BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, during Smart
City Expo and World Congress in Barcelona, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Veolia
announced a new partnership and new solutions that integrate
intuitive and powerful digital technologies into urban services to
improve the efficiency of municipal systems around the world
-- a partnership which opens up new possibilities for smart
cities.
A world leader in municipal services, Veolia turned to IBM to
transform the way they deliver digital services and solutions for
urban resources for cities. The partnership with IBM puts Veolia at
the forefront of municipal service providers by offering the
industry's most data-driven approach to municipal services
management. Veolia will both use the new set of digital services to
improve performance with current clients, and also offer new
turnkey ready-to-use digital solutions to other cities.
IBM and Veolia will first deliver new solutions for Smarter
Water, incorporating the IBM Intelligent Water software which
allows for better utilization of Big Data, and provides a
management system for the integration, optimization and analysis of
all data related to water management.
The new solutions for water are currently under development in
Lyon, France, and Tidworth,
England, where Veolia is providing
water and waste water management services to citizens using some of
the most advanced and automated water management technology
available today. By integrating data across municipal water
management systems and applying advanced analytics to spot trends,
patterns, make predictions and provide a systems-level view of
operations, Veolia will contribute to more efficient water
management, improved reduction of waste, better cost controls for
its clients as well as improved accountability to city leaders.
Designed to help cities operate more efficiently, provide better
service to citizens and ensure effective management of resources,
these innovative solutions enable them to address some of their
most pressing needs and make cities better places to live for their
residents.
"Cities generate enormous amounts of data that must be
constantly managed," said Antoine
Frerot, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Veolia. "As
one of the world's leading operators of urban infrastructure,
Veolia supplies millions of people with water, energy and waste
management services every day. By combining our deep expertise with
IBM's data-driven insight, Veolia is creating a paradigm shift in
urban management which in turn will help cities improve efficiency
and deliver better services to citizens."
Also as part of the partnership, Veolia and IBM will also
introduce new digital solutions and services for energy management
and waste management, areas in which Veolia has deep operations
experience and IBM has proven technology.
"By combining Veolia's expertise in utilities management with
IBM's data-driven approach to Smarter Cities, the two companies are
bringing together some of the most advanced solutions in the market
and making them readily available to cities," said Michael Dixon, General Manager, IBM Smarter
Cities. "This provides cities of any size with unprecedented
options for improving efficiency".
The digital water solution is immediately available from Veolia.
The solutions for energy and waste water are expected to be
available in 2015.
About Veolia
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With over 187,000 employees* worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them.
In 2013, Veolia group supplied 94 million people with drinking
water and 62 million people with wastewater service, produced 54
million megawatt hours of energy and converted 38 million metric
tons of waste into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement
(Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) recorded consolidated
revenue of €23.4 billion* in 2013.
www.veolia.com
(*) 2013 pro-forma unaudited figures, including Dalkia
International (100%) and excluding Dalkia France.
Excluding Transdev employees and revenue currently under
divestment.
About IBM
For more information on IBM Smarter Cities, visit
www.ibm.com/press/smartercities.
To join the conversation about IBM Smarter Cities please follow
@IBMSmartCities on Twitter as well as the hashtag
#SmarterCities
Sandrine Durupt
IBM External Communications France
sandrine-durupt@fr.ibm.com
+33-1-5875-1795
Holli Haswell
IBM External Communications
hhaswell@us.ibm.com
+720-396-5485
Stephane Galfre
Veolia Press Relations
stephane.galfre@veolia.com
+33-1-7175- 1927
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