In a recent announcement, Dell has released a new initiative designed to help new customers across the globe, and its own manufacturing facilities, to future proof businesses through embracing IoT technology. These customers span a broad range of industries, from building and industrial automation to video surveillance and security, and include global automation technology provider Emerson; energy management software provider Talisen Technologies; video surveillance experts Innodep; and ICT research and innovation organization TSSG. In addition, Dell said it is deploying its Edge Gateways across several manufacturing facilities after seeing productivity improvements during recent proof of concepts in Brazil.
According to a new report published by Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future (IFTF), emerging technologies such as IoT, along with advancements in software, big data and processing power, will reshape society. In 2030, it predicts, every organization will be a technology organization and, as a result, businesses need to start thinking now about how to prepare their infrastructure for digital transformation.
“We’re committed to helping customers build the right IoT solutions to address their unique business needs,” said Joyce Mullen, SVP, Global IoT and OEM Solutions, Dell EMC. “Not only do we offer the industry’s broadest IoT portfolio, but we help customers build upon their existing equipment to help simplify the deployment process and reach their return-on-investment faster.”
Since building a dedicated IoT division in 2015, Dell has helped organizations develop solutions that unlock the data needed to enable faster, useful analysis, greater collaboration and improved productivity. Some of the organizations that have recently chosen Dell to help build their unique, end-to-end IoT solutions, include:
Chitale Dairy in Bhilawadi, India, which sells about 16 million gallons of milk each year and works with Dell to monitor dairy cow habits and health using IoT sensors for automating and improving milk production through a high-speed, high-availability network
Emerson, a global automation technology provider, offers a solution for chemical, oil and gas, and power companies looking to control flow and pressure in process operations via control valves. In order to help customers use data for predictive maintenance and Industrial IoT (IIoT), Emerson worked with Dell to develop a new wireless valve monitoring solution built on Dell Edge Gateways.
Innodep, a South Korea-based provider of security and surveillance software, wanted to extend the success of its Vurix IP-Matrix video security management appliance by capitalizing on the power of IoT, so it worked with Dell EMC OEM and Dell IoT to enable Vurix IP-Matrix’s existing Dell EMC hardware stack by integrating the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series, eventually cutting development time by 40 percent and offering customers enhanced building security, greater interoperability, increased performance and simplified support model.
Dell also has replicated similar success within its own factories. Recently, Dell’s factory in Brazil streamlined quality-control in the production line with IoT. The mass customization offered by Dell’s build-to-order model posed a fundamental challenge for quality control – variability. To overcome this issue, the factory developed “Smart EQM,” or End-of-the-line Quality Metric, an IoT-enabled solution based on the Dell Edge Gateway 5100 that uses the power of real-time analytic capabilities.
“Working with Dell, we have a partner that’s very interested in solving our customers’ problems,” said Mike Boudreaux, Director, Connected Services, Emerson. “We are developing secure connected services to collect data about our customers’ equipment, so they can take action based on that data. There are many gateway manufacturers, but they don’t have the worldwide manufacturing and support capabilities we get with Dell. That’s a real differentiator for our business.”
Edited by
Ken Briodagh
