by Angela Guess

A new press release reports, “In a joint effort to improve the quality of life in urban areas, IoT and Smart City platform provider Fybr has teamed with IBM’s Watson Internet of Things group. This new partnership will bring sensor data from Fybr’s Smart City Platform to IBM’s Bluemix Cloud to take advantage of Watson’s advanced analytics capabilities to add continuous learning and contextual data to Fybr’s sensor data. IBM describes Watson IoT as ‘a cognitive computing system that learns from experience.’ With Fybr’s gateways and edge devices sending data on things like traffic, air quality and lighting to the IBM Bluemix Cloud, Watson can combine the information sent from Fybr Smart City implementations with other data such as news, weather, or historical events. By optimizing public safety, traffic, energy data and more, local leaders can make intelligent and informed decisions more rapidly—enhancing livability and sustainability within a community.”

The release goes on, “With more than two-thirds of the World’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, the evolution of urban infrastructure has never been more critical for community advancement and overall quality of life. The partnership between the Fybr Smart City Platform and IBM’s Watson IoT platform can help to address growing urban challenges. ‘We have integrated the Fybr Engine with the IBM Watson Analytics Platform running on the IBM Bluemix Cloud,’ said Mrinal Wadhwa, Chief Technology Officer of Fybr. ‘By combining data from Fybr devices with data in other systems that a customer may have on the Bluemix Cloud and then using Watson’s advanced analytical and machine learning capabilities, we can bring significant benefits to a city by delivering more contextual, actionable and meaningful insights’.”

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