THE INTERNET OF THINGS - A BUSINESS OVERVIEW - NOVEMBER 2015 FIRST LINE SOFTWARE - AN EPISERVER GLOBAL SOLUTIONS PARTNER
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The Internet of Things – A Business Overview Mike Medaglia (mike.medaglia@firstlinesoftware.com) First Line Software – an EPiSERVER Global Solutions Partner November 2015
First Line Quick Facts ■ Global software engineering boutique with clients on five continents ■ Founded in 2009 by seasoned management team (20+ years in software development) ■ Global headcount: ~400 ■ EPiServer Resources > 70 engineers ■ 2014 revenue: $15m ■ Global presence: USA, The Netherlands, Prague, Russia, Singapore ■ 4 service delivery centers that are Agile by design 2
“In a digital world, threats often do not come from established competitors but rather from innovative technologies that enable new businesses, start-ups that undermine established business models, or new developments outside the way the company defined its competitive space” McKinsey 3
Sources credited for this overview ■ Gartner ■ Industrial Internet Consortium (www.iiconsortium.org) ■ Enterprise IoT – 2015 – Dirk Slama, Frank Puhlman, Jim Morrish, Rishi Bhatnagar ■ Global Cities Challenge (NIST/US Ignite) ■ and other sources as noted 4
IoT – a definition ■ The term “Internet of Things” was coined by british entrepreneur Kevin Ashton in 1999… (It) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data. The Internet of Things allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration between the physical world and computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure. .. - Source: Wikepedia If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary - Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) 6
IoT by the numbers – by 2020 ■ 14 bn Connected Devices – Bosch SI ■ 50 bn Connected Devices – Cisco ■ $309 bn IoT Supplier Revenue – Gartner ■ $1.9 tn IoT Economic Value Add – Gartner ■ $7.1 tn IoT Solutions Revenue – IDC ■ Just how realistic are these numbers? Source – Enterprise IoT 7
All driven by a very small number.. “By 2020 component costs will have come down to the point that connectivity will become a standard feature, even for processors costing less than $1.” - Peter Middleton, Gartner Driving the OT – IT Convergence: Low cost, powerful technology Cheap sensors & devices Low-cost processing power, data storage Big Data Collecting, storing and analyzing data is now more cost effective Smarter Machines Equipment is increasingly embedded with sensors & software 8
To Hype or not to Hype the IoT? ■ IoT and self-driving cars lead Gartner’s 2015 Hype Cycle report on Emerging Tech. ■ Conversely, Big Data fell off the report completely from its lead in 2012 10
Gartner IoT Hype Cycle - Overview ■ This year (2015), this Hype Cycle is focused on the key building blocks to implement the IoT, as more enterprises realize the extent of the challenges. The challenges are formidable, as no one just "buys" IoT. Rather, an IoT deployment is a daunting array of components and software with few standards, requiring extensive set-up services. It will take time for the expected information flows to materialize and be integrated into business processes and the organization's culture. ■ The IoT is underpinned by a broad array of horizontal technologies, the majority of which are more than five years out from mainstream adoption. Some of the key near-term technology profiles for the IoT include: ■ Big Data ■ Embedded Software and Systems Security ■ High-Performance Message Infrastructure ■ IoT Architecture ■ IoT Business Solutions ■ IoT Platform ■ IT/OT Alignment ■ Low-Cost Development Boards ■ Managed Machine-to-Machine Communication Services 11
There are key differences between the Industrial Internet and Consumer IoT Industrial Internet Consumer Iot 12
Alliances & Consortiums ■ Consumer: Zigbee Alliance, Bluetooth SIG, UPnP, Allseen, Open Interconnect Consortium, Thread ■ Developers: IETF, OASIS, Open Mobile Alliance, Eclipse IoT ■ Industry: One M2M, Home Gateway Initiative, Continua, International Electrotechnical Commission ■ Advocacy: Industrial Internet Consortium, Industry 4.0, IPSO Alliance, M2M Alliance ■ Source: Ian Skerrett Dec 2014 13
Ranking the Players Source: IoT Nexus 2015 14
Energy Management 1950 2015 Energy grids delivered power Energy grids deliver power (not information) from small (and a little information) number of plants to millions from small number of plants to millions of of businesses & homes businesses & homes 15
Aviation 1960 2015 Jet performance data is Jet performance data is downloaded by hand downloaded by hand 16
It’s the use cases ■ ‘Plan, Build, Run’ in Domains including Energy, Manufacturing, Industry, Healthcare, Transportation, Cities, etc. Asset tracking and tracing and optimization for IIoT. ■ Here are the obvious: Energy: predicting when wind turbine gear boxes might fail and scheduling maintenance; Predicting the next TWO DAYS of wind turbine output so utilities know when to bring on back up power; predicting electrical grid transformer failures; connected sniffers for natural gas leaks; smart electrical (think managing peak demand at the neighborhood level); and smart pipeline grids. Healthcare: device interoperability, smart pill bottles, remote monitoring. 90k physician shortage by 2025 (Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe, Sept 2015) One possible metric: more treatment/hour/Healthcare worker Monitoring will be important in under- and undeveloped countries Public Sector: real-time traffic & parking information to reduce congestion, pollution, noise; with drought in California think smart water monitoring Transportation: railroad operators optimize traffic plans, speeds of rolling stock to save capital, improve safety, cut costs; commercial aircraft jet engines can relay performance and provide predictive maintenance data; sensors tracking temperature, geography, door opening, humidity in perishable shipments Manufacturing: Big Data analysis can boost efficiency, reduce machine downtime, improve yields; predictive maintenance over 10-25 year life cycles 17
It’s the use cases (cont) ■ Stress tracker by Boston neuroscientist - wrist bracelet that measures and transmits stress levels hoping to identify which colleges trigger the most anxiety, highways that induce the most stress, and companies with the mellowest workforce, etc. Then aggregate the data to quantify mental health – Boston Globe, Sept 2015 (Company: Neumitra) ■ Watch Rx – Alerts family members if dosage is missed, includes a speakerphone for caregivers to have conversations (under $100) ■ Dell Computer (IoT tracking) – Cows to Cloud, and Bee Hives Using RFID tags to track information on cows in India leading to better health & milk yield In Cork, Dell is using a wireless gateway to track sensors on bee hives for various data tracking and ultimately hope to attach a sensor to the queen bee ■ McLaren Racing and Pfizer teaming up for smart heart monitoring ■ EMC built a dark fiber ring in Ireland with Vodaphone M2M network that can re-route ambulances in real time for fastest trip to ER ■ Bosch trying to track and trace custom power tools within a meter in airplane mfg facilities using wifi now, maybe RF later. ■ By analyzing data in realtime, GE saves time and costs, as technicians know when to visit, say, a wind farm, to maintain a wind turbine versus making unnecessary periodic trips as part of scheduled maintenance. 18
It’s the use cases (cont) ■ MIT’s Senseable City Lab – http://senseable.mit.edu cities have central nervous systems App to explore the spatio-temporal patterns of mobile phone activity in cities across the world HubCab- data on 170m taxi trips (pick up/drop off/length) in Manhattan were analyzed. Found that over 90% of rides could be shared if riders accepted an inconvenience of FIVE MINUTES added to their trip. Also found that 20k rides per year were less than one block. Taxi Companies stopped the research Who could monetize this data? Trash Track – 500 sensors attached to e-waste in Seattle to find out where it went including how (train, truck) to map downstream carbon footprint as well. Also found that it left the country as well (trail went cold)… Matter flushed down toilets, credit card spending patterns during easter week in Spain, and many others ■ Global City Teams Challenge/ US Ignite (NIST, US Ignite) Almost all initiatives are self-funded IP ownership case by case 19
But what about eCommerce, CMS and the IoT? This is an EPiSERVER Conference! ■ Inventory Management – Sensors, RF, Smart Shelves, Warehouses (Walmart, Amazon) ■ Fleet Management – predictive maintenance, driver fatigue tracking ■ Maintenance and Warranty of assets - ■ Realtime promotions – smartphone contact initiated by location, weather, traffic ■ Next Generation Vending Machines – notification of inventory levels, maintenance, reduced pricing for aging perishable goods (chips, cookies, etc) ■ Smart aisles, shelves, carts, & retail execution and monitoring 20
It’s the use cases (cont) ■ The future is unpredictable: known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns, and a fourth, unknown knowns i.e. things we should have anticipated but didn’t Or: ‘what we know, what we do not know, what we cannot know, what we do not like to know’ - German sociologists Daase and Kessler (2007) 21
Yet there will be roadblocks 22
The Last Word on predicting the IoT? ■First Gartner IoT hype cycle analyst: ‘Those who live by the crystal ball die eating broken glass.’ 23
First Line’s Exciting Complementary IoT Technologies ■ Wearable Tech ■ Cellular ID ■ Smart Cities ■ Healthcare ■ Warehouse Management 24
Expertise in wearable technology R&D ■ Deep expertise in the full cycle of services involved in creation of cutting edge wearable computing devices ■ Both B2B and consumer markets ■ Hardware and embedded: batteries, sensors, accelerometers, multi-touch displays ■ Device interoperability and integration ■ Rich cloud-based analytics ■ Engaging web and mobile UI 25 Think Results.
The iTraq Platform 26
Smart Cities’ Apps ■ Ecology & Waste Management ■ Smart parking ■ e-Government applications ■ License Plate Recognition for Law Enforcement ■ Wi-Fi Analytics for shopping centers 27
Medical Applications Expertise ■ Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the country of Denmark ■ Physician’s Dictation System - Mobile and Web-based ■ Electronic Medical Records (EMR) application ■ Working with an Open Standard Mapping (MDMI) platform for ease of data conversion among disparate medical records, invoices, vendors, etc. ■ Working with a Common Data Model (OMOP) for the systematic analysis of disparate observational databases 28
Dr. Barry Commoner – Physicist, Ecologist Four laws of ecology (from The Closing Circle, 1971) Biologist and Ecologist Dr. Barry Commoner (1917-2012) Everything is Connected to Everything Else One ecosphere – what affects one affects all. Humans/other species are connected and dependent Everything must go somewhere There is no ‘waste’ and no ‘away’ Nature knows best Technology improves upon nature, but such changes may be detrimental There is no such thing as a free lunch 29
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