Successful IoT deployment: The Rolls-Royce approach – ZDNet
There is a lot of hype when it comes to delivering value from advanced technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, but Rolls-Royce is using a combination of these to create business benefits for its customers.
Late last year the engineering firm announced its R² Data Labs initiative, which aims to use machine learning, AI and data analytics to create new services.
At the heart of the labs are what Rolls-Royce calls ‘Data Innovation Cells’; groups of data experts who work with teams from across the company’s operations. These groups use DevOps principles to explore data, test new ideas, and turn those ideas into new innovation and services in areas such as asset availability, efficiency and maintenance or safety and compliance.
By the end of this year, the company said, it will receive more than 70 trillion data points from its in-service fleet each year and has plans to use this to develop an engine which is “connected, contextually aware and comprehending”, it says.