Microsoft Partners C3 IoT To Propel Enterprise AI Deployment
Zacks Investment Research | Apr 10, 2018 10:03PM ET
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and C3 IoT have collaborated to deploy new technology developments and improvise go-to-market initiatives. The aim is to arrive to a “better together” solution which accelerates enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) application development.
C3 IoT Platform is now fully integrated with Microsoft Azure. The“low-code, high-productivity” Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities of C3IoT will complement Azure’s services, including the likes of Azure IoT Hub and Azure Machine Learning, to name a few.
Focal Points of the Partnership
The focus is on delivering innovative co-selling and co-marketing strategies which enable rapid scale distribution.The marketing team will be provided intensive training as well, to “speed customers’ time to value.”
Services like AI, IoT and cloud computing based dynamic inventory optimization, predictive maintenance, CRM and precision healthcare are expected to be easily accessible to leading organizations, globally. As a result, the collaboration will fuel rapid deployment of transformative AI-based applications.
Azure Cloud Platform Gaining Traction
C3 IoT is an important player in IoT business arena. C3 IoT’s analytics services were recently selected by 3M Company (NYSE:MMM). C3 IoT has partnered with MapR in recent past to transform the way data fabrics are established.
The next generation capabilities and experienced IoT team of C3 IoT have selected Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud platform. Further, Microsoft Azure’s intelligent cloud capabilities will be leveraged by C3 IoT.
3M and Shell (LON:RDSa) are already looking forward to scale the combined solution of Azure and C3 across its enterprise. We believe this is a notable feather in the cap for Microsoft and will enhance Azure’s market reach, going forward.
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