How Siemens attracts external innovators to work on its new MindSphere operating system

Keeping pace with innovations is important for any global industry player. For Siemens, being active in many fields of technology, being close to innovation hotspots and the related ecosystems is vital. Even with a strong history of R&D and an excellent anchoring in regional markets, the notion of fast market transformation requires access to external innovation and in parallel driving our own innovations.

Responding to this, Siemens in 2016 under the brand of Next47 founded a new kind…