to further enhance the idea of ecosystems coming together to drive tangible outcomes for our clients in all the vectors of mining .” Chawla ’ s team also plan to nurture and scale IBM ’ s cybersecurity offering to secure operating technology and systems . “ As more plants , more mines , and more equipment get connected , the cyber threat increases , so we ’ re pleased with the tremendous progress we ’ re already making to secure operations as they grow .”
Nelson confirms IBM is currently working with a large oil and gas supermajor for potential partnership to co-create a digital mining services integrated platform . “ This platform is tendered around developing a different model for how mining companies consume digital solutions and services , and how mining providers and solutions developers can make them available to the industry . It is a game changer and it shows how upbeat and interesting the mining industry has become to wider industries .”
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