Siemens to bring MindSphere to Microsoft Azure cloud platform
西門(mén)子將MindSphere引入微軟Azure云平臺(tái)

Siemens announced plans to make its open IoT ecosystem MindSphere available on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform during the course of 2017. MindSphere enables industrial enterprises to improve the efficiency of plants through the acquisition and analysis of large quantities of production data. The two companies plan to offer the MindSphere platform and affiliated apps on the Azure cloud platform in the future. The use of public cloud services means cutting out the installation and maintenance work involved in creating a dedicated IT infrastructure. In addition, Azure infrastructure services enable availability on a scalable basis, as only the actually required computing power is used and charged for. NET support reduces the effort involved in developing new MindSphere apps for programmers.

西門(mén)子宣布計(jì)劃在2017年期間在微軟的Azure云平臺(tái)提供其開(kāi)放的物聯(lián)網(wǎng)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)MindSphere。MindSphere使工業(yè)企業(yè)能夠通過(guò)收集和分析大量生產(chǎn)數(shù)據(jù)來(lái)提高工廠的效率。兩家公司計(jì)劃未來(lái)在Azure云平臺(tái)上提供MindSphere平臺(tái)和關(guān)聯(lián)應(yīng)用程序。使用公有云服務(wù)意味著可以從搭建專用IT基礎(chǔ)架構(gòu)涉及的安裝和維護(hù)工作抽身開(kāi)來(lái)。此外，Azure基礎(chǔ)架構(gòu)服務(wù)在可擴(kuò)展的基礎(chǔ)上實(shí)現(xiàn)可用性，因?yàn)橹挥玫綄?shí)際所需的計(jì)算能力和支付.NET支持費(fèi)用，減少了程序員開(kāi)發(fā)新的MindSphere應(yīng)用程序所需的工作量。

As part of the collaboration, Siemens customers aiming to develop and make available their apps in the public cloud will be able to choose in future between Microsoft datacenters in different locations around the world. With Azure Stack, the aim is for them to also utilize Azure services within their own datacenter: They will benefit from the scalability and efficient management of a public cloud solution without compromising the scope for control offered by their own datacenter.

作為合作的一部分，有意在公有云開(kāi)發(fā)和提供應(yīng)用程序的西門(mén)子客戶，未來(lái)將可以選擇微軟在全球不同地方的數(shù)據(jù)中心。通過(guò)Azure Stack，他們的目標(biāo)也是在自己的數(shù)據(jù)中心內(nèi)部利用Azure服務(wù)：他們將受益于公有云解決方案的可擴(kuò)展性和高效管理，而不會(huì)影響自家數(shù)據(jù)中心所覆蓋的控制范圍。

In addition to Java, JavaScript and Python, plans are in place for MindSphere to also support .NET applications in the future, which will allow .NET developers to benefit from existing applications and expertise when developing new MindSphere apps.

除了Java、JavaScript和Python之外，MindSphere還計(jì)劃在未來(lái)支持.NET應(yīng)用程序，這將使得.NET開(kāi)發(fā)人員在開(kāi)發(fā)新的MindSphere應(yīng)用程序時(shí)從現(xiàn)有應(yīng)用程序和專業(yè)知識(shí)中受益。

MindSphere is designed as an open IoT ecosystem. It can be used by industrial enterprises as the basis for their own digital services, in fields such as predictive maintenance, energy data management or resource optimization. Machine and plant engineering companies in particular can use the platform to monitor machine fleets distributed around the world for servicing purposes, to reduce standstill periods and so offer new business models. MindSphere also provides the foundation for data- based services from Siemens such as predictive maintenance of machine tools (Machine Tool Analytics) or integrated drive systems (Drive Train Analytics).

MindSphere是一個(gè)開(kāi)放的物聯(lián)網(wǎng)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。在預(yù)測(cè)性維護(hù)、能量數(shù)據(jù)管理或資源優(yōu)化等方面，工業(yè)企業(yè)可以將其作為自己數(shù)字服務(wù)的基礎(chǔ)。尤其是機(jī)器和工廠工程公司可以使用該平臺(tái)來(lái)監(jiān)視遍布世界各地的機(jī)群用于維護(hù)，以減少停機(jī)時(shí)間并因此提供新的商業(yè)模式。 MindSphere還為西門(mén)子基于數(shù)據(jù)的服務(wù)提供了基礎(chǔ)，如機(jī)床（Machine Tool Analytics）或集成驅(qū)動(dòng)系統(tǒng)（Drive Train Analytics）的預(yù)測(cè)性維護(hù)。  

Microsoft and Siemens have worked together to support communication standards in industry for many years. Within the scope of the SPS IPC Drives from November 22 – 24, 2016 in Nuremberg, Microsoft will be present in the Siemens MindSphere Lounge showcasing services to facilitate the work of app developers designing solutions for the MindSphere platform.

微軟和西門(mén)子一起攜手支持工業(yè)通信標(biāo)準(zhǔn)多年。2016年11月22至24日在紐倫堡舉辦的SPS IPC Drives展會(huì)上，微軟將出席西門(mén)子MindSphere Lounge展示服務(wù)，以方便應(yīng)用開(kāi)發(fā)人員為MindSphere平臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)解決方案。