ABB

ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions connect engineering know-how and software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered and operated. Building on more than 130 years of excellence, ABB’s 105,000 employees are committed to driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation.

The industry trend is towards smarter devices with software-based services that exploit the increased connectivity, bandwidth, computational capabilities and power efficiency, combined with the scalability and cost advantages of cloud computing. The use of intelligent devices in collaboration hubs is also referred to as the so called Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT forms the foundation for the information sharing, required to improve decision making and automation for optimal productivity - already now and in the future. Over decades, ABB has amassed a vast pool of operational information and insights across more than 20 industries. Our deep understanding of our customers’ industries means that we know the scientific, engineering and business reasons that underpin decisions. We incorporate this understanding into our solutions, solving the right challenges with greater effectiveness and efficiency.

ABB's flagship control system boasts 10,000 installed systems in over 100 countries, monitoring and controlling over 50 million tags. It is now part of ABB Ability™ - ABB's unified, cross-industry digital platform and cloud infrastructure developed in conjunction with Microsoft. ABB Ability™ System 800xA offers the shortest and most secure path to the realization of the benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things within the process automation. ABB Ability System 800xA is the automation platform that allows to connect everything, to empower collaboration within and between plants, among people, system services and devices. Over the past 10 years, ABB has been on the leading edge for IoT concepts, by reimagining and transforming its flagship control system 800xA to play a new role in more and more instrumented and connected world. Onboarded to ABB's digital platform ABB Ability, it has become ABB Ability System 800xA

With ABB Aspect Object technology, our IoT technology, we have an infrastructure that allows us to easily attach new functions as well as replace existing functionality with new - all without changing the way things work for our users. ABB has deep understanding of how everything works in industrial environment, in most complex processes. We have the expertise, infrastructure and models to transform the data into actionable information, to help our customers interpret the information and drive optimization.

The keys to making the Industrial IoT successful in the long run are the intelligent assets, security, contextual data, and a business problem to solve. The good news is that ABB has been addressing these areas for years, and remains your reliable partner at the forefront of the IoT wave. Our large portfolio of digital solutions helps organizations automate, optimize and future-proof their business to achieve new heights of performance and drive sustainable progress. Our industrial software solutions are based on decades of experience gained in providing challenging process automation, information management systems and services to process industries, utilities and manufacturers worldwide. New digital tools are being developed at a much faster pace than ever before, in collaboration with ecosystem players.