They deploy service to customers, such as CILE, a public water distribution company in Belgium, whose focus is sustainability
NTT, “the IT infrastructure and services company”, and Cisco are collaborating to develop and deploy IoT-as-a-Service for enterprises.
The proposed service will draw on NTT’s Edge-as-a-Service portfolio and Cisco’s IoT capabilities with the aim of providing real-time data insights, better security and decisions, predictive maintenance to cut costs, asset tracking and supply chain management.
The plan is to combine NTT’s expertise in managed services, automation at the edge and managing complex IT environments, with Cisco’s IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
Already underway
NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business, bringing together more than 1,000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities and more.
It has also trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate the companies’ go-to-market efforts.
Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT, says, “We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver…repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions”
NTT and Cisco will focus on solutions for industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare, where there is a growing demand for edge computing and IoT. They are already deploying service to several customers including Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux (CILE), a public water distribution company in Belgium [picture credit].
Water on the IT brain
NTT and Cisco have deployed thousands of LoRaWAN sensors across CILE’s infrastructure for remote visibility to improves operational efficiencies related to water quality, consumption, distribution and maintenance.
The solution includes technologies such as smart distribution networks, remote reading of smart meters, smart grid for remote management, connected IoT objects and AI – all delivered as a managed service.
The network provides the building blocks to support other sustainability use cases such as waste management, parking management, water quality and street light controls.
“At CILE, we provide critical infrastructure for 24 cities in Belgium, which means efficiency, security and reliability are key,” said William de Angelis, CIO and CDO at CILE.
“With NTT and Cisco’s support, we have real-time insights into our facilities and distribution networks, including faster detection of leaks, allowing us to respond to issues instantaneously and expand the network to other sustainability use cases.”