IBM invests 3.300 million dollars to create its division for the Internet of Things

On an open cloud platform, IBM will offer new services to help companies integrate into the IoE ecosystem. For this, will make an investment of 3.300 million dollars over the next four years.

IBM are going to invest 3.300 million dollars, for the next four years, to create a unit that will focus its activity on the Internet of Things (IoT), in helping customers and the partner ecosystem build solutions in this area, on an open cloud platform.

The work that IBM has been doing so far in the areas of Smarter Planet (Smarter Planet) and smarter cities (Smarter Cities) has given rise to practical applications of the Internet of Things in companies, ranging from water management to the optimization of retail companies, passing through customer loyalty and decongestion of city traffic.

With new cloud data services and industry-specific development tools, IBM will leverage its expertise to help customers and business partners integrate data from an unprecedented number of IoT and traditional sources.

These sources will be available on an open platform so that manufacturers can design and produce a new generation of connected devices that are better prepared for the Internet of Things, and to help business leaders in any industry create systems that improve the integration between business data and IoT data in decision making.

“Our knowledge of the world grows with every sensor and connected device, but we often don't take it into account, even when we know we can ensure a better result. IBM will empower customers and business partners to apply insights from the Internet of Things to build solutions based on an open platform. “This is IBM's main investment focus.”, explains Bob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Analytics.

IBM estimates that the 90% of all data generated by devices such as smartphones, tablets or connected vehicles is never analyzed or taken into account. He 60% of this data loses value a few milliseconds after being generated.

Among the solutions offered by IBM for the Internet of Things is the IoT Cloud Open Platform for Industries that provides analytical services for use by clients., partners or IBM itself to design and develop vertical solutions for each industry. In this sense, IBM is introducing a cloud service that will help insurers extract information from connected vehicles. This will give way to new, more dynamic pricing models and more personalized services that adapt to the needs of each client..

For your part, Bluemix IoT Zone will help developers integrate IoT data into cloud-based IoT applications. Developers will also be able to enrich existing business applications – such as asset management – ​​by introducing more real-time data and analytics to go further with automation and process optimization..