**Recently, Halo Cloud Data Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Halo Cloud") signed an agreement with Advantech (hereinafter referred to as "Advantech") to authorize Halo Cloud to operate the WISE-PaaS industrial Internet cloud platform in China. **Combining Halo Cloud's resource advantages in cloud computing and network and experience in cloud computing, network delivery, and operation, and Advantech's technology and product advantages in the industrial Internet market, the two parties officially provide the WISE-PaaS industrial Internet cloud platform in China to provide customers with advanced IoT infrastructure, accelerate their migration to the industrial Internet cloud platform, and use the advantages of cloud computing to achieve fast and safe deployment, reduce the technical difficulty of building and maintaining IoT infrastructure for customers, and reduce customer costs.
Advantech's WISE-PaaS industrial Internet cloud platform operated by Aura Cloud, based on the needs of enterprise digital transformation, provides industrial enterprises with cloud-edge-end integration, intelligent, efficient, stable, and secure industrial Internet solutions and enabling platforms. WISE-PaaS provides enterprise users with a one-stop AIoT low-code development platform covering device intelligence, digital twins, industrial big data analysis, and artificial intelligence. Based on the platform, it provides a wealth of industry-specific solutions (Solution Ready Package, SRP), and continues to empower enterprises to implement industrial Internet applications.
In the future, Halo Cloud and Advantech will focus on application fields such as smart manufacturing, smart equipment, digital energy, smart environmental protection, smart water affairs, and smart city services. Focusing on multiple subdivided work scenarios in different industries, relying on the advantages of the WISE-PaaS industrial Internet cloud platform, they will launch a number of vertical industry solutions such as digital operation and maintenance centers, equipment cloud intelligence, comprehensive energy management, photovoltaic operation and maintenance platforms, and smart water treatment, helping enterprises realize cross-department, cross-region, and cross-platform business collaboration and automation, and create a more efficient and convenient digital industrial manufacturing model.
Founded in 1983, Advantech takes "the driving force of the smart earth" as its corporate brand vision, and has been focusing on the three major markets of industrial Internet of Things, embedded Internet of Things, and smart cities. In order to meet the general trend of IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence, Advantech proposes IoT software and hardware solutions centered on edge intelligence and WISE-PaaS industrial Internet cloud platform to help customers and partners connect the industrial chain. Advantech's business is distributed in 27 countries around the world, with nearly 8,300 employees. With a strong technical service and marketing network, Advantech provides customers with localized and responsive services. In addition, Advantech is also actively cooperating with partners to create an industrial ecosystem and accelerate the realization of the goal of industrial intelligence.
Halo Cloud was jointly established by Sinnet Technology Co., Ltd. (stock code 300383) and the management team in May 2018. The team has gathered senior operators in the fields of telecommunications, IT, and Internet data centers. Based on rich operating experience, it helps enterprises, institutions, and governments to efficiently and safely build a digital ecosystem on the cloud. As a digital and intelligent operational service provider, Halo Cloud takes customer experience/value as the core, creates differentiated new experiences for customers, and provides sustainable services of "enterprise digital re-innovation".