IBM, ARM Collaborate To Accelerate Delivery Of Internet Of Things

(RTTNews) - IBM (IBM) Thursday announced an expansion of its Internet of Things platform, called IBM IoT Foundation, through an integration with ARM Holdings Plc. (ARM.L, ARMH), providing out of the box connectivity with ARM mbed-enabled devices to analytics services.

This fusion will allow huge quantities of data from devices like industrial appliances, weather sensors and wearable monitoring devices to be gathered., analyzed and acted upon.

The integration will allow products powered by ARM mbed-enabled chips to automatically register with the IBM IoT Foundation, and connect with IBM analytics services.

IBM also announced the first in a series of IBM Cloud-based, industry-specific IoT services with IoT for Electronics. The service will enable electronics manufacturers to gather data from individual sensors that can be combined with other data for real-time analysis.