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Industry News California State Water Board Recognizes CloudCompli and OC Public Works in the 2016 Data Innovation Challenge CloudCompli is proud to be recognized by the California Water Board for its winning entry in the Board's inaugural Data Innovation Challenge. The Data Innovation Challenge, issued following the CA Water Board Data Fair last month, was to: "create applications, visualizations and other tools to help harness publicly available water data related to climate change adaptation, regulatory oversight, and water quality." Partnering with Orange County Public Works, CloudCompli built a GIS application harnessing data from Orange County's water quality monitoring programs and the California's Storm Water Multiple Action and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) in order to identify root causes of water quality degradation. "I was impressed by the ingenuity and innovation exhibited... and its close connection to the core mission of the Water Boards to protect water quality," said Tam Doduc, California State Water Board. "It was great collaborating with Grant Sharp and his team at OC Public Works," says Eric Bollens, chief technology officer at CloudCompli. "Addressing the issue of source identification for water quality issues, a problem common to all municipal stormwater programs, is a big step towards incorporating stormwater into the 'smart cities' of tomorrow. Ayla Networks Extends its Global IoT Reach Ayla Networks is formally establishing its presence in Japan. Ayla has opened a Japan office, hired a regional manager for Japan, and announced several key partnerships and plans to launch its Asian IoT cloud service. Japan has one of the worlds leading manufacturing markets, but it is currently underserved by IoT companies, said David Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Ayla Networks. By extending Aylas presence to this fourth global region, we are enabling manufacturers in Japan to take advantage of the same IoT cloud capabilities as we already provide to manufacturers in North America, the EU and Chinaand for the manufacturers in these other regions to tap into the Japanese market. Ayla plans to add a fourth Ayla IoT cloud servicejoining the ones already operating in the United States, Europe and Chinato support the broader Asia region, including Japan. Ayla cloud services run on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform globally. "As Ayla expands into more regions and connects more devices, theres a powerful network effect that benefits every manufacturer connected to the Ayla IoT cloud," said Bill Podrasky, vice president of business development at Ayla. "As we continue to build our IoT platforms capabilities and features, those advancements are automatically available to everyone through the Ayla cloud, worldwide." 26 www.RemoteMagazine.com ZigBee Alliance Welcomes 38 New Members to Drive IoT Forward The ZigBee Alliance has announced 38 members have joined since the beginning of 2016. This rapid growth reflects continued industry wide support for the organization and its latest low-power RF solutions for a smarter, greener IoT from innovative new companies to major, market-moving brands that are serious about contributing to interoperability, collaboration and unification. These 38 organizations represent an international movement to bring the Internet of Things forward on a universal scale thats not hindered by country borders, brands or language, said Tobin Richardson, president and CEO, ZigBee Alliance. Our members are focused, producing results, and ZigBee 3.0 is generating explosive interest as we rally the industry around the goal of meaningful IoT interoperability via a consolidated approach to the market. "The flurry in membership activity weve experienced in just the past four months since announcing ZigBee 3.0, plus the recent acquisitions of Daintree by Current (by GE) and GreenPeak by Qorvo, indicate the industrys large-scale investment in ZigBee technologies for next-generation IoT products," said John E. Osborne II, Chairman of the ZigBee Alliance board. "Were proud to see continued growth of the ZigBee brand and were pressing full-steam ahead." EY and GE Digital Form Alliance in Industrial Internet of Things EY and GE Digital have formed a strategic alliance to develop and provide Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) services to help industrial companies achieve increased productivity from capital assets and processes linked in the cloud. EY and GE Digital will develop and deliver industry-specific services based on GE's Predixcloud-based operating system. The services can help companies reduce operating expenses and increase revenue through improved machine uptime and streamlined industrial workflows. EY, which has been working with GE for more than 10 years, joins GE's ecosystem of global alliance partners, which gives members access to digital tools and domain expertise from across GE. EY will provide its extensive experience in business transformation; IoT, data analytics and IT cybersecurity capabilities; and access to global resources across multiple industries. "Within the global economy, CxOs face tough challenges: the unrelenting pressure to do more with less and optimize performance whilst controlling costs, as well as the need to innovate," said Lionel Lamy, associate vice-president, co-lead ‒ European IoT Practice, IDC. "They must get more from their fixed assets, improve capital ROI and optimize the productivity and value of their increasingly mobile and demanding workforce. The Internet of Things helps address these issues, but as a complex and fast-moving market, partnerships must be formed to ensure a holistic, end-to-end approach. This al- http://www.RemoteMagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Remote Site & Equipment Management 2016

Editor's Choice
Integrating Local HMI with the Cloud
Managing Distributed Energy Resources with IoT and Cloud Technologies
Three Considerations for M2M/IoT Connectivity
Creating Value from IIoT Data
Wireless Sensor Networks - Applications in Oil & Gas
Applying Remote Monitoring & Predictive Analytics to Satisfy Customers While Keeping Costs Down
M2M & IoT Products
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