IBM has unveiled a new consulting platform to provide businesses across the globe with guidance on industry-specific Internet of Things adoption challenges.
The platform, called IBM Watson IoT Consulting Solutions, allows clients to apply Watson cognitive computing to a range of business capabilities, which can help businesses gain insight and facilitate decision making processes. Watson uses machine learning and natural language processing so that clients can leverage the AI technology on unstructured data entries, such as videos and sounds.
IBM Watson IoT Consulting Solutions employs 1,500 consultants, data scientists and security experts across nine IBM Internet of Things centers in Asia, Europe and the Americas. IBM says that since the platform integrates cognitive, analytics, mobile security and cloud capabilities, clients will be able to use a range of services on one platform, thereby avoiding the cybersecurity risks that arise when working with multiple vendors.