Having pledged $3bn to built its Internet of Things (IoT) unit, IBM has announced a host of new IoT software programs and a tie-up with Texas Instruments to manage IoT devices.
The next phase of IBM's IoT ramp-up will see the company attempt to
build an IoT ecosystem in which its cloud infrastructure and software
would be key to orchestrating IoT devices. To do this, it's partnering
with Texas Instruments, which itself has been busy building its own ecosystem with a bevy of cloud companies, including IBM, ARM, LogMeIn, and Spark, which provide managed services for IoT applications.
IBM is working with TI to develop a cloud-hosted system for
securely managing IoT devices throughout their lifecycle, from
provisioning, activating, registering, de-registering to eventually
retiring IoT assets.
Securing and eventually killing off deployed
IoT devices is expected to be a challenge for organisations with an IoT
program. Analyst firm Gartner expects
there will be five billion connected 'things' - small devices with
embedded systems - deployed this year. It also expects that by 2017 20
percent of organisations will be spending on security services to manage
IoT deployments.
To this end, IBM says it's working with Texas
Instruments to create a Secure Registry Service for IoT devices - an
authentication service for silicon embedded in devices and other
systems.
The service will be hosted in IBM's cloud, and will
rely on a silicon token that will help securely manage the identity of
devices. It will also facilitate the transmission of data from IoT
sensors in the field back to its cloud.
In line with its previous IoT announcement,
IBM also revealed two vertical IoT products, including one for the
airline sector called IBM Aviation Maintenance, which is meant to
optimise and maintain the safety of aviation components. The second,
called Product Line Engineering, is intended to help engineers customise
product designs.
Credit: Zdnet
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