Signify Launches Interact IoT Platform in Malaysia

Signify has officially launched Interact, the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform in Malaysia. Took place at Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC), Kuala Lumpur, government officials and business owners had the chance to experience Interact IoT solutions which will drive the Industry 4.0 initiatives. 

Member of the media as well as VIP guest InvestKL Chief Executive Officer Datuk Zainal Amanshah were given a tour of Signify’s Interact product and services showcase, which included several real world application and live demonstrations of Interact connected lighting in industrial, retail, city and commercial environments. Signify also highlighted several solutions to local government officials on how the Interact platform could improve and manage outdoor environments and road lighting. 

Smart Connected Lighting

As part of the Malaysian government’s push towards preparing local industries and companies to adopt Industry 4.0 through policies such as Industry4WRD. The Interact IoT platform allows local businesses and cities to identify and maximise efficiency through smart connected lighting. Interact’s highly scalable and cloud-based platform uses modern data management and data processing capabilities to create data-enabled services for customers. 

In addition to its wide applications of services, interact IoT platform allow customers to easily manage and remotely control user and device security, authentication, and authorisation for its connected lighting systems. Its intelligent connected lighting utilises Open API to enable its lighting software and system architecture to share data back and forth between LED light points and embedded sensor networks. This creates useful real-time, historical and predictive analytics for alerting store managers when products require restocking or providing lighted indoor navigation for staff and customers in retail and offices spaces. The most recent implementation can refer to Swissôtel ‘The Stamford’.

Interact Projects in Malaysia

The new official presence of Interact in Malaysia puts the brand in a strong position where local customers will go to for their first steps towards IoT connected lighting. According to a joint 2H2017 Business Conditions Survey by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, 24% of FMM members has already implemented industrial IoT. The same survey respondents also indicate that industrial IoT is one of the top three technologies that they plan to introduce into their operations besides cybersecurity and cloud computing – both of which are main pillars of Industry 4.0 technologies.

In November 2016, the state of Malacca took its first steps towards deploying a cloud-based, intelligent street lighting management by installing 1,500 connected LED street lights, connected by Interact City lighting asset management software. This project allowed the heritage city to save up to 80% in energy costs as well as allow local authorities to control and monitor its new street lights remotely, generating new key insights into the city’s operations and resource optimisation. Several Malaysian landmarks, warehouses and public transportation projects are also primed for integration with the Interact IoT platform, such as the SETIA Spice landmarks in Penang and the Menora Tunnel in Ipoh, Perak.

As Malaysia continues to move forward as a tech-driven nation, more industries have expressed their eagerness to implement IoT systems as part of the global trend towards Industry 4.0 smart offices and factories. Investing in connected tech can even help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by serving as a potential employee recruitment tool. Over half of 5000 SME employees from five different markets surveyed by Signify indicated they are in favour of their company investing in smart lighting to make their workplace more appealing. 61% also believed that smart lighting would give customers and clients a more favourable opinion of a business.