Cognitive Collaboratories with Avnet, BNP Paribas,
Capgemini and Tech Mahindra help IBM partners drive hundreds of
millions of dollars in new revenue from the Internet of
Things
IBM Breathes Life into Connected Home and Vehicles with New
Innovation Space for IoT Standards Organization EEBus
ARMONK, N.Y. and MUNICH, Germany, Feb.
16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a
major ecosystem initiative to drive collaborative innovation with
dozens of clients and partners as it opens the doors of its new
$200M global headquarters for its
Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, Germany. In the first ever cognitive
collaboratories, Avnet, BNP Paribas, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra
will collocate development teams at the IBM center which will also
act as an innovation space for the European IoT standards
organization EEBus.
"We have reached a tipping point with IoT innovation: we now
have over 6,000 clients and partners around the world many of who
are now wanting to join us in our new global Watson IoT center to
co-innovate," said Harriet Green,
General Manager, IBM Watson IoT, Cognitive Engagement and
Education. "Together we are building a new global IoT innovation
ecosystem that will explore how cognitive and IoT technologies will
transform industries and our daily lives."
Late last year IBM announced that car maker BMW will collocate
part of its research and development operations at IBM's new Watson
IoT center to help reimagine the driving experience. Now, IBM is
announcing four more companies that have signed up to join its
special industry "collaboratories" where clients and partners work
together with IBM's 1,000 Munich-based IoT experts to tap into the
latest design thinking and push the boundaries of what is possible
with IoT:
Avnet – New Joint IoT Lab
IT
distributor and global IBM partner Avnet will open a
new joint IoT Lab within IBM's
Watson IoT HQ to develop, build, demonstrate
and sell IoT solutions powered by IBM Watson. Working
closely with IBM's leading technologists and IoT experts,
Avnet also plans to enhance its IoT technical
expertise through hands-on training and on-the-job learning.
Avnet's team of IoT and analytics experts will also
partner with IBM on joint business development
opportunities across multiple industries including smart buildings,
smart homes, industry, transportation, medical and consumer.
"There is no limit to how IOT can be used to improve the world.
We're already seeing tremendous potential in the new IOT
applications that we're developing with our customers, which
range from protecting our children to preventing
Legionnaires' disease," said Eric
Williams, global vice president of IOT, Avnet. "Avnet's
latest collaboration with IBM will accelerate our ability to
provide customers with the foundation they need to rapidly develop
marketable IOT solutions."
BNP Paribas – Driving Watson IoT-based Innovation for the
Banking Industry
"BNP Paribas, via Consorsbank, its retail
digital bank in Germany, is very
happy to partner with IBM´s new Watson IoT Center", said
Kai Friedrich, CEO of the
Consorsbank business. "We will collocate a team of solution
architects, developers and business development personnel at IBM's
Watson IoT Center. Together with IBM's experts, they will explore
how IoT and cognitive technologies can drive transformation in the
banking industry and help innovate new financial products and
services such as investment advice."
Capgemini – Helping Clients like Faurecia Drive
Digital Transformation
Global IT consulting and technology
services provider Capgemini will collocate a team of cognitive IoT
experts at IBM's Watson IoT center. Together they will help
customers maximize the potential of Industry 4.0 and develop and
take to market sector-specific cognitive IoT solutions. Capgemini
plans a close link between its Munich Applied Innovation Exchange
and IBM's new Customer Experience zones to collaborate with clients
in an interactive environment.
"We decided to collocate Capgemini's technical and business
development experts alongside IBM's in order to forge an even
deeper relationship between two companies that will accelerate the
digital transformation of our clients. Our people and clients will
have full access to IBM's technologies, experts and resources,
thereby significantly shortening the time to market," said
Fernando Alvarez, Corporate Vice
President and Global Head of Strategic Initiatives and
Partnerships.
One company already benefitting from this close collaboration is
Faurecia – one of the world's largest international automotive
parts manufacturers which has adopted new joint predictive
maintenance solutions from IBM and Capgemini in order to increase
the efficiency and reliability of its manufacturing operations.
Tech Mahindra – Eyes substantial new revenue from IBM
Watson IoT platform
Indian multinational provider of
enterprise and communications IT and networking technology Tech
Mahindra, is one of IBM's Global System Integrators with over 3,000
specialists focussed on IBM technology around the world. The
company will locate a team of 6 developers and engineers within the
Watson IoT HQ to help deliver on Tech Mahindra's vision of
generating substantial new revenue based on IBM's Watson IoT
platform. Tech Mahindra will use the center to co-create and
showcase new solutions based on IBM's Watson IoT platform
especially for Industry 4.0 and Manufacturing, Precision Farming,
Healthcare, Insurance and Banking and automotive.
"IBM is a key partner for our IoT strategy. By collocating in
IBM's Watson IoT Center, we will not only co-create new solutions
and services, but will ensure our proximity to key European clients
especially around Industry 4.0 and Manufacturing," said
Vikram Nair, President Tech Mahindra
EMEA.
Breathing Life into the Connected Home and Vehicles with
EEBus
IBM has announced that as part of its new membership
to EEBus (Europe's leading IoT
alliance initiated by the German Government) it will provide the
organization with an Innovation Space within its new Watson IoT
Center. This space will be used to imagine, build and showcase
solutions that combine IoT technologies and open standards. The
EEBus Initiative has over 60 members who are leading stakeholders
in the Connected Home including Bosch, ABB, SMA, Miele, Schneider
and Vaillant as well as the major European automotive brands.
Members of the EEBus Initiative collaborate in various working
groups to establish a standardized and common language for the
interoperability of connected devices. Smart
Heating, electrical vehicles, photovoltaic systems and
other appliances can thus communicate seamlessly about energy
management and usability.
"Joining the innovation space within IBM's Watson IoT-Center
gives the EEBus Initiative the ability to accelerate the
development of its global cross-industry network and enlarge its
reach," said Peter Kellendonk, 1st
Chairman of the non-profit organisation. "We are convinced, that
the smart use of energy will be one of the major use cases in the
future development of the IoT."
About IBM Watson IoT:
Across the globe, IBM is working
with more than 6,000 clients across industries to help them truly
realize the benefits of the IoT. Many of these IoT
innovations are on display at IBM's Watson IoT headquarters in
Munich, Germany, where today, IBM
and customers, partners and influencers are gathering for the first
ever Genius of Things Summit. At the summit, attendees will hear
from Watson IoT clients who are implementing innovative IoT
solutions to drive exceptional outcomes. For more information,
please visit www.ibm.com/iot or @IBMIoT on Twitter.
Contacts
JONATHAN JESSOP
BATTY
IBM Watson Internet of Things
jonathanb@uk.ibm.com
+44 7880 086571
Marcia Chapman
Brodeur Partners, for Avnet, Inc.
mchapman@brodeur.com
+1-480-308-0284
Hester Decouz
PR Manager - Group Marketing & Communications, Capgemini
+44 (0)7963 187029
hester.decouz@capgemini.com
Mark Roper
Head of Marketing – Europe, Tech
Mahindra
+44 (0)7768 233334
Mark.Roper@TechMahindra.com
Dirk Althoff
Head of Corporate Communications Consorsbank
+49 (0)911 369 1709
dirk.althoff@bnpparibas.com
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-announces-major-iot-ecosystem-drive-with-new-clients--partners-collocating-at-its-global-watson-iot-headquarters-300408461.html
SOURCE IBM