IBM Watson IoT Platform, offers add-ons for blockchain service and analytics service, building on integrated IoT foundation to derive greater value from IoT devices

(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0477, dated September 11, 2018)

Overview

Watson IoT Platform, formerly known as IBM IoT Connection Service, connects devices, ingests device data, and transforms that data into meaningful insights. Watson IoT Platform and its additional add-on services enable organizations to capture and explore data for devices, equipment, and machines, and discover insights that can drive better decision-making.

Watson IoT Platform combines the power and simplicity to scale to industrial IoT applications, solutions, and workloads. It integrates the existing capabilities and functions of IBM IoT Connection Service in an end-to-end, fully managed cloud service available for subscription in production or non-production environments:

Watson IoT Platform communicates with your applications and devices by using the Watson IoT Platform API and the Watson IoT Platform messaging protocol. Other capabilities include:

• Appliance claiming
• Device registration and setup
• Authentication and security
• Data lifecycle management
• Device management
• Alerts and remote monitoring
• Solution administration

IBM IoT Building Insights delivers foundational IoT platform to help owners and operators manage connected buildings and drive optimal performance of entire enterprise

(IBM Europe Software Announcement ENUSZP18-0216, dated June 26, 2018)

Overview:

IBM IoT Building Insights is a solution designed for collecting sensor data, performing robust analytics, and enabling better decision making in connected buildings. Through the collection, analysis, and storage of a building's sensor data, owners and operators gain actionable insights to optimize building performance and management for financial and regulatory requirements.

As a robust, scalable, and flexible IoT platform, IoT Building Insights creates value along the entire building transformation journey for both new construction and retrofits.

IoT Building Insights provides services that can be deployed for the following activities:

• Collect, store, and analyze data across an entire global enterprise.
• View accurate contextual map of an enterprise's vitals.
• Develop brand-differentiating experiences in buildings through augmented intelligence.
• Advance extensive experience in real estate and facility management.
• Perform global and large-scale delivery.

Clients can also purchase non-production environment Instances of IBM IoT Building Insights. The non-production Instance can be used to test and prove value in the solution, test connecting devices of any type, and to run proof of concepts. Each non-production Instance can support up to 10 client devices. If the client wishes to increase the number of devices, they must deploy the production offering.

Software withdrawal and support discontinuance:
IBM Cognitive Solutions, IBM Hybrid Cloud & Managed Services, IBM Watson & Cloud Platform, IBM Industry Platforms, and IBM Z select products and part numbers - Some replacements available

(IBM Europe Software Announcement ZP17-0450, dated September 12, 2017)

Part of this withdrawal:

Informix Workgroup Limited Use Socket License from marketing

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IBM Informix WRKGRP Edition
CPU Option Limited Use Socket License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months
December 12, 2017
No replacement

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IBM Informix WRKGRP Edition
CPU Option Limited Use Socket SW Subscription & Support Reinstatement 12 Months
December 12, 2017
No replacement

IBM IoT Service Offerings
help you design and build Internet of Things solutions

(IBM Europe Software Announcement ZP17-0313, dated June 13, 2017)

Overview:

With IBM(R) IoT Service Offerings, IBM provides remote consulting based on the IBM Design Thinking methodology to help you identify Internet of Things (IoT) solution areas that have the greatest value. Design Thinking is the IBM approach to developing solutions at the speed and scale the modern enterprise demands. It is a framework for teaming and action.

IBM IoT Service Offerings consists of two offerings:

• In the IBM IoT Design Thinking Workshop, IBM will help you identify your highest-priority IoT use cases and define a minimum viable product (MVP).
• With the IBM IoT MVP Build-up, IBM will help you validate your IoT solution and create an implementation plan for your MVP.

These offerings are delivered remotely.