{"id":20008,"date":"2018-11-15T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:46:17","slug":"iot-in-action-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/general\/2018\/11\/15\/iot-in-action-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT in Action in Canada: Unlocking Innovation & Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pace of change in the IoT space is staggering and Microsoft is continuing to lead the way in driving this innovation. This year at the Microsoft Ignite Conference<\/a>, we announced that we will invest $5 billion globally in the Internet of Things over the next four years<\/a>. The reason we are doing this is simple: Our goal is to give every customer the ability to transform their businesses, and the world at large, with connected solutions.<\/p>\n

Other key announcements include:<\/p>\n

Azure IoT Central is now generally available\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last December we announced the public preview<\/a> of Azure IoT Central, and it is now generally available<\/a>. Azure IoT Central is a fully managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that enables customers and partners to provision an IoT solution in seconds, customize it in a few hours, and go to production the same day\u2014all without requiring any cloud solution development expertise.<\/p>\n

Introducing Azure Digital Twins: the next evolution in IoT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Azure Digital Twins, a breakthrough service in our IoT platform that enables customers and partners to create a comprehensive digital model of any physical environment, including people, places, and things, as well as the relationships and processes that bind them.<\/p>\n

Securing IoT from device to cloud – Announcing the broad availability of Azure Sphere development kits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Azure Sphere sets the standard for IoT security by allowing manufacturers to build highly secure, internet-enabled MCU devices that stay protected even in an evolving threat landscape.<\/p>\n

Azure Sphere’s unique mix of three components work in unison to reduce risk, no matter how the threats facing organizations change:<\/p>\n