IBM Corp. has made big investments into its Watson Internet of Things business. The company is producing real business outcomes and delivering insights through its billions of sensors embedded into a large number devices scattered around the globe. In addition to IoT, the company is doubling down on its artificial intelligence investment on the Watson platform.

There are three critical elements to IBM’s investment, according to Harriet Green (pictured), general manager of IoT, commerce and education at IBM.

“The first, the whole proliferation of sensors … the amount of data and information being created is suited for Watson,” she said.

The second element is that IBM considers its clients’ data to be their DNA. “So people know that when you are doing IoT with IBM that a deep level of security is imbued within our capability,” she added.

Security and governance of data is the last element. “Those three elements,  I think of as fundamental, the cognitive, the protection of the data and who owns the data,” Green explained.

During IBM InterConnect 2017, held in Las Vegas, NV, Green spoke to John Furrier (@furrier) and Dave Vellante (@dvellante), co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio, to talk about IBM’s Watson IoT business. (*Disclosure below.)

Watson: the key differentiator

For IBM, Watson is the key differentiator in the AI and IoT business perspective. Green indicated customers choose IBM because of its solutions. 

Industry experts, such as International Data Corp., Gartner Inc. and Forrester Research Inc., report that the Watson IoT platform is the best, according to Green. She also noted that the company’s robust applications lead people along their IoT journeys. And, the cognitive aspects of IBM Global Services are also available for customers.

IBM has a long history in cognitive technology, and with recent investments to develop Watson, the company is looking to lead in the AI marketplace.

“Ginni [Rometty, chief executive officer of IBM] announced our cognitive principles,” Green commented. “There is no client working with us who doesn’t know they’re working from a cognitive perspective.”

Explaining that IBM meets the highest levels of informing customers about what it does with data and to whom it belongs, Green clarified that charter is not something new, saying that for 105 years, IBM remains the leader in technology.

“It’s why I chose to come here to do the Internet of Things,” Green said.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of IBM InterConnect 2017. (*Disclosure: SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE is a media partner at InterConnect. Neither IBM nor other conference sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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