Siemens Limited
achieved a significant milestone for its Siemens Xcelerator platform with the
inclusion of 100 India-relevant digital use and reference cases across multiple
industries such as Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Commercial Buildings,
Power Utilities and others. Siemens Xcelerator is an open and evolving digital
business platform that comprises a comprehensive, curated portfolio that
includes digital and Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled offerings (software,
hardware and digital services) from Siemens, and certified third parties. Part
of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio is Industrial Operations X, an open and
interoperable portfolio for automating and operating industrial production and
Building X, a scalable digital building platform to digitalize, manage and optimize
building operations.
Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), Koncept Engineers, Safex Technologies and Sonicbolt
Technologies were announced as Siemens Xcelerator Ecosystem Partners – a
crucial component with a far-reaching impact on the digital transformation of
organizations.
As a Siemens Xcelerator partner, TCS will engage with customers
through a consultative process to provide holistic solutions for a Connected Digital
Enterprise. These solutions will be based on the expertise of TCS in areas such
as simulation, industrial automation, IoT, industrial edge, 5G, cybersecurity, product
and application lifecycle management, manufacturing execution systems, enterprise
resource planning, enterprise asset management and low-code application
development. Koncept Engineers, Safex Technologies and Sonicbolt Technologies
will provide integrated building management solutions and integration services
of HVAC, fire safety and security systems. These include energy optimization, building
information modeling integration, digitalization, cloud-based offerings and
building automation as well as for Building X.
Peter Koerte,
Chief Technology Officer and Strategy Officer, Siemens AG, said, “We have made
significant progress over the past year with Siemens Xcelerator and growing a
powerful ecosystem. With India’s economy continuing its high growth momentum
aiming to double its GDP in the next 7-8 years, Indian companies have a unique
opportunity to accelerate their digital transformation with Siemens Xcelerator
portfolio which includes latest technologies such as industrial AI, industrial
edge, digital twin and 5G.”
Sunil Mathur,
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Limited, said, “We have
achieved a milestone of 100 India-relevant digital use cases, which are now
available on Siemens Xcelerator platform. Together with our Siemens Xcelerator
Ecosystem Partners, we will be able to support the increasing demand for
digitalization and decarbonization solutions in India.”
Regu Ayyaswamy,
Global Head, IoT & Digital Engineering, TCS, said, “TCS brings deep
knowledge of Industrial IoT and digital engineering across a wide client
portfolio and expertise in Siemens Xcelerator solutions. With TCS' 'Bringing
Life to Things' framework, enterprises can maximize value from a Connected
Digital Enterprise by responding to physical context with digital intelligence,
accelerating digital product creation, enabling neural manufacturing and
becoming sustainable by design.”
Many of the use
cases were on display at the fourth edition of Siemens India Innovation Day
2023 in Mumbai, where Siemens showcased a range of technology innovations and
customer references on digital transformation through an Ideas Marketplace,
Co-Labs and Siemens Xcelerator Hub.
In his Keynote
Address at the Siemens Innovation Day 2023, Peter Koerte outlined the power of
the Industrial Metaverse which is an always-on world, where real machines and
factories, buildings and cities, grids and transportation systems are mirrored
in the virtual world. It has the potential to solve real-world problems by
integrating cutting-edge technologies such as digital twin, artificial
intelligence, and edge and cloud computing. It will enable users to simulate
and test different scenarios, and to work on real things together virtually, in
real-time, and from anywhere – whether designing buildings and power grids or
servicing machines. This will result in reduction of costs, emissions, and
resources.
Acknowledging
the major challenges for India’s industry, in its recent paper, Siemens
highlighted the five megatrends that are transforming the global economy. These
megatrends are seen to be shifting the geopolitical balance of power, and
profoundly impacting the global workforce: demographic change, urbanization,
glocalization, environmental change & resource efficiency, and digitalization.
Siemens’ mission is to present solutions, along with the Siemens Xcelerator
partners, for tackling these challenges.