With the unveiling of ABB Ability™ Marketplace, ABB is making available its software services in one central online location, offering customers full flexibility to purchase and tailor their digital solutions portfolio.
ABB Ability™ is the unified, cross-industry digital portfolio that offers more than 210 solutions for utilities, industry and transport and infrastructure. ABB Ability™ creates powerful solutions and services that deliver opportunities to increase productivity and cut costs by combining ABB’s deep domain expertise with network connectivity and the latest digital technologies and innovations.
ABB Ability™ works by gathering and analyzing data from customers’ operations and combining the data with the knowledge and expertise gained from ABB’s global installed base of more than 70 million connected devices and more than 70,000 control systems. With the resulting intelligence, ABB’s customers can optimize their operations and use the insights to develop new business models.
“We are very proud to be launching this unique platform,” said Tarak Mehta, President of ABB’s Electrification Products division. “ABB is at the cutting edge of digital solutions and ABB Ability™ Marketplace makes it easier than ever for our customers to unlock the potential of our connected products and services for the benefit of their business.”
On ABB Ability™ Marketplace customers can:
- Purchase, extend and cancel cloud-based features and service subscriptions.
- Benefit from flexible pricing and subscription models such as fixed, time-based or, usage-based pricing.
- Sign up for free-trials, packages and bundles.
- Configure add-on features such as analytics and remote power metering.
- Upgrade in-field product functionalities.
“With the availability of our tools on a digital marketplace our customers can adapt even faster to changing market conditions or production dynamics,” said Guido Jouret, Chief Digital Officer at ABB. “Soon ABB Ability™ Marketplace will enable a lively exchange of innovative ideas and solutions by an entire ecosystem of external developers. What’s more, ABB has taken an industry-leading position on data ownership (described in our Data Manifesto) that ensures our customers’ data is protected and continues to belong to them when they use our digital solutions.”
The end-to-end cloud commerce platform for ABB Ability™ Marketplace will be provided by AppDirect, which powers millions of cloud subscriptions worldwide. AppDirect helps organizations connect their customers to the solutions they need to reach their full potential in the digital economy and has a proven track-record of simplifying the digital supply chain.
Solutions which will be available on ABB Ability™ Marketplace include cloud-based features and services for ABB AbilityTM Electrical Distribution Control System and product functionalities including ATS and Load Shedding and circuit breakers’ features.
Other software and data services include Renewable Insights, providing information for siting wind and solar projects in North America and I-SEM Insights, which provides trading analysis tools for the Irish electricity market.
Visit the ABB Ability Marketplace at us.marketplace.ability.abb and eu.marketplace.ability.abb
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation and robotics and motion, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear value propositions: bringing electricity from any power plant to any plug and automating industries from natural resources to finished products. As title partner in ABB Formula E, the fully electric international FIA motorsport class, ABB is pushing the boundaries of e-mobility to contribute to a sustainable future. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees. www.abb.com www.abb.com
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