Data traffic from cellular IoT connections is expected to rise to 110.8 exabytes (EB) by 2028, according to Omdia’s latest research.

This surge is driven by heightened demand for data that can be analyzed, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency to generate new revenue streams for companies.

The research uncovered that most cellular IoT data traffic will originate from the automotive vertical, with the largest use cases being infotainment such as streaming video and audio, and firmware over-the-air updates. Over the period between 2023 to 2028, automotive data traffic is forecast to rise from 18.6 EB to 59.4 EB, fueled by the integration of infotainment systems in newer vehicles with greater numbers of consumers taking up these services expected to utilize 5G connectivity. Transport and logistics emerge as the next significant vertical for cellular IoT data traffic, while all other verticals collectively account for less than 25% of the total traffic after 2024 according to the report.

Alexander Thompson, Senior Analyst for IoT at Omdia stated:

“A small number of use cases are responsible for the majority of cellular IoT data traffic. It is evident that video use cases, particularly those with mobility, such as video screens in cities and retail settings, will generate the highest data traffic.”

“The exponential growth in cellular IoT data traffic is being driven both by specific use cases and the growth in hyperscale IoT, characterized by the increasing connections of vast numbers of low power devices. Despite this, cellular IoT data traffic remains only a modest portion of the overall cellular data traffic landscape,” added Andrew Brown, Practice Lead for IoT at Omdia.

Furthermore, the research highlights Asia & Oceania will be the largest region for data traffic, comprising 60.6% of the global figure in 2023. This trend is attributed to the high number of video cameras installed, particularly within smart cities initiatives across the region.

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A new report from Kaleido Intelligence, a leading connectivity market intelligence and consulting firm, has found that smart cities’ data usage will increase by over 140% between 2023 and 2027.

The new report, Cellular IoT Connectivity Series: Smart Cities Opportunities & Forecasts, notes that smart cities have recently been put back onto governments’ agendas following increased drives for sustainability in municipal planning and operations. This is particularly the case where local and national governments are supportive of the initiatives, making Europe and East Asia the biggest markets for these technologies.

Kaleido expects smart city initiatives to intensify in future, with cellular IoT connections growing at a CAGR of 17.9% between 2022 and 2027, to reach over 122 million, with particularly high growth in the next two years.

Cellular Must be Part of a Broader Solution

The highest number of connections will be found in the smart lighting space, and Kaleido anticipates over 161 million lights to be linked to a cellular connection as part of their deployment. However, this and many others will often be served by gateways, with a single cellular connection relaying data to and from many lights, which will rely on non-cellular technology at the endpoints. This emphasises the need for interoperable data protocols, to simplify the transfer of data across technologies.

Kaleido expects relatively high data traffic through these connections even where LPWAN is deployed, because of the number of endpoints relayed through the network. This will require effective edge computing to limit the flood of data to the network; in some cases, we estimate this will reduce data transfer by over 80%. As such, an emphasis needs to be placed on edge computing and other service-based revenue, rather than just monetising connectivity.

Smart Traffic Deployments Lead the Way on Revenue

Kaleido’s report also found that smart traffic management will bring the most connectivity revenue, thanks primarily to the prevalence of video usage. It anticipates airtime revenue in this sector to exceed $900 million by 2027, from $292 million in 2022.

“Smart traffic management in many ways represents a nexus for smart city applications,” remarked research author James Moar.

“Traffic routing decisions can be based on air quality data and smart parking availability. However, care must be taken to abide by data privacy legislation and other relevant laws, which will require an intelligent network to direct data purely on a need-to-know basis.”

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Industrial IoT in the Time of Covid-19 – reveals majority of businesses do not share IoT data effectively across their business ecosystem but plan to in future

Research by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, reveals relatively few businesses derive maximum benefit from the IoT data that they gather.

Most of today’s businesses only share IoT data within their own organisations, with security and privacy concerns preventing them from disseminating it to organisations in their wider supply chains. Infrequent data collection and lacking an IoT data strategy leaves many businesses surveyed struggling to extract full value from their IoT data. A more strategic, ambitious and open approach to gathering and sharing non-sensitive data could unlock substantial benefits for business struggling to make the most of IoT projects.

Collecting and sharing the right data at the right time enables companies and their partners to take better, more proactive decisions across the value chain to optimise operations as soon as a problem occurs, or even anticipate and mitigate it before it happens. Such data driven insight can help businesses reduce waste, increase productivity, improve customer service and run more sustainable operations.

According to the research, based on the interviews of 450 global respondents across the agriculture, electrical utilities, mining, oil and gas, and transport and logistics sectors, as many as 86 per cent of respondents admit their organisation does not use the data collected from IoT projects as effectively as it could. This is despite high levels of IoT adoption overall. The most prevalent barriers are security and data privacy concerns, cited as a barrier by over half (54 per cent) of all respondents, followed by a lag between data collection and availability (46 per cent) and the lack of an IoT data strategy (33 per cent).

Accelerating IoT adoption over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that many businesses’ data sharing strategies are not yet as advanced as they need to be. Currently, only 20 per cent of all organisations make non-sensitive IoT data available to anyone in their organisation, and to their partners, to access and to use. Conversely, nearly two in five (39 per cent) limit the use of IoT data to certain departments involved in their IoT projects. However, this is set to change, with a larger proportion of organisations (38 per cent) shifting towards sharing data with their wider supply chain and far fewer (20 per cent) planning on limiting IoT data to specific departments. This change is occurring as more businesses come to understand that the responsible and secure sharing of IoT data is a necessary step towards unlocking the maximum value of that data.

The research reveals that having a formal IoT data strategy is a vital step towards drawing the optimum benefits from the technology, ensuring data is produced, shared, and analysed between the right parties at the right time. Organisations with a formal IoT strategy are far more likely to gather data points in their IoT projects in real time (48 per cent of respondents compared to only 16 per cent amongst organisations without an IoT strategy).

There are also notable differences in how strategic businesses are in the usage of their IoT data based on the region they operate in and the size of their organisations. While only 23 per cent of North American businesses struggle to use IoT data effectively due to the lack of an IoT data strategy, this increases to 54 per cent of organisations in Latin America and 55 per cent in Russia and the Stans. Likewise, while 20 per cent of the largest organisations (over 5,000 employees) struggle with a lack of an IoT data strategy, 40 per cent of smaller businesses (under 500 employees) cite this as a barrier to effective IoT data use.

Commenting on the findings, Mike Carter, President of Inmarsat Enterprise said: “While our latest research shows that the majority of today’s organisations are now gathering IoT data, there is still plenty more that businesses need to do to derive the maximum benefit from it. The ultimate measure of an IoT project’s success is how it improves the way a company and its partner eco-system operates. This is largely resultant on the type of data extracted and how it is shared and turned into practical and actionable business insights in a timely manner.

“It’s clear from our findings that many businesses still need to employ an IoT data strategy as part of their overall IoT strategy, to ensure their data gets to where it needs to go within the organisation, let alone to other parts of the supply chain.”

“Four out of five businesses currently share the data created from their IoT projects only within their organisation, due to concerns around security or privacy, limiting their ability to extract real business value from this data. However, it is encouraging businesses intend to change this situation, as organisations become increasingly open to sharing non-sensitive IoT data with their partners, increasing productive supply chains.”

“Without a coherent IoT data strategy in place, businesses will struggle to develop the culture of open and responsible data sharing and collaboration required to ensure their IoT projects are successful. Inmarsat’s Enterprise business is focused on providing IoT connectivity to business-critical applications and to remote locations, providing vital access to valuable data points across global supply chains. Our industry-leading ELERA narrowband network enables organisations that grow, mine, extract, move, save, and inform to access, use and share IoT data anywhere, helping them to improve efficiencies, safety and sustainability.”

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Over 30,000 data feeds from all 50 states and 100+ countries now accessible via a single portal, searchable by both human and AI “users” saving time and effort in data acquisition for companies.

Terbine announced today that it is offering subscriptions to its global IoT data trove to commercial users.

The continually expanding index provides fingertip access to sensor readings generated by infrastructure, transportation, meteorology, energy, logistics and many other sectors. The system makes it possible, for the first time, for human users and AI’s alike to rapidly find and retrieve sensor information from sources around the world and apply it to analytics, visualizations, the operation of machines and management of infrastructure.

One-Stop Access to Data from Cities/Counties/States and Federal Agency Sources

David Knight, Terbine Founder and CEO, said:

“Imagine this as a Bloomberg for the physical world. Instead of digging through many thousands of individual data sites and nearly indistinguishable data streams, it’s all comprehensively contextualized and indexed for you.”

Terbine provides rich context, provenance, indexing and over 30 searchable parameters, each with multiple subcategories. Representing thousands of man-hours in data acquisition and characterization, the data is sourced from a broad range of public agencies and other sources encompassing air, land, water and space.

Subscribers Gain Unlimited Access To Physical-World Data

Subscriptions to the system of data feeds is offered on a 30-day no charge trial basis. Following the trial period, companies will be charged $795 monthly for an initial user, with additional users charged at $195/month. Anyone can browse the available feeds at www.terbine.io without logging in. A subscription enables access to the actual data files and streams.

For more information and to sign up for a 30-day trial account visit https://terbine.com/public-data-subscriptions/

Useful To Applications Across Numerous Industries

Terbine is working with leading companies in sectors including financial services, supply chain & logistics, insurance, autonomous vehicle startups looking for training data, and many others. Data feeds from commercial sources including automotive, energy and more will be added soon and priced on an ala carte basis. Connectors are offered to popular analytics software including Tableau and languages such as Python.

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Businesses wanting to improve their network performance and data connectivity using wireless 4G are now able to make their aspirations a reality, with the new 4G LTE machine-to-machine router from Cradlepoint, the CradlePoint COR IBR600 4G available at Westbase Technology.

The CradlePoint COR IBR600 4G is a 4G LTE M2M router with a feature rich configuration, making it flexible and robust for those critical enterprise applications that require ‘always on’ 24×7 connectivity. A fully self-contained solution for high-bandwidth applications, the router is ideal for deployment in multiple industries including Energy, Retail, Finance, Security and Transport.

Applications for the versatile CradlePoint COR IBR600 4G cover all instances where 4G LTE connectivity is essential, the router can be deployed as either a primary mobile broadband connection or failover when a wired connection is disrupted. Supplied with external mobile broadband and WiFi antennas, the router delivers mission-critical 4G connectivity for M2M, industrial and remote business applications out of the box, its enhanced security features ensuring that critical data is protected at all times.

Sacha Kakad, Managing Director, Westbase Technology said:

“The COR IBR600 delivers a high speed 4G connection that opens up a new stable of data applications which can be serviced over the mobile network.”

“We believe the COR IBR600 to be an extremely competitive and richly featured embedded device, perfect for those businesses seeking a true competitive advantage using 4G.”

“As the North American leader in cloud managed 3G/4G networking, CradlePoint looks forward to partnering with Westbase to deliver our collective expertise and solutions to distributed enterprises in the UK and Europe,” said Tony Puopolo, Vice President of International Sales at CradlePoint.

“CradlePoint is the first to pioneer and fully enable high-speed LTE in solutions that cover a broad range of vertical industries. CradlePoint’s Enterprise Cloud Manager is also the first platform of its kind to offer secure, real-time management of enterprise networks over a wireless 3G/4G connection. With the CradlePoint COR networking solution, businesses can connect new locations with 4G speeds in a matter of minutes. If a wired line is later installed, the customer can move the device into a failover mode and virtually guarantee 99.99% uptime with their network.”

The CradlePoint COR IBR600 4G is the first in a broad range of devices from the CradlePoint portfolio to be made readily available across Europe by Westbase Technology, a specialist distributor of wireless technologies for commercial and industrial M2M applications.

The CradlePoint COR IBR600 has already been successfully deployed across a number of industries. Advanced Control Systems deliver cloud-based wireless water and wastewater monitoring and control, saving time and money with the CradlePoint COR IBR600 acting as a primary M2M connection. North Kansas City School Buses added WiFi using the CradlePoint COR IBR600 as a solution to recapture lost educational time whilst travelling during school hours. Avanti Markets have deployed the CradlePoint COR IBR600 as part of their digital kiosks offering healthier snack options in the workplace.

Large deployments of CradlePoint 3G and 4G routers can be managed remotely using Enterprise Cloud Manager, CradlePoint’s next generation network management and application platform. Integrating cloud management with CradlePoint devices to securely, rapidly and dynamically manage distributed networks, improving productivity, increasing reliability, reducing costs and enhancing the intelligence of network and business operations.

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Nine New Members to Strengthen Push for Next Generation Wireless Connectivity.

The Singapore White Spaces Pilot Group (SWSPG) today announced its next wave of TV White Spaces (TVWS) commercial pilot deployments in Singapore with Gardens by the Bay, Sentosa Development Corporation, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Eurokars Group. Together with the first series of pilots announced in September 2012, SWSPG has created a strong case for transforming TVWS -unused TV broadcast frequency bands – into premium wireless connectivity channels in Singapore for both broadband and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications.

These announcements were made in line with the inaugural Global Summit on Dynamic Spectrum Access and TV White Spaces, organized by SWSPG and held at the Singapore Island Country Club.

From powering the data needs of mobile workers to enabling M2M communications in a smart city, wireless connectivity can indeed underpin the socio-economic progress of nations today. However, the exponential growth of wireless data traffic has created a strain on communications infrastructures in a world where spectrum resources are finite. Rising to this challenge, governments, policy makers, researchers and industry players are partnering to innovate on both agile spectrum management policies and more efficient spectrum utilization technologies. The set of SWSPG pilot projects are by far the most comprehensive TVWS commercial pilot efforts in Asia Pacific region. They are primary examples of public-private-partnership in adding value to economy and society through a combination of technology and policy innovation.

In recent years, TVWS has leapt onto the centre stage, with both spectrum policy and technological innovation. With supporting regulation, TVWS technologies turn unused TV broadcast frequency bands into complementary and cost-effective wireless broadband delivery channels and offer a new option for M2M data transmission. This is achieved through a set of highly desirable attributes associated with TVWS, including the ability to travel over longer distances and penetrate more obstacles such as trees, hills and buildings than technologies using higher frequencies, such as conventional Wi-Fi.

TVWS can enable greater wireless coverage in areas that were previously not possible due to challenging terrain and can improve business cases for organizations and network service providers through reduced total cost of ownership. The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) successfully deployed a TVWS network that provides Wi-Fi coverage over its sprawling property covering multiple golf courses and several buildings. The TVWS deployment has delivered wireless connectivity where other technologies had previously failed, allowing for enhanced services for the Club members. The technology was simple and cost effective to deploy. In addition, the TVWS network allows the Club to trial new innovative resource management systems which have the potential of achieving 45% savings on external lighting costs, with SMART lights and the world’s first TVWS chip. (See Annex A for TVWS case study of SICC)

Ms Tracy Hopkins, Corporate Vice President, Neul, said:

“The benefits of using TVWS technology are tremendous, be it to support ‘smart city’ infrastructure, to extend connectivity into previously challenging environments or to enable ubiquitous, reliable wireless connectivity that will enhance our lives.”

“Alongside the commercial pilots, it is essential for the SWSPG and others to look at how this innovative technology really can make a difference in delivering a smarter, greener and safer environment for us all, the applications are only as big as our imaginations.”

Thenew commercial pilots announced today by SWSPG are conducted under a test licence from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and utilize a TVWS Geo-location Database developed specifically for Singapore by Microsoft, with advice and inputs from IDA. These new pilots include:

• Gardens by the Bay: Singapore’s iconic attraction has undertaken a TVWS trial to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to its visitors in a reliable and cost-efficient manner, without intrusive equipment and wiring built-ups over its greeneries. TVWS-based wireless connectivity was deployed to taking advantage of better propagation characteristics of TVWS signal. Currently three different sites at Gardens by the Bay – Supertree Grove, Meadow and Canopy – offer TVWS based Wi-Fi connectivity to visitors.
• Sentosa: Singapore’s premier island resort getaway is implementing a trial to provide Wi-Fi coverage and deploy security surveillance cameras at Siloso Beach, Belawang Beach and the Merlion complex, while demonstrating the co-existence of multi TVWS vendors in a single environment.
• Housing & Development Board (HDB):This pilot project responds to a need for video surveillance for rooftop security, car park enforcement and getting real time video from the lift system in HDB buildings. TVWS technology is expected to add efficacy in getting real time coverage, which would result in enhanced security and safety for the residence.Currently, all surveillance is done using cameras with local storage and manpower is required to collect them when needed. With the use of real time video recordings, it is possible to perform real time video analytics and allow multiple departments to share the same surveillance resources.
• Eurokars Group:Singapore’s flagship car dealership will use TVWS to cost effectively extend their IT network to a number of outlying buildings. This will be complemented with unique concierge services: test-drive vehicle tracking, customer scheduled service management and other customer value added services.

Dr Tan Geok Leng, Executive Director, Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R) and Science and Engineering Research Council, A*STAR, said: “I am proud to say that Singapore is one of the pioneers in TVWS research, and continues to be a trailblazer in the TVWS movement globally. The successful pilots that we have seen in Singapore have set benchmarks in showcasing the potential of TVWS technology in delivering reliable and cost-efficient wireless broadband for multiple of commercial applications. With the new pilot projects, we hope to see TVWS being deployed in many other new and innovative applications.”

SWSPG was founded in April 2012 to develop pilot projects, collaborate on R&D efforts and support Singapore’s plan to implement a regulatory framework for adopting TVWS. Its founding members included I²R, Microsoft, StarHub and Neul and early members included Adaptrum, Power Automation, Singapore Island Country Club, Spectrum Bridge and ZDW Systems.

Today, SWSPG is announcing nine new members, doubling its membership to 18. The new members include:

• Grid Communications: As Singapore’s enhanced network service provider, GRID Communications is committed to offering a fully integrated mobile solution for people who are constantly on the move. Joining SWSPG, the company will deliver powerful technical edge in helping Singapore becoming a truly connected city.
• Terrabit Networks: is an innovative Solution Provider that brings together unique skills in telecoms, RF technology, software and network infrastructure to deliver cost effective communications solutions to customers on time and in-budget and is now deploying TVWS networks in Singapore as part of the SWSPG and in other regions.
• National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT):As Japan’s sole independent administrative institution specializing in the field of information and communications technology, NICT is charged with promoting ICT sector as well as research and development in ICT, which drives economic growth and creates an affluent, safe and secure society.
• Eurokars Group:Is the largest privately held car distributorship in Singapore. It strives to increase shareholder value with a focus on its customers – a unique customer service that strives to differentiate itself from others. TVWS has given the Eurokars Group a unique opportunity to create new and highly differentiated customer service offerings.
• Sentosa Development Corporation: Sentosa Development Corporation manages the Sentosa island resort, Singapore’s Southern Islands and the Mount Faber Leisure Group. It has joined SWSPG to take part in a trial to connect surveillance cameras and provide reliable Wi-Fi coverage on the island.
• HDB:HDB is Singapore’s public housing authority and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development. HDB plans and develops public housing towns that provide Singaporeans with quality homes and living environments. It has joined SWSPG to take part in a trial to use TVWS technology for its video surveillance system to enhance security features in estates.
• NexWave: A regional provider of network engineering services, NexWave builds and manages mobile telecommunication networks for telecoms equipment vendors and service operators in Asia-Pacific. The company has joined SWSPG to take part in trial projects that deliver quality Internet connection to environments challenged by difficult terrain.
• iconectiv:Telcordia Technologies, Inc. doing business as iconectiv, develops market leading neutral solutions including number portability clearinghouses, mobile messaging services, and spectrum management databases. iconectiv is a U.S. FCC certified TV White Space Database and its robust database solution is available for the SWSPG trials.
• ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems): A leading Information Communications Technologies (ICT) solutions provider in the Asia-Pacific region. By joining SWSPG, the company will contribute its expertise around trial projects focused on networking and security.

Mr Mock Pak Lum, Chief Technology Officer of StarHub, said: “The addition of these nine new SWSPG members is testament to the potential and demand for TVWS technology in Singapore. We look forward to these new members strengthening our knowledge of TVWS, while at the same time, we are proactively calling out to more research institutes, ICT companies and commercial entities to join SWSPG and be one of the TVWS pioneers in Singapore.”

SWSPG members consist of many world leaders conducting cutting-edge research in both cognitive radio and spectrum database technologies that underpin the TV White Space promises. These R&D initiatives continue to push TVWS technology to new heights. Some recent examples include:

• Cognitive Radio Research: Microsoft Research (MSR) and the NICT Japan have both been active in cognitive radio research and related standards development in international organizations such as IEEE, IETF, and Wi-Fi Alliance. Both are taking leadership to develop and showcase IEEE 802.11af draft standards-based TVWS radio prototypes and are looking into collaboration on enabling world first interoperability and global roaming for TVWS devices.
• TVWS Database Interoperability: Microsoft, Spectrum Bridge, and iconectiv (formerly Telcordia) have each developed a TVWS management spectrum database specifically for Singapore. The companies are collaborating on Database-to-Database coordination and interoperability and intend to showcase multi-DB coexistence in some of the new pilot projects.
• Small cell indoor deployment using TVWS: StarHub and I2R are working with the Singapore Management University (SMU) LiveLabs to conduct R&D on a future high-speed low latency mobile network deployment model. Small cells are miniature mobile base stations that provide a small coverage area indoors or outdoors. TVWS is used as backhaul for the small cells deployed across the campus.

Recognizing the potential of TVWS technology, IDA had started looking into TVWS as early as 2009 and subsequently launched the CRAVE trials for the industry in 2011.

Ms Aileen Chia, Deputy Director-General (Telecoms & Post), Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, said: “We are very encouraged by the progress made by SWSPG in contributing to the TVWS development in Singapore since 2012. The successful pilots conducted by SWSPG members have demonstrated the commercial viability of TVWS technology in Singapore. In 2013, we look forward to greater private-public collaborations to advance TVWS deployment in Singapore.”

To further support TVWS movement in Singapore, IDA today has launched a public consultation to seek views and comments from the industry and members of the public by Q3-2013.

Mr Michael Thatcher, Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, Microsoft Asia Pacific, said: “Since 2009, IDA has been instrumental in paving the way for TVWS adoption in Singapore. We are excited to see that IDA has taken a step further in 2013 to set the stage for a transparent and industry-wide discussion on TVWS regulatory framework in Singapore. On behalf of SWSPG members, we are looking forward to actively contribute to this public consultation.”

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Lemko Corporation, the leader in Virtualized Core Network OS for Super Mobility, launches its 100% virtualized, no core, M2M Quick-Deploy-Platform™.

With Lemko’s M2M platform connectivity is easier and more secure. Lemko’s M2M Quick-Deploy-Platform™ LTE Mini ships pre-tested and pre-configured with an integrated eNodeB radio and distributed and virtualized EPS software. This fit for purpose M2M design supports and enables a wide assortment of LTE M2M applications with shortened M2M application testing and deployment timelines. It also supports multiple communication scenarios across various industrial to carrier grade M2M terminals, microchips, modems, sensors and gateways for various broadband connectivity services.

“Network Operators, Service Providers and Application Designers can be certain that their 4G M2M services and applications are deployed with low latency options like M2M-Over-Satellite™, supporting large numbers of terminals with reduced network signaling.”

“Lemko also accelerates testing and deployment with On-Demand ability to activate/deactivate mobility for terminals and assign a specific HLR to M2M for IP Packet Use Cases without dedicated connections using Internet transport only,” says Michael Sisto , Vice President Sales, Lemko.

The M2M Quick-Deploy-Platform™ provides up to 10 watts of power and 20 MHz bandwidth in the LTE spectrum for extended coverage and M2M data speeds, yet is compact enough to be deployed in the Lab and then carried into the Field quickly.

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40 million data points from 4,000 data streams delivered via Device Cloud to analyze environmental data.

Digi International will take part in deploying over 500 sensor nodes at Google’s developer conference, Google I/O, May 15-17. The Data Sensing Lab project demonstrates how real-time machine-to-machine (M2M) data can provide insight into customer behaviors and preferences. Utilizing Digi’s XBee ZigBee modules and ConnectPort wireless gateways to connect the nodes, sensor data is then collected and managed via Device Cloud by Etherios, Digi’s platform for managing large populations of devices and connecting devices to applications.

“Google is using the Internet of Things to get a global view of their entire multi-million dollar event as it plays out in real time. They’re learning where people are going and when, how loud the applause is for each presentation, where it’s figuratively hot and where it’s literally cool.”

Rob Faludi, collaborative strategy leader at Digi International and member of the Data Sensing Lab team, said:
“But they’re also learning how easy it is to integrate M2M data, via Device Cloud’s APIs, with their own cloud-based business systems.”

“Google and Digi collaborated to create a complete end-to-end solution in just a few weeks, one that’s ready to hand us 40 million fascinating data points.”

The sensor network’s 4,000 data streams running over Device Cloud utilizes over 500 XBee modules connecting Arduino based sensors to provide continuous updates on temperature, pressure, light, air quality, motion and noise levels in San Francisco’s Moscone Center during the conference. The Google Cloud Platform team will gather, transform, and analyze the information, then share heat maps and other data visualizations in collaboration with the Google Maps team.

The Data Sensing Lab crew, Alasdair Allan of Babilim Light Industries, Kipp Bradford of Kippworks, Rob Faludi of Digi International, Michael Manoochehri, Amy Unruh and Kim Cameron of Google and Julie Steele of O’Reilly Media, created the project to collect data to answer questions about the physical world in a fun and awe-inspiring way.

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ITTIA, the leader in modern database software for embedded systems and smart devices, introduces its Machine to Machine (M2M) data management solution.

Based on ITTIA DB SQL peer-to-peer replication technology, this solution enables embedded systems to efficiently and reliably manage local data that is transparently shared with other systems. ITTIA’s M2M solution offers embedded system developers an easy way to connect applications and communicate information.

Developers can build applications with ITTIA DB SQL that benefit from standard data management features, such as relational model SQL queries, multithreaded access, and ACID protection. For example, a home automation application can monitor the cycle of a washing machine, schedule a coffee machine to finish brewing at a specific time, and check that lights are off when away from home. Residents need to access and control information on these devices through multiple interfaces, whether mounted in the home or on a personal smart phone or tablet. A database for such devices must provide a framework for communication within the M2M infrastructure.

A sharp increase is expected in device communication and data exchange as more devices are connected to the Internet and other networks to share information with other devices. M2M communication is on the rise: millions of devices are being connected to collect and accumulate a large amount of data. Known as the Internet of Things (IoT), this network connects embedded data in a variety of systems such as medical devices, automotive software, mobile devices, and tablets. With ITTIA DB SQL, developers for these systems can ensure that applications are communicating with other devices while executing queries and meeting other data management expectations.

ITTIA DB SQL’s M2M solution connects databases across systems, handling data exchange and high availability for the application. It is an ideal database for M2M data management, with redundant copies continuously maintained so that data is always available and devices can always wake up and communicate. Since ITTIA DB SQL is a cross-platform technology, any combination of hardware and operating system software can be used to create redundancy, and applications embedded with ITTIA DB greatly benefit from this flexibility.

ITTIA DB SQL is easy to configure for a variety of M2M scenarios, whether data flows bidirectionally or only in one direction. Dynamic configuration settings are stored directly in each database file, and can be applied without any restart or reload step. Changes to the local database are automatically tracked and can be exchanged with peers whenever a connection is available.

Machine to Machine connectivity collects and transfers device data across a diverse ecosystem, ensuring that data is always available. M2M data communication and data exchange is increasingly gaining attention and soon, according to various reports, more devices will be connected to each other over Internet than the Earth’s population. With ITTIA DB SQL’s M2M solution, data connectivity reaches its highest level as smart embedded devices connect to other intelligent devices and exchange data with web-based systems for collecting and storing data.

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New Capabilities and Analytics Create Enhanced Customer Value.

JackBe®, the leading provider of Real-Time Actionable Intelligence software, and Axeda Corporation, the leading provider of cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and delivering machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, today announced a partnership that brings together their complementary technologies to increase the value of M2M data.

The joint offering combines user-driven tooling from JackBe Presto with complete M2M event processing and data management from the Axeda Machine Cloud® that enables users to build visual, real-time operational dashboards.

“Machine-generated sensor data is a perfect fit for Big Data and real-time analytics,” said John Crupi, CTO, JackBe.

“Our customers need the ability to quickly and easily create analytics dashboards that combine real-time sensor data with other enterprise data to have a 360-degree view of their complete business operations and impact on their customers.”

“Innovative companies are combining Big Machine Data with business system data and mashing these data sources to enrich the use of aggregate information from thousands of connected products,” said Bill Zujewski, Axeda’s CMO and executive vice president of product strategy.

“We are enabling an easy and fast integration using robust application programming interfaces (APIs) that provide the tools for organizations to analyze data and react in real time.”

“The Internet of Things is evolving from a niche area into a mainstream activity, especially in the next three years,” said David W. Cearley, vice president and Gartner Fellow, Gartner Research. “Enterprises should seriously investigate and initiate pilot projects in 2013 to position themselves to exploit the coming opportunities.”¹

The JackBe-Axeda collaboration will provide organizations:

• Applications for business users that are easy to use and understand, combining real-time machine information with other enterprise data into interactive dashboards;
• Visual analytics delivered in real-time, based on the combined information from sensor and enterprise data, that deliver insights and actionable intelligence customers cannot get from sensor data alone; and
• Visual performance and event trends that can be used for predictive and diagnostic analytics to reduce unscheduled maintenance costs.

The Axeda Machine Cloud is a cloud-based service for managing connected assets and implementing innovative M2M applications. It facilitates rapid M2M application development and includes out-of-the-box device and asset management applications to reduce the cost and complexity of implementing M2M solutions. JackBe Presto mashes machine data with other enterprise data into meaningful dashboards and analytics for real-time decisions.

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M2M data to increase telcos’ M2M non-connectivity revenue; consumer applications are natural extension of telcos’ core business

As machine to machine (M2M) applications widen in an increasingly connected society, telecommunication companies are looking to diversify their M2M offerings beyond what can easily become a commoditised connectivity. According to Frost & Sullivan M2M non connectivity revenue to total M2M revenue in Europe amounted to 3.0 per cent in 2010 and 4.2 percent in 2011. This proportion is expected to grow significantly to more than 20 per cent by 2017. Monetising M2M data will be one of the key drivers for such an aggressive growth forecast.

Consumer M2M applications – centered on small/portable consumer electronics devices such as e-readers and digital connected photo-frames – are the closest to telcos’ core capabilities of providing digital lifestyle services.

“2012 is expected to be a year when telcos will begin developing consumer M2M opportunities in addition to their current enterprise focus,” says Frost & Sullivan Senior Industry Analyst, Yiru Zhong.
“Companies with a strong consumer brand and deep consumer digital offering could most readily capture this approach.”

Though telcos in Europe are currently pursuing the immediate enterprise M2M opportunities in industries such as utilities, automotive, security/surveillance and healthcare, they do see market potential in consumer electronics due to wide adoption of smart connected devices. “In addition, this trend has a long growth path as more smart or connected devices become available in the future,” notes Yiru Zhong.
“There is also increased uptake of consumer-grade industrial devices such as personal home wellbeing/healthcare devices and personal navigation devices.”

Thanks to extended connectivity to these types of services, there will be an accumulation of M2M data about consumer usage. Integrating this data into the telcos overall customer analytics will contribute to service deployments and customer improvements. Furthermore, the telcos attempts at making sense of M2M data will provide a solid foundation for future deployments in a smart-cities context by shaping citizen’s digital lifestyle.

A consumer’s digital footprint provides a context that also helps telcos to further enhance their other consumer offerings, such as mobile advertising and location-based services. Moreover, with the relentless push to deploy contactless payments technology, such as near field communications (NFC), telcos can further solidify their mobile financial service offerings by combining them with consumer M2M applications.

However, telcos will have to address two issues to speed up market development. Firstly, they will need to upgrade their data analytics capabilities and data warehousing integrations. This is already being addressed though, particularly as M2M will also create significant volumes of usable data from a variety of different resources. The second obstacle is a suspicion of big brother society. Europe’s sensitivity to data privacy makes it difficult for the public to distinguish between an identified individual and an anonymous group of customer segment with similar characteristics.  Telcos can address this concern by always ensuring customer’s choice and consent.

Yiru Zhong says:

“To summarize, we believe that 2012 is a year when telcos will actively investigate consumer M2M applications and consider ways of utilizing the resultant M2M data to create a richer consumer offering befitting a digital society.”

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Alliance enables SAP customers to utilize key M2M data across the enterprise

Axeda Corporation and GlobalSoft Solutions are enabling SAP users to get more value from their CRM solution by integrating connected product data with customers’ core business systems and workflows. Axeda is the leading cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and delivering machine-to-machine (M2M) applications; GlobalSoft is an SAP Gold Certified partner — bringing deep functional and technical expertise in SAP CRM, ERP, Analytics and Mobility and providing SAP customers a range of ready-to-run solutions in the customer facing applications area.

With a significant number of organizations looking to leverage crucial equipment/asset data to better service their customers, GlobalSoft has pioneered an integration kit that enables connected asset data from Axeda to interact with SAP CRM and ERP in a seamless manner.

“Enterprise systems such as ERP and CRM have struggled to evolve and become more nimble,” said Michael Maoz, vice president and distinguished analyst, Gartner, Inc.  
“If they do, they have the opportunity to serve their customers beyond their original purpose.  The more data that they are able to integrate with, analyze, and make useful, the more they become an indispensable ‘system of record’ for their customers.”

By connecting real-time product data from the Axeda® Platform to SAP, information such as asset owner, location, product configuration, health status, usage, inventory levels and alerts automatically populates in the SAP CRM Contact Center. This data can automatically trigger business process workflows such as automated service ticket/case creation, pay-per-use billing, warranty management, replenishment of consumables, compliance management, product recalls, planned maintenance and more.

“In close collaboration with SAP and Axeda, GlobalSoft Solutions is excited to offer an integration solution for various use case scenarios that can be leveraged by SAP customers who are running ERP or CRM or BI or SCM. Organizations looking to integrate SAP with Axeda could immediately leverage this easy-to-deploy solution kit,” said Santosh Menon, President, GlobalSoft Solutions. 
“The solution is configurable, scalable and easy to maintain — helping organizations achieve integration across various use cases in a matter of days, and creating additional value for clients who have invested in SAP and Axeda.”

From Consume to Cash (C2), to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) and SAP’s business analytics capabilities, enterprise-wide business processes can be optimized with high-value connected product data.

Keith Bartlett, vice president of business development, Axeda, said:

“We see a major trend emerging to integrate connected product data with enterprise business systems.”

“This is a continuation of our strategy to enable our customers’ competitiveness through connectivity and collaboration.  In particular, M2M data increases the value of SAP CRM and ERP systems for many of our large enterprise customers. From campaign management, to customer service and support, to inventory management and business analytics, detailed operational product data can help optimize nearly every facet of their business.”

The Axeda platform accelerates integration with third-party enterprise systems due to its open architecture built on standards-based technology and built-in Web Services for two-way communications.  It is uniquely qualified to handle the complex requirements for M2M solutions, such as managing multiple types of connections and assets, processing massive amounts of unstructured data, and providing enterprise grade scalability and security.

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