by Angela Guess

According to a recent press release, “IBM today announced an array of new services, industry offerings and capabilities to help enterprise clients, startups and developers drive digital transformation with the Internet of Things (IoT).  With the number of connected devices skyrocketing, IBM is making IoT accessible to millions around the world. IBM is dedicating more than 1,500 industry experts with its new Watson IoT Consulting Solutions, as well as giving open and free access to its Watson IoT Platform.”

The release goes on, “To help clients across industries capture the massive business opportunity of the digitization of the physical world, IBM today is launching the industry’s first global IBM 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.”

Jesus Mantas, General Manager of Business Consulting at IBM, commented, “Clients can now easily introduce IoT innovation into their business by leveraging IBM’s industry and technical expertise to deliver lower risk, as-a-service commercial models. We are very proud our integrated IoT solutions deliver innovation in an easy to consume model for business leaders… We are helping clients accelerate the digitization of their business processes by making it easy to deploy IoT solutions globally into their business.”

Read more at PR Newswire.

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