IBM inks IoT-focused deals with Visa, Bosch, SNCF, others

(Telecompaper) IBM has announced a range of partnerships with companies such as Visa, Bosch, Indiegogo, Capgemini, SNCF, Ricoh and others to coincide with the inauguration of its new USD 200 million Internet of Things headquarters in Munich. The company last year revealed that it would be opening a new global headquarters for its Watson IoT business to drive a USD 3 billion push to bring cognitive computing to IoT. The partnership with Visa is described as the industry's first collaboration that