HCL Technologies (HCL) will collaborate with IBM to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to help customers from manufacturing sector on their IoT journey. Initially, the two companies will focus on specific verticals including industrial & manufacturing and smart facilities to co-develop innovative solutions around ‘Connected Products and Operations’ such as remote monitoring, smart inventory management, smart building & facilities management. HCL and IBM will also set up an incubation center at Noida to develop these solutions for the chosen industries.
The collaboration combines HCL Technologies’ know-how in engineering R&D services, global systems integration expertise supported with strong infrastructure services, along with IBM’s strength in enterprise asset management, cloud and analytics. Through their joint efforts, the two companies will enable seamless integration of device, connectivity, data platform and analytics for organisations across the world to address some of the most complex enterprise and industrial IoT challenges.
“Building an extensive ecosystem around the Internet of Things is imperative to the success of all complex Internet of Things client solutions. Combining HCL's IoT design capabilities in hardware and platforms with IBM IoT Foundation platform will result in a capability that generates new value across every segment we are targeting,” said Chris O’Connor, general manager of offerings, Internet of Things, IBM.
Sukamal Banerjee, executive vice president, engineering & R&D services, and head of IoT business, HCL Technologies, added, “The intersection of employees, data and technology enabled intelligent machines is creating fundamental shifts in enterprise business models, leading to not only increased productivity and efficiency but also opening a plethora of new revenue opportunities for companies. Our partnership with IBM will create new solutions and replicable use cases and POCs to enable accelerated adoption of IoT within and across industries.”
The collaboration combines HCL Technologies’ know-how in engineering R&D services, global systems integration expertise supported with strong infrastructure services, along with IBM’s strength in enterprise asset management, cloud and analytics. Through their joint efforts, the two companies will enable seamless integration of device, connectivity, data platform and analytics for organisations across the world to address some of the most complex enterprise and industrial IoT challenges.
“Building an extensive ecosystem around the Internet of Things is imperative to the success of all complex Internet of Things client solutions. Combining HCL's IoT design capabilities in hardware and platforms with IBM IoT Foundation platform will result in a capability that generates new value across every segment we are targeting,” said Chris O’Connor, general manager of offerings, Internet of Things, IBM.
Sukamal Banerjee, executive vice president, engineering & R&D services, and head of IoT business, HCL Technologies, added, “The intersection of employees, data and technology enabled intelligent machines is creating fundamental shifts in enterprise business models, leading to not only increased productivity and efficiency but also opening a plethora of new revenue opportunities for companies. Our partnership with IBM will create new solutions and replicable use cases and POCs to enable accelerated adoption of IoT within and across industries.”
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