Advantech Technology Chairman Liukezhen: The cloud of the internet of things has not really built up

Absrtact: Liukezhen, chairman of Advantech Science and Technology, believes that the cloud of the internet of things has not really been set up, which is one of the reasons for the current Internet of things. At the same time, in the development of the Internet of things, the different modes of thinking of two different subjects of the hardware enterprises and enterprises

Liukezhen, chairman of Advantech Science and Technology, said, "The cloud of the internet of things has not really been built up, this is the current Internet of things has not yet broken out." "At the same time, in the development of the Internet of things, hardware enterprises and network enterprises two different ways of thinking should be through, in order to realize the true sense of intelligence and everything connected."

In addition, Liukezhen says, the internet of Things is a big industry in which hardware, software, cloud services and the web are strung together. Mainland China and Taiwan should integrate and cooperate in the Internet and hardware, in order to promote greater China in the field of IoT in the world's leading position.

Internet companies are moving in a large scale, in addition to bat three giants, Jing-dong, 360, millet and even the home appliance manufacturers are also for the "Next era" cheer. But, shouting lasted for more than a year, many products are still in the initial stage, not see the real outbreak, singing a decline of sound also one after another.

"The cloud of the internet of things has not really been set up, which is one of the reasons for the current Internet of things." "Recently, Advantech Technology chairman Liukezhen received an interview with the 21st century economic reporter, said.

Liukezhen said that the Internet manufacturers in the field of IoT layout is a "top-down" approach, the focus is on the application level; but similar to Advantech technology This enterprise is another kind of "bottom-up" thinking, that is, from the hardware to build an intelligent environment, so that the object and the environment actively connected with people.

Advantech Science and technology is the global intelligent system industry manufacturers, focusing on automation, embedded computer, intelligent service three major markets. And with the development of the Internet of things, the future of large data is bound to extend to the object, the need for some sensors and equipment to convert the physical amount of data to the cloud to reach the goal of intelligence, which is the current focus of research in China.

In fact, many of the current criticisms of intelligent hardware is not intelligent reason, one is for the application of the independent hardware, even if the communication can be connected, but the data layer can not produce synergies; second, the object is often passive connection with people, all still need to be based on human judgment, is not the concept of things connected with the environment initiative and people.

Liukezhen said that the future hardware enterprises and Internet enterprises two ways to get through, is the true meaning of intelligence and everything connected.

Hardware Company's Internet of things layout

"21st century": Advantech's layout of the Internet of things is what kind of thinking?

Liukezhen: We are hardware companies, sell a lot of hardware, now will introduce embedded software, the focus is to put the hardware into the application of the middle layer, the application software is our customers are doing things.

In the past our industry is called industrial computer, this industry is very developed in Taiwan, there are currently 100 companies around the world, but the listed companies in Taiwan have 15. This industrial computer used to be the United States, Germany, Japan, and now mainly Taiwan and Germany. This is also the foundation of the future Internet of things.

The other is the chip. So the internet of things to get up, chip first to get up. After the chip, the platform, is the embedding software. This part is a new industry, but the maturity of the industry is still very low, you want to integrate hardware into the cloud service phase, which work is very difficult, the cloud environment has not been clear.

We used to automate, that is, to load the sensor in the factory, the data transfer to the computer, software, but did not throw the cloud up. But what is really called the concept of the Internet of Things, is the device to perceive the data are transmitted to the cloud, and then the wisdom of the cloud of large data down again, but the internet of things this cloud environment is not in place.

Next, we do the platform of the enterprise to set up the cloud environment, and then let the integrator can go down, so that the Internet can become a big industry. We will assist our customers with the following categories of applications.

21st Century: What is the difference between this layout and Internet company's current layout of things?

Liukezhen: Different ideas. Internet companies are more in the Top-down application level layout, mainly the application level, mainly people through the mobile phone terminal operation to achieve. And we this original automate the enterprise, solves is the system in the operation flow, the data how is collected and analyzes, the active response.

For example, the change of the traditional retail business is mainly in the electronic business, this is a process of informatization, and we are to let the original traditional retail intelligent.

Our vision for the internet of Things is two different realms. The latter is the transmission of information by the Internet to people to judge, and our vision is that all things and the environment are connected, the object of the initiative to connect people. This is an active connection, because the environment itself is networked, itself know the situation, coupled with the Internet information, to form a more intelligent environment.

At present, Ali and Tencent are in the promotion of Wisdom hospital, optimize the flow of hospitals and so on, but also in an internet stage. The real Internet of things must be connected to the hardware, such as the concept of the so-called intelligent hospital into the hospital equipment, rather than just stay around the smartphone for the process of transformation and so on.

Opportunities for the Internet of things in Greater China

21st Century: What opportunities do you think Taiwan will encounter in the development of the Internet of things?

Liukezhen: Taiwan's development in the IT industry originated in the early days when many people were assembling hardware, and then there were some big companies, including the global foundry industry and the electronics manufacturing Company. In fact, the internet industry is mainly software this part of the soft development of the form, and relative to the Internet, things are completely different network. The internet of Things is roughly "hardware + software + cloud services" which is a big industry chain. This industry can not only do software not hardware, so the enterprise opportunities in Taiwan also came.

Now the Chinese mainland's electronics manufacturing is also emerging, such as Shenzhen can quickly make hardware. But similar to the situation in Taiwan, after the PC has just begun to develop, there will be hundreds of PC manufacturers, although the entrepreneurial boom has its significance, but many companies soon died. I think, although there are many rapid generation, but because the value is not high, in the value chain will not be particularly important, some electronic manufacturing in Shenzhen, there will be a small number of enterprises can provide value, and Taiwan will play an important role.

21st Century: How do you think China and Taiwan should cooperate in the future of the Internet of things?

Liukezhen: The Internet of Things is a big industry in which hardware, software, cloud services and the web are strung together. The Taiwan area of this market will be more meaningful in the industrial chain, mainly in the hardware part. Mainland China is relatively strong in the Internet, this time the mainland and Taiwan can be connected, the two sides can co-operate to do a good job of this networking, so that greater China in the field of things in the world's leading position.

In fact, the internet sector, China's bat and other companies have the strength to define things, such as the Protocol standards of communication. The world's past software standards are largely defined by Americans. It's not easy for mainland Chinese internet companies like bat to get out of their way. I hope that the internet of things, Greater China will be together to form a standard, communication, exchange of information standards ACI and so can be built together. China has a vast market, so the Chinese have the ability to define their own standards.

The internet has grown rapidly in mainland China, but the extent to which internet companies and Advantech firms are not picking up is high. In the future, the upper tier will be dominated by mainland China's big market. In the future two different ideas can be deeply connected, but it is difficult for both of them to string together.

In addition, I think the vertical industry will be in the Greater China quickly link up, the independent formation of a replicable knowledge circle, including medical, retail and other industries, so that the intelligence of these areas can be quickly replicated everywhere. The various industries of the Internet of Things should guide this deep tillage mechanism. This is the opportunity for greater China, which is also a vision of Advantech as an enterprise in Taiwan.