Hitachi Aims To Disrupt Industrial IoT Platform Market With New
Commercial Lumada Software Stack
Fully Enhanced and Now Available as a Standalone
Offering for IoT Developers and Architects, Hitachi’s Lumada Provides an
Intelligent, Composable Platform That Delivers Faster Time to Insight and
Business Value for Industrial and Enterprise Customers
Offering for IoT Developers and Architects, Hitachi’s Lumada Provides an
Intelligent, Composable Platform That Delivers Faster Time to Insight and
Business Value for Industrial and Enterprise Customers
SINGAPORE – September 20, 2017 – Hitachi Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Hitachi Vantara, today
jointly announced Hitachi’s first commercial Lumada internet of things (IoT)
platform offering. Now in its v2.0 release, the Lumada IoT
platform has been fully updated with an elegant, portable architecture that
enables it to run both on-premises or in the cloud and to support industrial
IoT deployments both at the edge and in the core.
jointly announced Hitachi’s first commercial Lumada internet of things (IoT)
platform offering. Now in its v2.0 release, the Lumada IoT
platform has been fully updated with an elegant, portable architecture that
enables it to run both on-premises or in the cloud and to support industrial
IoT deployments both at the edge and in the core.
The new software stack is
designed to help customers quickly and easily gain insights, predictions and
recommendations from their data, and can be easily adapted to support
mid-to-large-scale environments. Lumada’s integrated advanced analytics have
also been enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) functionality at scale.
The result is a highly intelligent and flexible platform that accelerates
superior outcomes for enterprise and industrial customers, such as increased
operational efficiencies and cost savings, enhanced operational safety and
reliability, improved asset utilization, performance management and product
quality, and the creation of new business models.
designed to help customers quickly and easily gain insights, predictions and
recommendations from their data, and can be easily adapted to support
mid-to-large-scale environments. Lumada’s integrated advanced analytics have
also been enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) functionality at scale.
The result is a highly intelligent and flexible platform that accelerates
superior outcomes for enterprise and industrial customers, such as increased
operational efficiencies and cost savings, enhanced operational safety and
reliability, improved asset utilization, performance management and product
quality, and the creation of new business models.
Among the notable
advancements to the Lumada IoT platform are asset avatars, Hitachi’s unique
approach to what is commonly referred to as “digital twins.” Asset avatars provide
a digital representation of physical assets and rich metadata for analytics,
serving as a digital proxy for business and industrial assets and providing
rapid data-driven insights into their health and performance, with continuously
updated sensor values. This approach helps to eliminate “blind spots” in
operation-critical systems by providing improved access to – and insights from –
business, machine and human data, which can help users move more rapidly from
measurement to management to improvement. The newly enhanced software stack
also provides IoT developers and architects with powerful design tools and
features that simplify the creation and deployment industrial IoT solutions,
with faster time to insight.
advancements to the Lumada IoT platform are asset avatars, Hitachi’s unique
approach to what is commonly referred to as “digital twins.” Asset avatars provide
a digital representation of physical assets and rich metadata for analytics,
serving as a digital proxy for business and industrial assets and providing
rapid data-driven insights into their health and performance, with continuously
updated sensor values. This approach helps to eliminate “blind spots” in
operation-critical systems by providing improved access to – and insights from –
business, machine and human data, which can help users move more rapidly from
measurement to management to improvement. The newly enhanced software stack
also provides IoT developers and architects with powerful design tools and
features that simplify the creation and deployment industrial IoT solutions,
with faster time to insight.
Since introducing Lumada to
the market as a co-creation platform in May 2016, Hitachi has hardened and
optimized its Lumada IoT platform. These improvements are based on numerous
deployments in proof-of concept (POC) and co-creation project engagements with
its customers and partners, as well as in its own factories.
the market as a co-creation platform in May 2016, Hitachi has hardened and
optimized its Lumada IoT platform. These improvements are based on numerous
deployments in proof-of concept (POC) and co-creation project engagements with
its customers and partners, as well as in its own factories.
Hitachi worked with customer
Daicel Corporation to co-create an image analysis system using Lumada that
improves product quality and increases productivity by detecting signs of
facility failures and deviations in front-line worker motions. This system has
allowed Daicel to improve the in-process guarantee rate for products.
Daicel Corporation to co-create an image analysis system using Lumada that
improves product quality and increases productivity by detecting signs of
facility failures and deviations in front-line worker motions. This system has
allowed Daicel to improve the in-process guarantee rate for products.
Another customer, Okuma
Corporation, worked with Hitachi to co-create an advanced high-efficiency
production model with Hitachi to support mass customization in its
manufacturing plants. The target of this joint demonstration experiment is to
double productivity and reduce production lead time by 50%.
Corporation, worked with Hitachi to co-create an advanced high-efficiency
production model with Hitachi to support mass customization in its
manufacturing plants. The target of this joint demonstration experiment is to
double productivity and reduce production lead time by 50%.
Based on the best practices
developed throughout projects like these, Hitachi has enhanced Lumada’s functionality
to simplify management of business and industrial assets, support greater asset
utilization and accelerate the time to value of IoT deloyments. Its next
generation architecture is highly flexible, composable and adaptable to support
customers’ existing business and IT environments and help them to more rapidly
achieve highly optimized outcomes.
developed throughout projects like these, Hitachi has enhanced Lumada’s functionality
to simplify management of business and industrial assets, support greater asset
utilization and accelerate the time to value of IoT deloyments. Its next
generation architecture is highly flexible, composable and adaptable to support
customers’ existing business and IT environments and help them to more rapidly
achieve highly optimized outcomes.
Customers looking to
accelerate their IoT initiatives using Lumada will benefit from engaging
Hitachi’s co-creation services, tapping its expansive expertise in both
operation technology (OT) and information technology (IT) to create customized
IoT solutions that are tailored to their unique requirements.
accelerate their IoT initiatives using Lumada will benefit from engaging
Hitachi’s co-creation services, tapping its expansive expertise in both
operation technology (OT) and information technology (IT) to create customized
IoT solutions that are tailored to their unique requirements.
“Our next-generation Lumada
IoT platform demonstrates Hitachi’s unparalleled expertise in both OT and IT,
and reinforces Hitachi’s commitment to being an innovation partner for our
customers in the IoT era,” said Keiji Kojima, chairman at Hitachi Vantara and
senior vice-president and exective officer at Hitachi Ltd. “With the powerful
advancements delivered today, our customers and partners can now choose to
harness the full power of Lumada’s AI, advanced analytics and asset avatars
capabilities to simplify their own IoT solution development or to accelerate
their digital transformation initiatives in co-creation projects with Hitachi.
In either case, we believe Hitachi is delivering a highly intelligent and
unique solution that challenges the industrial IoT platform market status quo.”
IoT platform demonstrates Hitachi’s unparalleled expertise in both OT and IT,
and reinforces Hitachi’s commitment to being an innovation partner for our
customers in the IoT era,” said Keiji Kojima, chairman at Hitachi Vantara and
senior vice-president and exective officer at Hitachi Ltd. “With the powerful
advancements delivered today, our customers and partners can now choose to
harness the full power of Lumada’s AI, advanced analytics and asset avatars
capabilities to simplify their own IoT solution development or to accelerate
their digital transformation initiatives in co-creation projects with Hitachi.
In either case, we believe Hitachi is delivering a highly intelligent and
unique solution that challenges the industrial IoT platform market status quo.”
Hitachi’s next-generation
Lumada IoT platform architecture has been fully updated with five major layers
to form a flexible, portable and composable software foundation with
comprehensive security capabilities and expanded support for unstructured data
uploads. IoT developers and architects will also benefit from Lumada’s dynamic
design features, rich analytics and robust asset management capabilities,
including:
Lumada IoT platform architecture has been fully updated with five major layers
to form a flexible, portable and composable software foundation with
comprehensive security capabilities and expanded support for unstructured data
uploads. IoT developers and architects will also benefit from Lumada’s dynamic
design features, rich analytics and robust asset management capabilities,
including:
• Lumada edge: Allows any variety and velocity of data to be easily ingested, transformed and analyzed in close
proximity to physical assets.
proximity to physical assets.
• Lumada core: Provides asset registry, identity and access management and simplifies the creation of asset
avatars.
avatars.
• Lumada analytics: Blends OT and IT data to uncover patterns with powerful analytics, machine learning and AI.
• Lumada studio: Delivers predefined widgets to simplify the creation of dashboard applications; issues alerts,
notifications or just straight-through processing.
notifications or just straight-through processing.
• Lumada foundry: Offers foundational services to ease deployment on-premises and in the cloud, as well as security,
microservices and support features.
microservices and support features.
“We are exceedingly proud of
the next-generation Lumada software stack we are delivering to the market and
opening up to developers today,” said Rich Rogers, senior vice-president of
engineering and product management at Hitachi Vantara. “However, Hitachi’s intention
is that Lumada will be much more than just another IoT platform in a crowded
market. Lumada’s ultimate purpose is to make it simple to harness the power of
IoT data to drive real value for Hitachi’s customers and partners. We remain
committed to delivering exceptional integrated software, solutions and services
for Lumada. Our vision is that one day all Hitachi machines
will be connected to it, enriching the data-driven insights and value we can
provide to ensure every Hitachi customer will benefit.”
the next-generation Lumada software stack we are delivering to the market and
opening up to developers today,” said Rich Rogers, senior vice-president of
engineering and product management at Hitachi Vantara. “However, Hitachi’s intention
is that Lumada will be much more than just another IoT platform in a crowded
market. Lumada’s ultimate purpose is to make it simple to harness the power of
IoT data to drive real value for Hitachi’s customers and partners. We remain
committed to delivering exceptional integrated software, solutions and services
for Lumada. Our vision is that one day all Hitachi machines
will be connected to it, enriching the data-driven insights and value we can
provide to ensure every Hitachi customer will benefit.”
Product
Availability and Information
Availability and Information
Hitachi’s Lumada IoT platform
software is generally available now for purchase and in co-creation engagements
with Hitachi and select partners. Some features may not be immediately
available in all markets. For more information and a complete list of product
and feature enhancements, visit https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/internet-of-things/lumada.html.
software is generally available now for purchase and in co-creation engagements
with Hitachi and select partners. Some features may not be immediately
available in all markets. For more information and a complete list of product
and feature enhancements, visit https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/internet-of-things/lumada.html.
Experience
Hitachi’s Lumada IoT Platform at NEXT 2017
Hitachi’s Lumada IoT Platform at NEXT 2017
Hitachi’s new Lumada IoT platform
software and related solutions will be on display at the company’s user
conference, Hitachi NEXT, in Las Vegas, September 19 and 20, 2017. Event
attendees can see live demonstrations of the software and the innovative IoT
solutions Hitachi and its customers and partners are developing with it.
software and related solutions will be on display at the company’s user
conference, Hitachi NEXT, in Las Vegas, September 19 and 20, 2017. Event
attendees can see live demonstrations of the software and the innovative IoT
solutions Hitachi and its customers and partners are developing with it.
The event also features a
full track of IoT developer breakout sessions, providing attendees with an
opportunity to engage directly with Hitachi product management executives and
development teams. The developer breakout session will provide a deep dive on
the latest architectural advancements, design features and best practices for
building industrial and commercial enterprise IoT solutions with Lumada. For
more information, visit www.hitachinext.com.
full track of IoT developer breakout sessions, providing attendees with an
opportunity to engage directly with Hitachi product management executives and
development teams. The developer breakout session will provide a deep dive on
the latest architectural advancements, design features and best practices for
building industrial and commercial enterprise IoT solutions with Lumada. For
more information, visit www.hitachinext.com.
About
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., helps data-driven leaders find and use the
value in their data to innovate intelligently and reach outcomes that matter
for business and society. We combine technology, intellectual property and
industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises
improve their customers’ experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower
the costs of business. Only Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage
by combining deep information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and
domain expertise. We work with organizations everywhere to drive data to
meaningful outcomes. Visit us at HitachiNewCo.com. Visit us at www.HitachiVantara.com.
owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., helps data-driven leaders find and use the
value in their data to innovate intelligently and reach outcomes that matter
for business and society. We combine technology, intellectual property and
industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises
improve their customers’ experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower
the costs of business. Only Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage
by combining deep information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and
domain expertise. We work with organizations everywhere to drive data to
meaningful outcomes. Visit us at HitachiNewCo.com. Visit us at www.HitachiVantara.com.
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Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501),
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s
challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2016 (ended March
31, 2017) totaled 9,162.2 billion yen ($81.8 billion). The Hitachi Group is a
global leader in Social Innovation and has approximately 304,000 employees
worldwide. Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to
customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power / Energy, Industry /
Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance / Government & Public
/ Healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.hitachi.com.
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s
challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2016 (ended March
31, 2017) totaled 9,162.2 billion yen ($81.8 billion). The Hitachi Group is a
global leader in Social Innovation and has approximately 304,000 employees
worldwide. Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to
customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power / Energy, Industry /
Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance / Government & Public
/ Healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.hitachi.com.
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