Webinar: Maximizing IoT Value: Buy, Build, or Both?

Discover the advantages of a "buy & build" approach to IoT, how to accelerate your IoT journey, and time to value with Intel and Software AG

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Manufacturers of Industrial, Commercial and Medical devices & equipment are feeling the pressure to deliver new products and capabilities faster than ever. More and more, these capabilities are built on a foundation of smart, connected equipment.

Learn how Intel, the company that put silicon in Silicon Valley, minimizes time-to-value and support the digital transformation journey of its customers in partnership with Software AG.

When equipment manufacturers look for an IoT platform to support connected equipment, “buy or build?” is often the first question. It’s also the wrong question. Software AG and Intel will be discussing:

  • Buy, Build, or Both?
  • the advantages of a "buy and build" approach to IoT
  • what to consider in such a strategy
  • keys to implementing, operating and maintaining an IIoT platform
  • how "buy and build" unlocks IoT value

Equipment makers have an opportunity to build connected products that deliver greater value and improve the customer experience. Join us to discover why a "buy and build" approach is the fastest, lowest risk strategy to produce tangible business outcomes.

Get started with a free trial of Cumulocity IoT to try it yourself, or schedule a session with us to see the potential of a flexible, reliable, and scalable IoT platform for your organization.

Featured speakers include:


Matthew Fistler,
Chief Architect - Global Lead
IoT, Industrial, and Manufacturing
Intel Corporation

As a CTO within the Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Matthew is the Global Lead for Industrial and Manufacturing within Intel's Sales and Marketing business group.

Responsible for Customer Advisory, new product development, and adoption of Intel Market-Ready Solutions.

Matthew has over 30+ years of designing and influencing intelligence, weapon, automation, controls, avionics, and air traffic systems. Leveraging his experience and expertise, Matthew has developed and influenced many commercial and enterprise organizations. Advising or developing new products and solutions, creating new routes to market for cross-industry digital offerings.

Sean Riley,
VP of Global Industry Solutions
Software AG

Sean Riley is Vice President, Industry Solutions and head of the global Center of Excellence for Value Engineering for Software AG. Over the past decade, Mr. Riley has been obsessively focused on enterprise digital transformation with a focus on leveraging technologies like IoT, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning and Intelligent Automation as applied to production, field services, supply chains, logistics and new product development. Prior to joining Software AG in 2011, Mr. Riley has over ten years of experience in the supply chain, logistics & manufacturing fields.

In addition to his work experience, Mr. Riley has received a BA in Business Administration from Hanover College, a MBA with Distinction from DePaul University and is a certified Six Sigma Greenbelt. As well as being a continual guest lecturer for DePaul University, Mr. Riley also sits on the curriculum advisory committee for the DePaul Graduate Program for Supply Chain and Operations Management and has been named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pro to Know” for seven consecutive years.