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partnership
The increasing amount of data collected by sensors embedded
in elevators, buildings, cars and even appliances in our
homes will change the way we live. The ability to analyze
vast streams of data will dictate the nature of change. KONE
is meeting this challenge with the help of IBM’s intelligent
IoT and cloud development platforms, which will mean new
benefits for its customers.
Understanding
the connected world
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DAVID NIKEL
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n estimated 29 billion devices
and sensors are currently
embedded in everyday objects
from cars to buildings and
bridges. Household items like
toasters and refrigerators, items of clothing
and even parts of our bodies are being
connected to the Internet.
The amount of equipment going online
continues to rise exponentially, and there is
no doubt there will be a significant impact on
the entire People Flow experience in buildings
and cities. The need to manage, understand
and analyze constant streams of data is the
driving force behind the coming together of
two industry leaders to create and improve
services for KONE’s customers and end users.
KONE will use IBM’s IoT and cloud
development platforms to gather data from
various sensors and systems connected to
KONE’s elevators, escalators, doors and
turnstiles used by around a billion people
each day.
NEW SERVICES AND EXPERIENCES
IBM’s advanced analytics engine will be used
to make sense of that data and deliver new
services and new experiences to KONE’s
customers, explains IBM’s Harriet Green.
“Our systems reason and create hypotheses
about what may be happening, and, crucially,
they learn. That means, the more data these