Inwido’s solution also opens up for including other smarter home eco-system participants in areas such as climate control, health, and environmental consciousness. Inwido is the first supplier of windows and doors in Europe to offer this new generation of connected products as a service to the smarter-home market.

“Working with IBM, we offer our smart home customers personalized and digital services at a larger scale and in a much safer way than ever before”, says Johan Ambuhm, Vice President Business Development & Digital Solutions at Inwido. “The Internet of Things enables us to have a very clear view on how our customers use our products to meet the needs of their day to day life.”

“We are excited to partner with Inwido in the European smart home market. The IBM Watson IoT platform on the IBM Cloud secures data ownership for Inwido, provides scalability, security and interoperability between eco-systems. In addition, the opportunity to use IBM Watson cloud based analytics and AI for data, text and images gives Inwido a platform for a digital future,” says Jens Dahle, Associate Partner, Digital Transformation, IBM Global Markets.

Inwido’s ambition is to secure a leading role in the European smarter-home eco-systems. The aim is to have 50% of its products enabled for connectivity by 2020, offering consumers smarter, digitally enabled and more user-friendly service’s than ever before. 

Johan Ambuhm comments on the partnership with IBM to make homes in Europe smarter and safer. Watch the video.