<s>
MindSphere	B-Device
is	O
an	O
industrial	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
service	O
solution	O
developed	O
by	O
Siemens	O
for	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindSphere	B-Device
stores	O
operational	O
data	O
and	O
,	O
makes	O
it	O
accessible	O
through	O
digital	O
applications	O
(	O
“	O
MindSphere	B-Device
applications	O
”	O
)	O
to	O
allow	O
industrial	O
customers	O
to	O
make	O
decisions	O
based	O
on	O
valuable	O
factual	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assets	O
can	O
be	O
securely	O
connected	O
to	O
MindSphere	B-Device
with	O
auxiliary	O
MindSphere	B-Device
products	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
industrial	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
service	O
solution	O
,	O
MindSphere	B-Device
collects	O
and	O
analyzes	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
sensor	O
data	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindSphere	B-Device
’s	O
open	O
application	O
interfaces	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
obtain	O
data	O
from	O
machines	O
,	O
plants	O
or	O
entire	O
fleets	O
irrespective	O
of	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
customers	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
software	O
applications	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
MindSphere	B-Device
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
open	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
APIs	O
)	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindSphere	B-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
closed	O
feedback	O
loops	O
enabling	O
the	O
bi-directional	O
data	O
flow	O
between	O
production	O
and	O
development	O
:	O
Real-world	O
plants	O
,	O
machines	O
and	O
equipment	O
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
MindSphere	B-Device
in	O
order	O
to	O
extract	O
operational	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
“	O
digital	B-General_Concept
twins	I-General_Concept
”	O
of	O
machines	O
)	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
extrapolated	O
from	O
the	O
raw	O
data	O
through	O
analytics	O
and	O
utilized	O
to	O
optimize	O
products	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
production	O
processes	O
and	O
environments	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
cycle	O
of	O
innovation	O
.	O
</s>
