The idea of managed services is new to many, and the future of this technology has enormous potential.  Please take a few minutes to watch this TEDTalk by Marco Annunziata, entitled: Welcome to the age of the industrial internet.

"Electronic sensors coupled with the cloud bring us machines that are brilliant, they are self aware, they are predictive, they are reactive, and social."

"...fixing machines just before they break, without wasting time servicing them on a fixed schedule and this in turn is pushing us towards zero unplanned downtime."