7 Ways to Boost Innovation for a SMART Mauritius

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ICTS:

DRIVERS OF INNOVATION

Ben Mann | IBM Africa Cloud & Software | Monday May 18, 2015

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Unleashing the Possibilities

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APIs open up a world of new possibilities

• Data

• Services

• Applications

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Open Innovation Platforms

IBM Bluemix

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• Cloud based

• Deploy and scale in seconds

• Open standards

• Open portfolio of services

• Opex and Pay-per-Use

Transforming Skills

Latest Technologies and Techniques • Agile and DevOps

• Hybrid Mobile

No Charge Training and Professional Certification

No Charge Access to Technology

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Cognitive Computing

• Big Data analytics

• Comprehension

• Social Sentiment

• Personality Insights

• Trade-off Analytics

• Diagnostic Aids

• Conversational Interfaces

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Instrumented World

Standards based platform for the Internet of Things

• Sensors

• Controllers

• Wearables

• Vehicles

• Buildings

• Infrastructure

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Innovation Challenges

• Unleash

• Develop

• Disrupt

• Repeat

• Showcase

• Incubate

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Design Thinking

Problem-oriented innovation

• Who (Personas)

• What (Hills)

• Wow (Game changer)

Design Playbacks

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Next Steps to Drive Innovation

Empower developers with cloud innovation platforms

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Teach students the newest technologies & techniques 3

Unlock the possibilities of cognitive computing 4

Work together to gather the real-world data that matters

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Train developers how to think with real design

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Sponsor challenges to address real local issues

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Let’s Work Together

Ben Mann

IBM Africa Software Innovation

Nairobi, Kenya

Email: benjmann@ke.ibm.com

Tel: +254 7316 19791

LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype: benm4nn

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