PTC
(Nasdaq: PTC) and NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan’s largest mobile service
provider, today announced the companies are expanding their relationship
to extend the use of the ThingWorx® IoT Development Platform at DOCOMO
in order to streamline use of cloud-based IoT platforms. Serving more
than 65 million mobile customers, DOCOMO operates a high-quality
nationwide LTE networks.
PTC and DOCOMO will continue to jointly market IoT solutions that are
specifically developed for the Japanese market. ThingWorx will provide
its IoT development platform for DOCOMO cloud-based software, taking
advantage of its connectivity and communication technology to implement
IoT solutions. Together with Nippon Systemware, a Tokyo-based system
integrator with a proven track record in software and hardware
development, the companies will deliver solutions that customers can
use, utilizing the DOCOMO high-quality, nationwide mobile network to
serve the specific needs of its individual business customers.
“The extension of our business relationship with DOCOMO is a great
opportunity for businesses that want a single source for device, network
and IoT solutions,” said Russ Fadel, president, ThingWorx, a PTC
Business. “We look forward to continue working with DOCOMO to drive
business value in the emerging IoT market.”
ThingWorx offers an innovative platform for rapidly developing and
deploying applications to realize the opportunity and value presented by
the Internet of Things economy. The ThingWorx simplified and unified
approach to IoT applications enables companies to iteratively innovate
business processes significantly faster than conventional methods and
tools, thus accelerating time to value, reducing cost and risk, and
transforming how products, people, and systems connect and interact.
“The ThingWorx technology enables us to rapidly generate applications
that are easily extended and modified through the lifecycle of the
service, giving us the ability to quickly respond to the demands of our
business customers,” said Naoki Tani, managing director, M2M business
department, NTT DOCOMO. “We look forward to continuing our work with PTC
to offer our business customers this joint, next generation IoT
solution.”
PTC and DOCOMO expect to offer business customers customizable solutions
that will seamlessly integrate applications, networks and devices,
helping them to transform their businesses in the IoT market.
The ThingWorx partner ecosystem offers a wide range of applications,
pre-integrated software components, and skills providing the necessary
building blocks required to rapidly design, build, deploy and manage IoT
applications. Comprised of components that are built by ThingWorx,
ThingWorx partners, third party developers, and independent hardware and
software vendors, these offerings add value to all members of the IoT
value chain by delivering the technology, tools and expertise to
implement IoT solutions.
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About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) is a global provider of
technology platforms and enterprise applications for smart and connected
products, operations, and systems. PTC’s enterprise applications serve
manufacturers and other businesses that create, operate and service
products. Led by its award winning ThingWorx application enablement
platform, PTC’s platform technologies help companies deliver new value
emerging from the Internet of Things. An early pioneer in Computer Aided
Design (CAD) software, PTC today employs more than 6,000 professional
serving more than 28,000 businesses worldwide.
About ThingWorx, a PTC Business
ThingWorx, a PTC (Nasdaq:
PTC) business, provides the first platform designed to efficiently build
and run the applications of today's connected world. The ThingWorx®
platform, the centerpiece of PTC’s Internet of Things (IoT) technology
portfolio, combines capabilities from the PTC Axeda® solution to deliver
the world’s first complete IoT Platform, which includes connectivity,
device cloud, business logic, big data, analytics and remote service
applications.
The combination delivers a comprehensive IoT technology stack that
enables companies to securely connect assets, quickly create
applications, and innovate new ways to capture value. Companies are
already leveraging this technology to capitalize on the potential that
the IoT represents for a wide range of markets, including manufacturing,
energy, agriculture, transportation, and government. For more
information, please visit our websites at www.thingworx.com,
www.axeda.com,
and www.PTC.com
or follow us on Twitter at @ThingWorx, @Axeda, and @PTC.
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient
and secure mobile services that enable smarter living for each customer.
The company serves over 65 million mobile customers in Japan via
advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide LTE network and one
of the world’s most progressive LTE-Advanced networks. DOCOMO is a
leading developer of a 5G network that it plans to deploy by 2020, as
well as network function virtualization (NFV), NFC infrastructure and
services, emerging IoT solutions, and more. Outside Japan, the company
is providing technical and operational expertise to seven mobile
operators and other partner companies, and is contributing to the global
standardization of all-new mobile technologies. DOCOMO is listed on
stock exchanges in Tokyo (9437) and New York (DCM). Please visit www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english
and http://www.docomo.biz/html/m2m/e/.
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