Dive Brief:
- IBM and HCL announced they’ll work together to address enterprise and industrial IoT challenges, CIO reports.
- The companies say they will gather solution architects and technical experts at a new Incubation Center in India.
- The incubation center is slated to open next month in Noida.
Dive Insight:
The two companies say they will initially focus on specific verticals, including Industrial & Manufacturing and Smart Facilities.
"IBM and HCL see a huge market transformation in process," said Chris O'Connor, general manager of Offerings, Internet of Things, IBM. "It's not a single industry or a single space. The notion that sensors and the interconnectivity of sensors is widely available is changing everything. The real problem today is making the business adjustments necessary to take advantage of these capabilities."
The companies say working together will enable seamless integration of device, connectivity, data platform and analytics for organizations that need help addressing the complex challenges around enterprise and industrial IoT.
The companies say they eventually plan to extend the Incubation Center concept to both the U.S. and Europe, CIO reports.
