IBM announced new services, industry offerings and capabilities in the field of Internet of Things.
The company belies the new steps will help enterprise clients, startups and developers drive digital transformation with the Internet of Things (IoT).
IBM today launched the first global Watson IoT Consulting Solutions practice. The practice will feature 1,500 experts across IBM Watson IoT headquarters in Munich, Germany and in eight other IBM IoT centers across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
By integrating IBM Watson IoT Platform APIs and technologies, including cognitive, analytics, mobile, security and cloud capabilities, together with development and implementation consulting and ongoing support, clients can fully use the IoT without the risk and complexity of dealing with multiple vendors.
The Watson IoT Consulting Solutions practice will employ a global network of skilled consultants, data scientists and design and security experts to provide clients with guidance on tackling industry specific IoT adoption challenges.
The first priority industries include automotive, electronics, industrial products, insurance, retail, telecommunications, transportation and buildings.
Clients can apply Watson cognitive computing capabilities, including machine learning and natural language to tap into massive amounts of unstructured data — such as videos and sounds –- to gain insights and augment decision making.
Global technology company Ricoh is one of the first global organizations to work with the new IBM IoT consultants.
“Ricoh is helping customers meet the needs of constantly changing workstyles in the ‘new world of work,’ where information is at the heart of every successful business decision,” said Mona Abutaleb, SVP, Services, Ricoh Americas and President & CEO, mindSHIFT Technologies, a Ricoh company.
“We are teaming with IBM and combining our knowledge and expertise to deliver Ricoh’s ‘Workstyle Innovation Technology,’ which helps our clients collaborate and share information more easily and efficiently.”
IBM also announced new industry offerings available via its Watson IoT Platform.
This includes Watson IoT for Manufacturing and Asset Health Insight, designed to help clients address industry-specific IoT adoption challenges and opportunities.
