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Toshiba Teams with Microsoft on New Internet of Things Initiative

posted Sunday Jun 7, 2015 by Nicholas DiMeo

Toshiba Teams with Microsoft on New Internet of Things Initiative

In the ever-growing Internet of Things space, it's becoming harder and harder to stand out from the long list of devices, platforms and technologies. With the help of Microsoft, Toshiba is looking to gain the upper hand by truly harnessing the power of the cloud.

Announced at Computex in Taipei, Toshiba has signed a deal with Microsoft that will allow the company to use Microsoft's Azure services to boost its Internet of Things offerings. By the end of 2015, Toshiba says it will combine Azure with its various sensors, devices and apps in order to bring more offerings to enterprise customers.

Microsoft's OEM VP Nick Parker spoke at the conference.

Bringing together the power of the Azure Services and IoT Suite with Toshiba's cutting edge sensor-driven devices will provide a new level of data access and business intelligence to customers.

The first thing we should expect to see out of the deal will be a logistics solution that will take advantage of Azure Machine Learning, allowing devices in shipping vehicles the ability to track the finer points of package delivery. Toshiba said that the system will be powered off of a battery that can continually operate for six months before needing to be replaced or recharged.

This deal is part of Toshiba's efforts to achieve the company's "Human Smart Community" initiative, that pairs technology with real-life applications to make the world a better place overall. It was only a matter of time until a company would combine a greater good effort with the power of Azure to come up with a different way of accomplishing big-picture tasks.

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