Toshiba and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Leveraging Toshiba’s IoT devices with Microsoft’s Azure IoT Cloud infrastructure, Toshiba will deliver sensor-data-driven applications in various market segments starting in calendar year 2015.

In this partnership, Toshiba will provide XaaS (X as a Service) making use of its in-house technologies such as ApP Lite (Application Processor Lite), in-vehicle driving recorders, sensors and cloud storage services and Microsoft will provide IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), private line services (Azure ExpressRoute) and advanced analytics (Azure Machine Learning) as part of Microsoft Azure.

Together Toshiba and Microsoft will offer IoT enterprise solutions, starting with the transportation and logistics market in calendar year 2015, by delivering IoT devices and XaaS.