IBM Bows Collaborative IoT Ecosystem Initiative at Munich-Based Watson Center

IBM launched an ecosystem initiative around its Watson IoT business in Munich, it said in a Thursday announcement. Calling the effort the first “cognitive collaboratories,” IBM said development teams from Avnet, BNP Paribas, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra will collocate development teams at the IBM center, which will also act as innovation space for European IoT standards organization EEBus. IoT innovation has reached a “tipping point,” said Harriet Green, general manager, IBM Watson IoT, cognitive engagement and education, who pegged the number of clients and partners wanting to co-innovate on the IoT ecosystem at 6,000.