M2M Now Magazine explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing CSPs across this sector. Our exclusive interviews pass on the key lessons learned by industry leaders in next gen Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services.
In this issue:
- TALKING HEADS: Is Simplicity as a Service the alternative meaning of SaaS? Mike Coffey, CEO of Wyless, talks to M2M Now
- INTERVIEW: Andrew Brown from Strategy Analytics speaks with Will Gibson, CEO of Telensa, about using low-power radio to create smarter cities
- EXPERT OPINION: Andrew Orrock, CEO of Arkessa, explains that the ecosystem required to create smart cities is already largely here
- M2M NOW ANALYST REPORT – SMART CITIES VS SMART SILOS: In this edition’s independent Analyst Report, James Brehm, founder and chief technology evangelist at James Brehm Associates, looks at the current state of this sector
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The rise of the Digital Doppelganger?
The theme of this issue’s comment page struck me while I was attending PTC’s excellent and thought provoking LiveWorx event in Boston in May. With a heavy focus on the virtuous use that can be made of live data streaming back in from sensors to products that themselves were first born in the digital realm though CAD/CAM, some presenters spoke of the ‘digital twins’ that now bridged the physical and virtual realms.
As we move deeper into the IoT era, the role of this ‘Alice Through the Interface’ world can only rise in importance – and its impact will resonate through our lives, both individual and social. Already, most of the ‘things’ that surround us also have a presence on the other side of the dark mirror of our computer screens. Anyone who’s recently had an X-Ray, CT or MRI scan will already have a simulacrum of their physical selves lurking somewhere on a server or, more nebulously, in the growing planetary cloud domain.
How these digital versions of ourselves and our wider environment – and the analytic tools we use to peer into the Looking Glass – will play out is an implicit theme of this issue’s focus on smart – or possibly not so smart – cities. In this context, we’re lucky to have a contribution from Amey’s Dr Rick Robinson, a well known thinker and writer in this area, sharing his thoughts on how to reclaim the smart city agenda to create fairer human outcomes. Adding to the debate are pieces from Telensa and Arkessa, while Wyless’s CEO, Mike Coffey, explores the wider and more generic need for simplicity in our M2M/IoT offerings.
Finally, we’ve also taken a quick look at what’s underway in the U.S. in our supplement as editions of M2M Now will be distributed at the two major shows – IoT Evolution and the CTIA’s Super Mobility event – with both happening in Las Vegas, slightly later this year.
