When people call Suchter a geek, he unabashedly and happily accepts the compliment. Apart from search, he delights in spending time with his wife, son and daughter, a kindergartner who is learning Mandarin. He also loves building things – bridges, bird houses, human houses – anything that “creates something from nothing.”
Announced in January 2011, the IBM Framework addresses consumer products companies’ need to work smarter, providing innovative industry-driven solutions that help accelerate business performance. IDC Government Insights estimates the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
Yannick Chammings, CEO of Adeneo Embedded, a Windows Embedded Gold Partner with offices in France and the U.S., works with clients to create custom devices for enterprise, retail, medical and consumer implementations. He urges device planners to think beyond the immediate process of development and launch.
IBM is involved in more than 150 smart grid engagements around the world, in both mature and emerging markets. IBM is the founding member of the Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition, a unique collaboration of utilities from around the globe who are working to accelerate the use of smart grid technologies and move the industry forward through its most challenging transformation.
