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Industrial Internet Consortium Steering Committee Expands by Two Seats
The Industrial Internet Consortium®, the global
public-private organization formed to accelerate adoption and enablement
of the Industrial Internet of Things, announced the results of a special
election to its Steering Committee. The new members are:
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Dr. Tanja Rueckert, Executive Vice President IoT & Customer Innovation
Unit, SAP (News - Alert)
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John Tuccillo, Senior Vice President Global Industry & Government
Affairs, Schneider Electric
They join representatives from the five founding members of the
Industrial Internet Consortium (AT&T (News - Alert), Cisco, GE, IBM, and Intel) on the
Steering Committee along with representatives from two large industry
organizations, one small industry organization, and a nonprofit who were
elected by the general membership. The new contributing level members
have made a four-year commitment.
"The long-term commitment to the Industrial Internet Consortium made by
both SAP and Schneider Electric (News - Alert), in this special new membership
category, is outstanding and we are gratified to have their leadership
join with our Founders and other Steering Committee members," said Dr.
Richard Soley, Executive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium.
"The broad, international base of our Steering Committee will continue
to keep our testbed development program relevant and exciting."
The special election was held to fill seats for Contributing Membership,
a new category created to expand governance as the Consortium grows.
"Our new four year commitment as contributing member demonstrates how
SAP fully recognizes the tremendous value the IIC brings to the
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and our SAP Hana Cloud Platform for
the IoT. To that end we look forward to continuing to grow and expand
our participation in the IIC Testbed, Technology, and Security
activities," said Dr. Tanja Rueckert, Executive Vice President Internet
of Things & Customer Innovation, SAP. "I appreciate the trust the
founding members have made in electing me to the Steering Committee and
look forward to working with the Founders and the other Steering
Committee members to collaboratively strengthen and grow the IIC and
help promote alignment across complimentary IIoT and IoT activities such
as Industry 4.0, which SAP also actively support."
"The IIC is gaining terrific momentum globally, building practical
methods of adoption for the Industrial IoT across many different
businesses and functions," said John Tuccillo, Senior Vice President,
Global Industry & Government Affairs, Schneider Electric. "We are
pleased to join the Steering Committee at this critical time, and over
the next several year commitment, we look forward to helping lead, build
and accelerate these efforts. Together, we see many specific
opportunities for IIC collaboration with complementary technical
standards and government regulatory communities as well as select
industry groups."
The newly-elected Steering Committee members officially took their seats
at the Industrial Internet Consortium's quarterly members' meeting in
Barcelona, Spain on September 14th.
About the Industrial Internet Consortium®
The Industrial Internet Consortium® is an
open membership organization with over 200 members from 26 countries,
formed to accelerate the development, adoption, and wide-spread use of
interconnected machines and devices, intelligent analytics, and people
at work. Founded by AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, IBM, and Intel (News - Alert) in
March 2014, the Industrial Internet Consortium catalyzes and coordinates
the priorities and enabling technologies of the Industrial Internet. The
Industrial Internet Consortium is managed by the Object Management Group
(OMG). Visit www.iiconsortium.org.
About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP)
helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office
to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device - SAP
empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and
use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition.
SAP applications and services enable more than 293,500 customers to
operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more
information, visit www.sap.com.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and
automation. With revenues of €25 billion in FY2014, our 170,000
employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage
their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and
sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational
systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our
customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected
technologies will reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives.
At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On. For more
information, visit www.schneider-electric.com.
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All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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