Hello everyone. My name is Professor James Won-Ki Hong from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH. Today, I will introduce IBM Watson IoT, which is the IOT Cloud platform from IBM. Here's a table of contents for this lecture. First, I'm going to introduce IBM Watson IoT as well as IBM Bluemix. I will then present several IBM Watson IoT use cases. So, what is IBM Watson IoT? Well, IBM Watson IoT provides similar functionalities and services as the other IoT Cloud platforms such as Samsung ARTIK cloud, Microsoft Azure IoT, and AWS IoT that we have studied so far. IBM Watson IoT, however, emphasizes the availability of their Watson cognitive engine for providing, perhaps, stronger analytic capabilities than the others. Please watch the following short video on introducing IBM Watson IoT. IBM Watson IoT is based on IBM Bluemix. Recently, IBM is also using the name IBM Cloud for IBM Bluemix. IBM Bluemix is a Cloud Platform as a Service or PaaS provided by IBM since June 2014. It supports several programming languages and services as well as integrated DevOps to build, run, deploy, and manage applications on the Cloud. Bluemix is based on Cloud Foundry Open Technology and runs on soft layer infrastructure. Bluemix supports several programming languages including Java, Node.js, Go, PHP, Swift, Python and Ruby. Please watch the following short video on introducing IBM Bluemix. IBM Watson IoT Platform is logically grouped into four functional areas. First, the IBM Watson IoT platform connect. This allows you to easily connect devices to your applications and Industry Solutions, perform device management functions, scale through cloud-based services, and then use rich analytics to gain insights. Next, is IBM Watson IoT platform information management. It can intelligently transform and store your IoT data, ingest data from diverse data sources and platforms, then extract the essential value using rich analytics. IBM Watson IoT platform analytics allows you to gain insight from huge volumes of IoT data to make better decision and optimize operations. Lastly, IBM Watson IoT Platform risk management. This allows you to manage risk and gather insights across your entire IOT landscape using extensive dashboards and sophisticated alerts. Please watch the following YouTube video on a more detailed overview of IBM Watson IoT Platform. Also follow the slides titled IBM Watson IoT Platform Overview, available from the slideshare.net. The URL is provided below. This section provides several notable use cases of IBM Watson IoT. The first one is Kone. Kone is using IBM Watson IoT platform to connect, remotely monitor, and optimize the management of millions of elevators, escalators, doors, and turnstiles in buildings and cities worldwide. The system analyses vast amount of data from sensors embedded in equipment helping to identify and predict issues, minimize downtime, and personalize the experience for users. Instead of having to call in a service engineer or stick to maintenance schedules, Kone can predict and respond to selected technical issues in real time with the ability to run tests remotely and make commands over the cloud. Please watch the short video about the Kones use case. IBM, MTN, a leading African telecommunications provider. Wageningen University is in the Netherlands and Prodapt are harnessing IBM Internet of things technology as part of the MTN connected wildlife solution. The solution is helping to monitor and predict threats and combat the poaching of the endangered rhinos at Welgevonden Game Reserve in South African. Please watch the video about this use case. French Railways operator, SNCF, is using IBM Watson IoT to deliver superior customer experiences, heightened operational efficiency, and in inst rail safety to its 13.5 million daily passengers. With IBM's Cloud-based Watson IoT platform, SNCF is connecting its entire rail system. Trains, railroad tracks, and train stations including 30,000 kilometers of tracks, 15,000 trains, and 3,000 stations to gather insights from real time information on data. These insights allows SNCF to manage its equipment and thus improve quality, security, and availability of its trains. Please watch a short video about this use case. There are many websites providing various info about IBM Watson IoT. In this lecture, I gave a short introduction to IBM Watson IoT, which is a set of Cloud services for IoT from IBM. In the next lecture, I will explain how to use IBM Watson IoT to develop IoT applications. See you soon.
