One tool for a single task. For most of history, that’s the way it’s been. A hammer for driving nails, a saw for cutting wood. Even in the digital age, many tools have been designed for just one purpose: a keyboard for text input, an MP3 player for listening to music, a camera for taking photos.
But that principle has long been challenged by the smartphone. It has a virtual keyboard, plays music and takes pictures. What gives it this versatility is the combination of powerful hardware and software. Need a new function or capability? It can be added through a new app or operating system version.
This high level of adaptability, familiar from smartphones, offers a glimpse of the direction industry is currently taking with the software-defined evolution. Of course, industrial environments require more than simply adding software to a single piece of hardware. That’s why Siemens takes a holistic view of Software-Defined Systems (SDS), comprising Software-Defined Products (SDP) and Software-Defined Automation (SDA), bringing the benefits of software-defined solutions to industry in a secure, industrial-grade and scalable way.
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Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.
