Joint innovations help governments and enterprises
improve safety for first responders, on factory floors and for
manufacturing plant workers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2019 /CNW/ -- Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd. and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today
at the Samsung Developer Conference, a new joint
platform leveraging IBM Cloud and AI
capabilities, and Samsung's mobile offerings. The
collaboration between the two companies brings together IBM's
capabilities with the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem for today's
enterprise customers.
"The mobile industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation and
opening up new ways of business by bringing innovative technologies
like 5G, AI and IoT to enterprises," said DJ Koh, President
and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division, Samsung
Electronics. "We believe open collaboration is central to unlocking
these opportunities and look forward to driving digital
transformation for our enterprise clients in the 5G era with IBM
and Samsung's mobile devices and connected services."
Safety Platform Powered by IBM Cloud, AI and
5G
Today's announcement is designed to bring together IBM's
cloud innovations and Samsung's Galaxy devices
ecosystems, including Galaxy Tabs, Galaxy smartphones, and
Galaxy Watches. This is aimed to help improve the work environments
for police officers, fire fighters and other first responders.
According to the International Labour Organization, nearly
3-million deaths occur each year due to occupational accidents.
Governments and enterprises have an increasing need to build
systems which track the health vitals of workers in remote or
high-stress environments.
Built on the IBM Cloud, the new platform will now position
clients to track a worker's vitals, including heart rate and
physical activity, to determine if that person meets their
definition of distress and dispatch help.
For example, equipped with Samsung's Galaxy Watches with
biometric sensors and Galaxy smartphones enabled with 5G
capability, first responders will have their safety and wellness
indicators shared on this platform in real time. The solution
continually tracks their vital signs and other key indicators to
instantly alert emergency managers if there is a change in any of
these data points, which may indicate the responder may be in
danger of a heart attack, heat exhaustion, or any other potentially
life-threatening event requiring immediate attention. The platform
transmits the data to emergency managers to provide insights for
their decision-making.
On this new platform, Samsung reports that its high-speed Galaxy
devices can now be used at scale almost anywhere. These devices can
be customized to withstand intense environments, such as those
encountered by a soldier in the field, power plant employees
working in harsh weather conditions, an emergency worker responding
to a disaster or a worker in a mining plant.
Currently being piloted by multiple police forces, this new
solution provides real time health and situational awareness
insights on first responders to reduce operational risks in the
field.
"IBM continues to bring leading cloud and AI capabilities with
deep industry expertise to our enterprise clients," said
Martin Schroeter, senior vice
president of global markets from IBM. "Together, IBM and Samsung
will use the power of IBM Cloud, 5G, AI and edge computing to
enable our clients to leverage these advanced technologies to have
greater impact on the way people work, shop and protect their
health and families."
Samsung and IBM pave the way for
enterprise innovation with 5G and edge
computing
Samsung's fit-for-purpose
design approach and IBM Garage Methodology creates an
open collaboration, accelerating how the two companies test and
launch new business ideas with advanced cloud services. This
approach integrates practices grounded in deep industry expertise
at global scale through culture change into a single approach and
driving enterprise design thinking.
The two companies are also collaborating across multiple
industries to bring the power of IBM and Samsung to
bear, including financial services, energy and healthcare. In
addition, with the digitization of the manufacturing
industry, this partnership lays the foundation for the
automation of factories to become efficient and productive with
advanced network services and 5G.
Developers can access and utilize the technology behind the
platform and build further capabilities on top to impact other
vertical industries like manufacturing, defense and retail.
About Samsung Developer Conference
SDC brings together
thousands of developers and creators to explore today's tech and
visualize what's possible in the future. The two-day conference
will feature exciting keynote announcements, technical sessions and
valuable networking time. Plus, Samsung product teams and
technology partners will showcase the latest tech advances and
tools.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung inspires
the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and
technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs,
smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network
systems, and memory, system LSI, foundry and LED solutions. For the
latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at
http://news.samsung.com.
About IBM Cloud
With over $20B in annual cloud
revenue, IBM has built a leading enterprise hybrid cloud business.
This includes a comprehensive range of as-a-service offerings,
software, hardware and professional services that enable IBM to
advise, move, build and manage cloud solutions across public,
private and on-premises environments. Through its global network of
more than 60 cloud data centers across 19 countries and 18
availability zones across 6 regions, IBM public cloud helps
enterprises in all industries to meet security, resiliency,
performance, and global deployment requirements. Built on an open
source, multitenant environment, clients have secured access to an
enterprise-grade IaaS and a leading PaaS that provides them with
the latest developer capabilities and ready-to-go innovation
engines. This includes more than 190 cloud-native APIs, such as AI,
blockchain, IoT, serverless and quantum computing, and consistent
function all the way to the edge. For more information, visit
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/public
Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are
subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals
and objectives only.
CONTACT:
Jason
Kim
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Tel: +82-2-2255-8233
jaeyun79.kim@samsung.com
Kaveri Camire
IBM Media
Relations
914-624-6395
kcamire@us.ibm.com
Scott Cook
IBM Media
Relations
312-669-4743
scotty@us.ibm.com
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