Legrand India is providing a new dimension for connecting lives with their rollout of IoT programme – ELIOT. ELIOT, which stands for Electricity + Internet of Things, is a programme that aims to inject the power of communications, advances in connectivity and intelligence in the building environment and enhances value of the connected products to improve user experiences. Eliot also supports the development of suitable digital infrastructures for buildings and provides interoperability.

In India, the Eliot product offerings are – Residential: Arteor With Netatmo, My Home Up, Classe 300 IP Door Phones, Nuvo for Audio Systems; Hospitality: Neat for Integrated Assisted Living, Flex Commercial: Power Distribution Unit, Energy Distribution.

ELIOT, a combination of “electricity” and “IoT”, will work to transform built environments through a purpose-built cloud, with gateways for installed legacy offerings, an array of natively connected new products, and solutions comprising connected, intelligent technologies and services.

Legrand India, through their IoT Eliot programmes, aims to deliver additional benefits for all private and professional users, whether they are end-users or installers. The products are interconnected in such a manner that they are able to talk to each other and interact when the user wishes too.

Legrand is joined by partners Amazon Echo, Samsung and Google Play, Renault, Marriott in launching ELIOT, which offers a purpose-built cloud, gateways for installed legacy offerings, an array of natively connected new products, and innovative solutions comprising connected, intelligent technologies and services.

Legrand offers triple focus of digital trust in IoT ELIOT programme, i.e. advantage in using the brand relationship satisfaction, ensuring security where no one else can access your data and ensuring privacy where no one else except you can access your data.

On the launch of ELIOT programme, Jean Charles Thuard, CEO & Managing Director, Legrand India, said, “India is on the cusp of technological advancements, and it is the right time for IoT to become mainstream. Customers have evolved and millennials are already using app-based services. The success of IoT products requires proximity to both the people who are the users of IoT devices and to the power and data connectivity that will enable those IoT devices and services. We, at Legrand, are trying to build an environment where various devices can seamlessly be connected and combine these with analytics to improve their performance and interoperability. He further added, “ELIOT is a great way to establish a dialogue with these new-age modern products. We have made some great partnerships, and I am sure our customers will enjoy the added benefits of our solutions under Eliot. Under Eliot, Legrand by 2017 has been able to successfully digitalise more than 30 out of 100 product families globally.”

Speaking on this occasion, Sameer Saxena, Director – Marketing, Legrand Group India, said, “India has the ecosystem in place for connected devices. Internet penetration is at its peak. People have befriended technology as a part of their daily life and demand for voice-controlled devices (Alexa, Google, etc) is strong. Through our partnership modules, we have a robust system ready for our interoperable offerings, and we feel this will arm our customers with all-around efficient solutions for building and living spaces.”

With its Eliot program, Legrand has decided to speed up the deployment of its connected offerings, to the benefit of both private and professional users. Professional applications currently account for 60% of the overall market of the Internet of Things. Globally, ELIOT programme is already present in France, Greece, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Dubai, America and has made its first-time entry in India region with its launch today in Hong Kong.