AT&T and IBM are working together to combine their unique strengths - AT&T’s connectivity and Internet-of-Things(IoT platform and IBM’s Watson and Bluemix analytics platforms - to deliver open-source tools and services to developers working on IoT applications. The solution will be delivered via IBM's cloud through APIs (application programming interfaces) and development environments.
IBM noted that according to the VisionMobile "2016 Internet of Things Megatrends" report, the number of IoT developers will rise to 10 million by 2020 - growing 100 percent over the 5 million IoT developers around today.
According to AT&T, open standards-based tools allow developers to improve their skills and avoid the churn of learning new tools, which helps protect the investments businesses have made in IoT solution development. As demand for IoT solutions grows, so does the demand for skilled IoT developers. Both the companies are expanding their full commitment and investment in open-source based tools, such as Node-Red, and open standards like MQTT, all essential for creating IoT solutions.
Harriet Green, general manager, IBM Watson IoT, Commerce & Education
This collaboration enables individual developers to tap the power of cognitive computing and combine it with massive amounts of data streaming from billions of connected devices, sensors and systems to create solutions that can help transform businesses and society alike.
