Microsoft has today released their IoT SaaS offering for customers and partners called as “Microsoft IoT Central”. IoT Central enables powerful IoT scenarios without requiring cloud solution expertise and also simplifies the development process and makes customers to make quick time to market solutions, making digital transformation more accessible to everyone without overhead of implement solutions end to end.
As per Microsoft :
“IoT Central provides an easier way to create connected products that propel digital business. Take the complexity out of the Internet of Things (IoT) with a true, end-to-end IoT software as a service (SaaS) solution in the cloud that helps you build, use, and maintain smart products.”
Benefits of IoT Central:
- Proven platform and technology with enterprise grade security.
- Reduced complexities of setting up and maintaining IoT infrastructure and solutions.
- Building smart connected products with lesser cost and lesser overhead would ensure higher customer satisfaction.
- Quickly adapt to changing environments.
For those would need control on implementing end to end can still choose the PaaS solution Azure IoT Suite.
Below is a picture from @JanakiramMSV’s article from forbes.com, to help you have a high level look at all the IoT offerings from Microsoft.
Sources:
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2017/04/24/microsoft-ups-the-ante-in-enterprise-iot-and-edge-computing
- https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2017/04/20/microsoft-simplifies-iot-further/
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