Capgemini subsidiary Sogeti will use IBM Bluemix to help developers and clients in 15 countries build Internet of Things and analytics applications for a range of vertical industries. Credit: Thinkstock Capgemini subsidiary Sogeti and IBM forged an alliance today under which Sogeti will bring IBM’s Cloud Foundry-based Bluemix platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering to its developers and clients in 15 countries. Sogeti is also turning to Bluemix to help it power hybrid cloud applications for commerce, the Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics for clients in industries ranging from retail and healthcare to transportation, energy and utilities. The new partnership has grown out of an existing relationship between Sogeti and IBM in which Sogeti built its smartEngine gateway for managing buildings using IBM Bluemix. [ Related: Review: IBM Bluemix Bulks Up Cloud Foundry ] The smartEngine gateway provides a means for using Bluemix to connect sensors that use different protocols and data formats, allowing Sogeti to provide clients with insights on the performance of their heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting and other energy-producing processes. These insights are used by clients to minimize energy costs, optimize environmental impact and increase security. Sogeti plans to use Bluemix to extend the smartEngine gateway’s IoT capabilities to provide insight for clients in other verticals, including manufacturing, agriculture and utilities management. “As cloud continues to transform how we collaborate and work with technology, many of our clients are looking to build more and more of their apps and systems with the cloud,” Andreas Sjöström, vice president and global head of Digital at Sogeti, said in a statement Thursday. “With Bluemix Dedicated, we are able to address these concerns by offering dedicated servers and cloud data centers which easily conform to these requisites, while still offering the highly valuable benefits of a cloud infrastructure, such as accelerated business speed, collaboration and visibility.” [Related: IBM commits to Apache Spark compute engine ] Mohamed Abdula, vice president, Strategy & Offering Management for Cloud Foundation Services, IBM, says three things are attracting customers like Sogeti to the Bluemix PaaS: Services. Bluemix users are able to take low-level services offered on the platform and aggregate them to build higher-level services. “For [Sogeti] to be the provider of services such as the smartEngine gateway, they needed access to a number of foundational services to build from,” Abdula says. “Bluemix is very much a rich and leading edge platform with the highest number of services to build from — data, mobile, integration, etc.” An open philosophy and architecture. “Everything that they’re going to build takes advantage of that whole philosophy and architecture that we built around open,” Abdula says.. A hybrid approach. Whether customers need their applications to run on public cloud, private cloud, on-premises infrastructure or some combination thereof, Sogeti knows the applications they build will run on that deployment. “Leveraging things like containers and OpenStack mean they can do it on a public implementation or a dedicated instance or local,” Abdula says. Follow Thor on Google+ Related content brandpost Sponsored by Dell New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies Security leaders have particular concerns that older devices are more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. By Laura McEwan Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Infrastructure Management case study Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI To help promote insourcing and quality control, Toyota Motor North America is leveraging generative AI for HR and IT service desk requests. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 08, 2023 7 mins Employee Experience Generative AI ICT Partners feature CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process. By Moira Alexander Dec 08, 2023 8 mins Certifications IT Skills Project Management brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe