ARMONK, N.Y., Sept.
3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an
expansion of its Internet of Things (IoT) platform – called IBM IoT
Foundation - through an integration with ARM (LSE: ARM, NASDAQ:
ARMH.US), providing out of the box connectivity with
ARM® mbed™-enabled devices to
analytics services. This fusion will allow huge quantities of data
from devices such as industrial appliances, weather sensors and
wearable monitoring devices to be gathered, analyzed and acted
upon.
IBM also announced the first in a series of IBM Cloud-based,
industry-specific IoT services with IoT for Electronics. The
service will enable electronics manufacturers to gather data from
individual sensors that can be combined with other data for
real-time analysis.
The IBM IoT Foundation is a platform upon which a family of
fully managed, cloud-hosted offerings on the SoftLayer
Infrastructure is built. IoT Foundation makes it simple to derive
value from Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It includes:
- Analytics tools capable of dealing with large quantities of
fast-moving data,
- Access to IBM Bluemix, IBM's Platform-as-a-Service, that
is capable of handling the immense flow of data and provide anytime
access for decision makers; and
- Security systems capable of helping organizations protect IoT
data as rigorously as they do their own confidential financial, IP
and strategy information.
"Deploying IoT technology has to be easy, secure and scalable
for it to feel like a natural extension of a company's business,"
said Krisztian Flautner, General Manager, IoT Business, ARM. "By
collaborating with IBM, we will deliver the first unified
chip-to-cloud, enterprise-class IoT platform. This will empower
companies of any size with a productivity tool that can readily
transform how they operate, and the services they can offer."
The integration between IBM and ARM will allow products powered
by ARM mbed-enabled chips to automatically register with the IBM
IoT Foundation, and connect with IBM analytics services. This
unifies the ARM mbed IoT Device Platform and the IBM IoT Foundation
at the point where information gathered from deployed sensors in
any connected device is delivered to the cloud for analysis.
The IoT connection also enables delivery of actionable events
to control equipment or provide users with alerts or other
information. For example, the triggering of an alarm message on a
washing machine to ask the owner to confirm a breakdown engineer
appointment if a fault is detected.
This integration can help clients improve engagement, accelerate
innovation and enhance operations through connected devices and
analysis of the data. Custom hardware built around ARM's flexible
and efficient chip technology and IBM's leading IoT services for
predictive maintenance, better asset performance, operational risk
management and managed continuous engineering, can help provide
organizations with enterprise-grade tools designed to help them
build value from their IoT devices. Original design manufacturers
and OEMs – such as Ionics – are already seeing value in the IBM and
ARM integration as it assimilates the IBM IoT Foundation at the
chip architecture level.
"We're excited to work with IBM because we believe that an
effective IoT solution should be built from the ground up – from
chipset through services – and is by far the best choice to have a
complete end-to-end solution," said Earl
Qua, Vice President of Ionics. "Working with IBM we have
tapped into our respective company's expertise to create a platform
that is built and customized for the unique nature in which
companies are utilizing IoT."
Electronics manufacturers are already adopting IBM's cloud
services to connect everything from dishwashers to Smart TVs to pro
audio equipment:
"By using IBM IoT services, we are
able to real-time manage and control Smart TV content in over 30
countries. This provides us the opportunity to continuously balance
costs with increased customer experience. Lastly, we have
eliminated the need to set up hardware within traditional IT
infrastructure - allowing a drastic reduction in provisioning
time." - Marc Harmsen - Global
Marketing Lead and Product Manager EMEA Philips Television at TP
Vision.
"At Gibson Innovations, design and
quality lead the way. IBM's service capabilities - leveraging
cloud, IoT and analytics – allow us to provide unique user
experiences for connected devices. Additionally, the advanced
analytics enables the development of new applications and services
as well as device management and monitoring in a security-rich
infrastructure. This is extremely valuable in maintaining and
increasing loyalty among our customers," said Henry Chiarelli, Executive Vice President of
Gibson Brands.
"Since 2008, IBM has helped thousands of customers embrace the
Internet of Things -- to help cities become smarter, hospitals to
transform patient care and financial institutions to improve risk
management," said Pat Toole, General
Manager, Internet of Things, IBM. "The IoT is now at an inflection
point and it needs the big data expertise of IBM and little data
expertise of ARM to ensure it reaches its global potential."
For more information on IBM IoT Foundation or IBM IoT for
Electronics, please visit www.IBM.com/IoT.
For more information about IBM, please visit www.IBM.com
For more information about ARM, please visit www.ARM.com
Contact(s) Information
Joseph Gallo
IBM Media Relations
+1-917-421-8834
JGallo@us.ibm.com
Andy Winstanley
Corporate PR, ARM
+44 1223 405244 / +44 7788 249712
andy.winstanley@arm.com
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