in catastrophe and mortal peril. To rapidly collect and apply safety and performance data, North American Eagle partnered with Microsoft and used Azure IoT Suite to reduce the time from data to insight.
Revolutionizing air-traffic control at Nav Canada using IoT
Civil air navigation provider Nav Canada needed to track surveillance-enabled aircraft with better precision, at any location on the earth. Azure IoT Suite enables safer, more efficient services than the company was able to provide previously to its airline industry customers—all in a scalable, secure environment with affordable computing power on demand.
Satalyst and Microsoft help fans enjoy cycling races on a new level
Bike racing is rapidly gaining in popularity among Australian enthusiasts, and organizers wanted a technology to help deepen the race experience for cycling fans. Satalyst Tracker, a system of sensors and cameras powered by Azure IoT Suite, increases audience engagement by enabling spectators to visually follow each rider on the course and monitor individual performance statistics.
Azure IoT Suite helps ABT deliver next-generation power management
When a forklift loses battery power, its around-the-clock capacity for performing giant tasks is reduced to nothing. Power solutions provider ABT Power Management uses Azure IoT Suite to provide battery maintenance insight into more than 6,000 managed assets, improving security and performance to help the company deliver better service to its customers.
MARS DRINKS improves workplaces using IoT-connected vending machines
MARS DRINKS is passionate about creating great-tasting moments at work, believing that sharing a drink helps people connect and collaborate. To improve operational efficiency for its partners in the field, MARS built an Azure IoT Suite-based solution that uses predictive analytics and collects real-time data to reduce the frequency of downtime and out-of-stock products.
Azure IoT Suite helps BUNN customers streamline profits
Beverage equipment maker BUNN used Azure IoT Suite to enable its industrial coffee machines to send text alerts when a machine requires cleaning or supplies. These real-time diagnostics and proactive maintenance capabilities help the company's customers realize bigger profit margins from their Bunn-O-Matic investments.
Coop Italia and Microsoft develop the supermarket of the future
Coop Italia, Italy's largest grocery cooperative, wanted to offer its brick-and-mortar customers the same information-rich experience of shopping online. The retailer developed a solution using Azure IoT Suite that analyzes customer data to help keep shelves properly stocked and gain valuable insights into consumers’ shopping habits.
Mondelez uses IoT to build an intelligent, interactive snack food experience
Snack-food giant Mondelez International used Azure IoT Suite to create an interactive display for its vending machines, and then tailored each machine's product mix based on demographics and purchasing preference data from customer interactions. Harnessing IoT principles helps Mondelez develop insight into day-to-day operations and offer immersive customer engagement.
Microsoft helps provide a sweet IoT solution for Hershey
By integrating intelligent sensors on factory line extruders, Hershey uses Azure Machine Learning and Cortana Intelligence Suite to improve efficiency, optimize processes, and decrease ingredient waste. Hershey plans to expand the solution to packaging, transportation, and customer behavior to improve real-time insights into its business.
Boutique hotel uses Microsoft technologies to offer IoT-connected rooms
The Cromwell, a Las Vegas boutique hotel from Caesar's Entertainment, created a connected-room experience using Windows 10 and Microsoft cloud technologies. Using handheld devices in each room, guests can view up-to-date information about dining options, promotions, and shows, allowing the hotel to recommend products and personalized offers tailored to each customer’s needs.
Weka builds a life-saving smart fridge using Azure IoT Suite and Windows 10 IoT
Medical device company Weka applied Microsoft IoT technology to help field clinicians overcome unreliable vaccine transportation and storage practices. The Weka Smart Fridge uses Windows 10 IoT Core and Azure IoT Suite to help keep vaccines stored and protected throughout the global supply chain, increasing availability and helping save lives.
GOJO and Microsoft join forces for hand hygiene IoT solution in hospitals
Proper hand washing is the most effective way to reduce hospital-acquired infections. GOJO, inventor of the Purell hand sanitizer brand, partnered with Microsoft to deploy Azure IoT Suite with a system of sensors and monitors to track hygiene practices in hospitals and report real-time compliance data.
Liebherr unveils intelligent pharmaceutical fridges with IoT technology
To address the need for storing certain medicines and sensitive materials that require reliable and precise refrigeration, Liebherr developed a pharmaceutical fridge equipped with intelligent connectivity. Built with Azure IoT Suite and Windows 10 IoT, the prototype features remote monitoring and predictive maintenance capabilities for greater efficiency, reliability, and ease of management.
