IBM Watson IoT Platform

Le Nhan Tam, Ph.D.

Cloud Advisor
IBM Cloud

IoT is driving Digital Disruption of the Physical World

Accelerating advances
in technology
Advanced analytics

And transforming every part of business

Improving operations
and lowering costs

Cloud computing
Pervasive connectivity

Creating new products

and business models

Product Lifecycle
Management
Embedded sensors

Driving engagement and

customer experience

Whats next ? Cognitive IoT that infuses new intelligence into

products, services and processes
Driving customer
experience & relationships

Improving Operations

Delivering new product and

business models

Automotive Suppliers have

developed intelligent,
interconnected automotive
products that help proactively
manage vehicle service and deliver
enhanced entertainment,
navigation and communication
experiences to drivers

Transportation companies
can optimize routes by tapping
weather and traffic data, bringing
products to market more efficiently;
they can monitor position and
performance in real time to get
cargo and drivers to the right place
at the right time

Airlines can now check service

and performance levels of
hundreds of thousands of parts on
each aircraft in real time and adjust
maintenance schedules to keep
more planes, and more
passengers moving on time.

At the intersection of the Internet of Things

with the internet of people

Cognitive IoT enables us to

learn from, and infuse
intelligence into, the physical
world to transform business and
enhance the human experience.

Cognitive systems arent

programmed. They learn from
virtually every interaction and the
surrounding context to unleash the
potential of the IoT.
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Outthink the limits of whats possible

IoT

IBM Watson

Connects devices, gateways and endpoints

Secures and integrates device data and contextual
data

Scales via cloud-based services

Analyzes performance and utilization data

Applies cognitive technologies to help change how

we approach and understand the worlds
information
Leverages data driven industries and economies to
bring cognition to everything and everyone
Reason and learns from data

IBM Watson IoT Platform

Platform of Platforms IBM is committed to integrating with other leading platforms so customers are not forced to chose
proprietary tech stacks

IoT specific security security micro-services built specifically for IoT-based solutions
Rich integration of contextual data sources leading the industry at partnering with outside data providers (e.g. Weather
Company)
Deep, industry-specific analytics models
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Ready your business for cognitive IoT

Start by deploying a highly secure, scalable, and open platform that lets you start small,
and grow quickly
Applications

Social Sentiment

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Performance

Optimizing Operations for

Business Impact

Solutions
New business models for
industry

Business
Transformation

Connecting the
data that matters

Device Utilization

Platform
Everything you need to
innovate with IoT

The IBM Watson IoT Platform

Everything you need to transform with the Internet of Things
IBM Watson IoT Platform - Connect
Connect and manage devices, networks, and gateways

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Information

Management
Integrating information, structured and unstructured, from
devices, people, and the world around us

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Analytics

Gaining insights from information using Realtime, Predictive
and Cognitive analytics

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Risk Management

Ensuring you leverage the right information from trusted
sources, the right software runs where you need it and your
solution is visible end to end
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IBM Watson IoT Platform - Connect

Connect what matters

The Hub for IoT Devices

Connect and manage your IoT Devices, Gateways
and Networks from a broad and growing ecosystem
Open standards based communications (MQTT,
HTTPS)

Secure communication and management

Globally scalable, starting with a single device

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Information Management

Combine contextual data, such weather, with analytics and IoT data to deliver better outcomes

Deal with data from millions of devices

continuously in the cloud
Integrate critical data from other information platforms
such as Weather and social sentiment and other IoT
platforms
Leverage advanced capabilities for data storage, caching
and transformation
Improve visibility of IoT systems through rapid
dashboarding

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Analytics

Add cognitive capabilities to IoT data to produce new insights and intelligence

Cognitive capabilities in IoT apps

Monitor device behavior in real-time

Drive automation to take appropriate, prescribed

actions
Forecast usage an operating conditions based on
environmental conditions
Gain insights from devices in context; adjusting
designs and manufacturing processes
Become smarter about operating conditions

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Watson IoT API families allow easy integration

of cognitive analytics into IoT apps
Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Enables interaction through natural human

language and dialog

Automates data processing and continuously

monitors new data to learn and improve results

Textual Analytics

Video/Image Analytics

Enables mining of textual sources to find

correlations and patterns in these vast amounts
of untapped data

Enables monitoring of unstructured data from

video feeds and image snapshots to identify
scenes and patterns

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IBM and AT&T Provide Deeper Insights from Data on Connected Devices
Now available - Cognitive IoT solutions that combine Watson IoT Platform, Node-RED
and AT&T's development tool, Flow Designer
Enabling developers to build even more complete, E2E IoT solutions
AT&T developers can access IBM's Watson IoT and Watson
services natively in their development tool

IBM's developers can access AT&T services (M2X and

Control Center) natively in Bluemix.
Unique insight from IBM Watson APIs - Text-to-speech,
Natural Language, Visual Recognition, Image Analysis and more
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IBM and CISCO drive Cognitive to the Edge

Joint Solution
First of its kind joint approach
to IoT data analytics
Enable immediate IoT analytics
at the edge of the network
Collect data for longer term
analysis in the cloud

Architectural approach to
address critical challenges
for distributed environments

Edge
(Cisco Router / UCS / Server)
IBM Watson IoT
Platform , Business
Analytics and Cognition
Cisco Edge,
Fog Computing
& Edge Analytics

IoT Device

IoT Device

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The First Analytics and Cognition Solution for IoT Where Needed, When Needed

Access Gateway

Edge & fog computing processing data

to optimize real time information
Disparate data is connected automatically,
where its needed, based on content,
reducing complexity and cost

Define analytics in the cloud and run

where it makes sense with a single
hybrid solution
Access advanced analytics, including
cognitive, predictive, & machine learning
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Why Edge Analytics ?

Define and manage your cloud and edge analytics in one place
Analyze data close to source

Reduce cost of sending data to cloud

Act on data close to the source
Augment analytic results on the
edge with additional analytics on
the cloud

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IBM Watson IoT Platform - Risk Management

Address privacy and manage risk through security and Blockchain capabilities

Leading Security Capabilities

Enforce the appropriate level of security and privacy to
your IoT solution from the device through the network
to the cloud and beyond

End to end core security features for devices, data and

connections
Gain system wide confidence via Security Analytics
Provide support for secure decentralized systems such
as Blockchain

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Blockchain and Watson IoT

The IBM Watson IoT Platform enables IoT

devices to send data to private blockchain
ledgers for inclusion in shared transactions with
tamper-resistant records.
Blockchains distributed replication allows
business partners to access and supply IoT data
without the need for central control and
management.

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IBM Bluemix environment for IoT development

Composable services development, runtime and operations for your IoT apps
Run Your Apps
Choose any language runtime to develop or bring
your own.

DevOps
Development, monitoring, deployment and logging
tools allow the developer to run the entire application.

APIs and Services

Broad catalog of IBM, 3rd party, and open source, APIs
and services to compose an application in minutes.

Cloud Integration
Build hybrid environments. Connect to on-premises
systems of record plus other public and private clouds.
Expose your own APIs to your developers.

Built on IBM SoftLayer

No need to worry about provisioning or managing
infrastructure.
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A Unique and trusted IoT Platform

Enterprise-ready
components to
connect, secure,
provide data
insight,
assemble and
manage IoT
Applications

Device neutral IBM does not compete with its sensor, gateway, network,
and processor partners
Built on open standards
Data neutral IBMs business model does not depend on owning its
customers data
Privacy protection and access control
Platform of Platforms IBM is committed to integrating with other leading
platforms so customers are not forced to chose proprietary tech stacks

IoT specific security security micro-services built specifically for IoTbased solutions

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Putting it all together from Chip to Cloud to Application

Connectivity &
Security
technology

Connectivity &
Security
technology

Connectivity,
Security and
edge analytics

Relationships
& reach

Cloud, Bluemix
& IoT Platform

IBM IoT Industry

solutions

Silicon

IoT Devices

Gateways

Networks

Cloud

Solution
& Applications

Your silicon,
embedded OS
& Recipes

Your devices
and recipes for
connecting
them

Your gateway
and recipes for
connecting
them

Your network

Additional value
add cloud
services

IBM

The IBM Watson IoT ecosystem helps companies build and deploy IoT end to end

Partners

Customer
solutions built on
IBM IoT
technology

End-end IoT solution

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Open ecosystem & partnership strategy extend IBM Watson

IoT platform
Derive IoT value on the
Cloud through strong
industry partnerships and
open ecosystem
Examples:

Wide variety of
supported devices

Self Service

Open ecosystem

Simple tutorials

Connect in
moments

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IBM Watson IoT and Industry Innovation

Enabling new business models with integrated solutions
Transform traditional business
with the capabilities of IoT

Drive customer
relationships &
experiences
Improve operational
efficiency & reduce costs
Deliver new product and
business models
Drive better customer
engagement
Leverage Watson for
cognitive solutions

Insurance

Transport

Industrial
Products

Electronics

Retail
Automotive

Aviation
Chemical
&
Petroleum

Energy &
Utilities
Healthcare

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Thank You

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