Advantech is pleased to announce its support of the newly released Windows 10 IoT. Windows 10 IoT will power a range of intelligent connected devices from smaller equipment such as gateways or mobile point-of-sale units to industrial devices like robots and specialty medical equipment. Designed to connect through Azure IoT services, Windows 10 IoT offers enterprise-grade security along with native connectivity for machine-to-machine and machine-to-cloud scenarios.

Connecting to Azure Cloud Services

Azure IoT Suite is an integrated offering that takes advantage of all relevant Azure capabilities to connect devices and other assets, capture the diverse and voluminous data they generate, integrate and orchestrate the flow of that data, and manage, analyze, and present it as usable information. The offering, while customizable to fit the unique needs of organizations, will also provide finished applications to speed deployment of common scenarios seen across many industries, such as remote monitoring, asset management, and predictive maintenance, while providing the ability to grow and scale solutions to cover millions of “things”.

Seamless Sensor/Gateway Communications

The IoT succeeds only when things are able to communicate with one another. Within proprietary Windows 10 IoT networks, establishing that communication is fairly easy with AllJoyn. AllJoyn is an open source software framework and set of services that aims to enable interoperability among connected devices, regardless of the underlying proprietary technology of communication protocol. By implementing AllJoyn in Windows 10, Microsoft is joining with more than 80 alliance members to support interoperability across a variety of platforms and at scale, advancing the development and vision of the IoT.

New Feature Highlights

Cortana – Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which has been present on its phone operating system for a while now, is one of the headline features of Windows 10. Accessible directly from the desktop with either a click or voice command, it can serve as a handy helper when you need to get things done.
Microsoft Edge – Edge is slated to become the new default web browser for Windows 10, with Internet Explorer consigned to the background to support legacy software. Edge features a host of built-in features such as a screen grab tool with touchscreen doodling ability, a note pad, and reading mode.

Cortana will also be built into the browser, so your search results will be tailored to you, plus you’ll have restaurant reviews, directions, and so on beamed straight to you.
Virtual Desktops – A key tweak has been made to one of the most important features of Windows 10, as far as desktop users are concerned, which is virtual desktops. On previous builds, the apps you had open on any desktop where shown on every desktops taskbar, making it cluttered. No so with Windows 10.

Task View for Serious Multi-tasking – Multi-tasking is one of the better executed features in Windows and now Microsoft is adding something they are calling “Task View” to make it even more useful. Sitting on the taskbar across the bottom of the screen, Task View, when launched, will display all of your currently opened apps.
Multiple Desktops for Power Users – When you launch Task View, Windows 10 will support the ability to view multiple desktops. You can switch between different desktops where multiple apps run. Using the new “Snap Assist”, you will also be able to grab apps from those different desktops.

Advantech Provides Platform-Ready and Solution-Ready Services

Advantech offers diverse platforms with Windows 10 IoT pre-installed, including boards, systems, and gateways. Advantech’s WISE-PaaS platform fully supports Windows 10 IoT with core, mobile, and industry version through Universal Windows Apps structure to offer Cloud services. By adopting it, developers can rapidly build and deploy applications with greater speed, flexibility, and agility. It enables developers to easily and effectively construct IoT Cloud solutions.

Advantech Corporation
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