In a move designed to provide companies with tailored machine-to-machine (M2M) communications solutions from a single source, Siemens has announced a new partnership with ORACLE Deutschland GmbH.
This cooperative effort for the joint development of corporate solutions in the field of machine-to-machine communications relates especially to M2M One, a new line of business offered by Siemens that provides companies with customised M2M solutions from a single source using, amongst others, ORACLE's application server.
Siemens uses ORACLE Application Server as the basis for developing a framework for M2M server solutions that ensure that data sent to the company from external machines and devices via GSM/GPRS communication is stored in an ORACLE database and processed from there.
With the aid of the ORACLE JDeveloper development tool and prefabricated modules, the framework for this can be adapted very quickly to individual M2M needs.
"We are delighted to be able to support Siemens with our expertise in the development of the M2M framework," says Werner Keller, vice president of sales at ORACLE Deutschland GmbH. "The M2M market is highly attractive and we are hoping for further interesting developments in this field in cooperation with Siemens."
The two companies also intend to work together marketing the new M2M One service offering, planning - among other things - a joint roadshow in Germany in the first half of the year to show companies on-site the opportunities for boosting efficiency and reducing costs by using machine-to-machine communication.
"The M2M market has been highly fragmented up to now with many individual solutions. Together, we are now striving to achieve greater standardisation of M2M solutions on the server side," says Edwin Brown of Siemens Communications. "Due to the presence of Siemens and ORACLE worldwide we can offer our customers not only regional but also international implementation of their M2M solution along with global support that includes the server application."
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Siemens Communications is one of the largest players in the global telecommunications industry. Siemens is the only provider in the market that offers its customers a full-range portfolio, from devices for end users to complex network infrastructures for enterprises and carriers as well as related services. Siemens Communications is the world's innovation leader in convergent technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. It is the largest Group within Siemens and operates in more than 160 countries around the world. In fiscal 2003 (year-end September 30), its 60,000-strong workforce posted sales of about 17 billion euros.
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