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Manufacturing : Stephan Biller , VP of IBM Watson IoT
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Although moving to IBM presented him with an exciting opportunity , Biller says that , because the role played to his strengths , his life changed surprisingly little . As the VP for managing Watson IoT ( IBM ’ s offering combining IoT and AI to improve asset management ), he began guiding research to help develop even further innovations for the platform . Watson is indicative of the exciting possibilities being unlocked for enterprise systems : using IoT ( internet of things ) to gather vast streams of integrated data in real-time and using artificial intelligence ( AI ) algorithms to power analytics and insight , the suite of offerings is capable of providing an unrivaled level of asset management , data optimization and facilities management . “ It basically integrates those data streams and helps you get to a point where you can optimize the system rather than the components ,” Biller explains . It was he that provided the strategy and vision , something he developed through collaboration across the product development chain including IBM Research , one of the best research labs in the world . “ The real key was
SEPTEMBER 2020