Avnet is working with IBM to drive the development and deployment of IoT solutions in the US, Europe and Canada. Their efforts aim to help customers develop IoT solutions built on the IBM Watson IoT platform.
This collaboration is designed to help Avnet customers, ranging from original equipment manufacturers to solution providers, capitalise on the IoT market which is estimated to account for more than $921 billion in technology spending in 2016.
The collaboration builds on Avnet's IoT development practices, including its recent work with SPICA Technologies to help create a smart cities IoT solution to improve water safety.
This solution reduces the risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease by using connected devices attached to water pipes that provide real-time information and analysis on water temperature and flow, improving accuracy and reducing monitoring costs by up to 60%.
Avnet played a key role in building this solution, bringing together the sensor components, IBM Core Middleware, IBM Enterprise analytics, and an IBM Cloud deployment to manage the data.
"Developing an IoT solution is complex and requires deep technical knowledge from a semiconductor level to advanced data analytics running in a data centre," said Patrick Zammit, President, Avnet Technology Solutions, Global.
"Avnet and IBM joined together to simplify the development cycle at every stage and give our customers the power to unlock the potential of IoT."