Enough with the pilots: IoT in manufacturing is ready to grow at scale

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered asset monitor from IBM gives manufacturers the chance to move into the next phase of the Internet of Things (IoT) evolution. The hard part will be everything else: Making sense of the data, revamping existing processes, and retraining technicians and engineers. IBM's Maximo Asset Monitor adds AI capabilities to the Maximo Suite to help companies do the above and move into another phase of digital transformation. Kareem Yusuf, general manager of the IBM IoT business unit, said IBM's goal for the Maximo Asset Monitor is for companies to draw insights and take action based on data from the assets that they're managing in Maximo. "We want to help clients get new data or make existing data understandable," he said.