

Enabling accelerated ROI for IoT projects through rapid commercialization.
IoT is increasingly gaining traction with the rising popularity of manufacturing robots, self-driven cars, remote healthcare, and smart homes – all made possible by the intelligent networks of connected devices. Today, enterprises across industries leverage IoT-based systems to maximize business value and create unmatched customer experiences by applying digital intelligence to their physical assets.
Persistent brings together best-in-class commercial grade open IoT platforms and integration services to connect the un-connected disparate assets, processes, and enterprise systems under a common data platform. We build vertical-specific AI-powered applications across Healthcare, Telco IoT, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart Buildings, and more to help accelerate ROI realization.
We offer Managed IoT services to operationalize and optimize the next generation IT and IoT infrastructure. We provide end-to-end support through your IoT journey – from pilot programs to full-scale implementation to complete operations and AI-led automation.
Embark on your IoT journey with us. We can help you define the most intelligent IoT landscape to effectively build, execute and optimize offerings that maximize revenue and drive business growth.
Kickstart your journey to becoming an IoT-enabled enterprise with our developer labs and Digital Engineering support that enable rapid development and deployment of new IoT capabilities.
Accelerate your Commercial IoT roll-out by leveraging our production-grade IoT core platforms (Cumulocity) and our rich experience in technology consulting, IoT System Integration, and implementing vertical-specific use cases.
Improve your IoT operations through our Managed Services. Get more from your IoT data with AI and drive a higher level of closed-loop automation to generate greater business value.
Our IoT capabilities in Healthcare, Telco IoT, IIoT, and Smart buildings, combined with our deep understanding of technologies and ecosystems, make us a partner of choice for global organizations looking to invest in IoT-led digital transformation programs.
We bring best-in-class practices across Edge and Cloud infrastructure over Data, Security, and AI-based automation to help our clients make the right technical choices for accelerating their IoT implementations.
Strategic and differentiated partnerships with IoT leaders such as Software AG (Cumulocity) platform and other leading players in the IoT ecosystem across Telcos, Software, ISVs, and BFSI sectors enable you to build the right solution that can cater to today’s needs and scale for future.
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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