When it comes to the product development process, simulation is a big deal, and the ability to integrate simulation with real products in the design phase is even bigger. That’s why Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and its partner PTC Inc. are particularly excited about a new process that leverages real-time “internet of things” edge data to predict failures or analyze flaws.

“Engineers can compare their thought and design assumptions with the real physical type and accelerate time to market. It’s really exciting because we’re touching some of the key digital transformations of our enterprise systems,” said Olivier Frank (pictured, left), worldwide senior sales director of Edgeline and alliances IoT at HPE.

Frank paid a visit to the set of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, and spoke with co-hosts Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Peter Burris (@plburris) during the HPE Discover EU event in Madrid, Spain. He was joined by Kurt Bager (pictured, right), vice president of IoT, EMEA, of software company PTC, and they discussed data collection involving simulated models and industrial use cases for the design technology. (* Disclosure below.)

Revolution in digital design

At the core of the HPE and PTC collaboration is a revolutionary change in digital design, one that marries IoT device data collection with augmented reality. Engineers can now draw data from sensors attached to a real piece of equipment and integrate that information into a precisely designed model to simulate actual working conditions under stress. In other words, they can create a digital twin.

“It’s fed by live data so you have a real copy of what’s going on,” Bager explained. “That way you can loop back and see if the calculation, the designed engineering you have made is the right fit or if you need to change things.”

HPE’s edge computing systems gather, process and feed the data to the twin. PTC’s platform draws on enterprise-grade IoT applications and AR to render a lifelike image capable of creating real-life simulations. In one example for the oil and gas industry, cited by an HPE case study, engineers can experiment with the digital twin of an underground oil deposit to see how pumping water at high pressure in different places affects the flow of oil.

“It becomes an industrial innovation platform, from creating the product to the full life cycle of it, all the way to the business model,” Bager concluded.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the HPE Discover EU event. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the HPE Discover EU event. Neither Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., the event sponsor, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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