IoT and Industry 4.0
Bosch relies on the cloud from IBM
Last year, Bosch announced that it wanted to set up its own cloud. Was this announcement perhaps too grandiose after all?
At least in one area, Bosch is now working with IBM and relying on its computing and storage resources. This involves the 'Bosch IoT Suite' and the distribution of automatic software updates for devices that are connected to the internet. As one of the most important automotive suppliers, Bosch is not just dealing with a few industrial control units, but with vehicle fleets that can run into the millions. In order to manage software updates on this scale, Bosch has entered into a partnership with IBM and uses IBM's Bluemix cloud as its infrastructure. Bluemix is a "platform as a service" on which apps can be developed, executed, deployed and managed. IBM provides various programming languages such as Java, Node.js, Go, PHP and Python and offers over 100 services that can be used to manage and distribute the apps.
Bosch is now introducing the 'Bosch IoT Rollouts' service for device management and cloud-based software updates on Bluemix and the IBM Watson IoT Platform. Customers of both companies will have access to 'Bosch IoT Rollouts' via the IBM cloud and benefit from scalability, flexibility, data protection and security.
With this cooperation, Bosch and IBM want to enable car manufacturers to plan their software updates for millions of vehicles in advance and organize them in such a way that the vehicles do not have to go to the workshop. A household appliance manufacturer can send remote updates to thousands of washing machines and dryers. This gives every customer access to the latest updates. These updates, in turn, can include new functions such as the automatic reordering of detergent.
"The Internet of Things is changing itself and everything around us - in our professional and private lives. Only those companies that are able to work together in ecosystems will be successful," says Dr. Rainer Kallenbach, CEO of Bosch Software Innovations. According to Gartner, an estimated 20.8 billion connected devices will be in use by 2020. "Customers expect these devices to have the latest functions and the latest performance enhancements at all times," says Bosch.
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