Nokia said this partnership is designed to unlock the potential of mission critical applications for Industry 4.0 use cases.
Through the integration, Nokia MXIE and private wireless solution customers will have seamless access to the full Azure ecosystem offering on MXIE. The Nokia MXIE is a high-capacity and highly-resilient as-a-service OT on-premise edge solution that accelerates the digital transformation of operational technology (OT), and is powered with 4.9/LTE and 5G connectivity.
Microsoft Azure Arc running on Nokia MXIE provides enterprises with added access to Azure capabilities while benefiting from private wireless connected assets’ real-time data and on-premise, highly-resilient OT-centric edge processing.
Stephan Litjens, vice president, Nokia Enterprise Solutions, said, “Our extended collaboration with Microsoft will enable and enhance the performance of Industry 4.0 mission critical applications allowing our customers to tap into Microsoft Azure Arc in the cloud and on the customer premise’s edge.”
Keith Sutton, CTO, telco service line at Microsoft, added, “With Microsoft Azure Arc, a wide ecosystem of applications, and our long standing work with Nokia, we can provide AI-powered insights and identify solutions to workflow issues for mission critical Industry 4.0 applications running at the edge.”
The partnership aims to support industries including automotive, manufacturing, energy, logistics and government. Use cases could include increasing worker safety through AI and automation, and decreasing the amount of needed backhaul with local data processing.