There is a lot of focus on IoT security right now and many claims of complete end-to-end solutions. In general, though, these solutions are essentially unique to each individual supplier and often built with relatively small numbers of connected devices in mind – perhaps a few tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands at most for a single enterprise user. (more…)
September 5, 2014
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M2MAPPS: Rod: Multi-Tech has an interesting and unusual portfolio: lots of pre-certified products as well as professional and manufacturing services. How do you distill it down into a clear, concise offer?
ROD LANDERS: It’s very simple. Our products are platforms that allow companies to deliver M2M services in very short time frames. We have a comprehensive portfolio of pre-certified end devices and that allows us to match an off-the-shelf product with the functionality of the service that the company is designing. (more…)
April 29, 2014
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M2MAPPS: Let’s start with a short summary of Digi’s core competence and the markets you address.
JOEL YOUNG: If we have a single core competence it’s probably the fact that we’ve been enabling machine connectivity over all kinds of media for more than 30 years. That adds up to a lot of experience and knowhow. (more…)
February 25, 2014
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M2MAPPS: Avner: Greenlet Technologies markets a “demand response” solution that is sold to utilities and power aggregators. Can you outline the core functionality?
AVNER COHEN : Our demand response solution allows both utilities and consumers to control and monitor the energy that’s used by their appliances. (more…)
January 14, 2014
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M2MAPPS: Wyless Connect seems to have to have two main activities. Backup services for business continuity and the deployment of wireless devices. Let’s start with continuity. Is that your core competence?
BENNETT ALPERT: I’d prefer to describe the company as having a single expertise in wireless networks and a core competence to configure, deploy and support the hardware that’s needed to run them. But business continuity is definitely a key activity. (more…)
November 5, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Insurance telematics (UBI) for commercial fleets is a very new area. There are globally approximately 4.6 million vehicles and owners that use some sort of an insurance telematics solution, but not so many in the commercial fleets. Can you talk about what can be done to make UBI more attractive to fleet customers?
CHRISTOPHER CARVER: There are two points. First, the programs really need to be simple. They have to be easy to implement. Complex systems and processes get in the way of doing business, they make adoption more difficult, they reduce the likelihood that the telematics are going to be used. (more…)
October 25, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Can you summarize Quake Global’s core competence and its key activities?
SERGIO RAMOS: QUAKE provides communications systems that enable global monitoring, tracking and control of corporate assets. We’re the market leader. (more…)
September 18, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Can you summarize Axeda’s core competence?
BILL ZUJEWSKI: We’re a cloud based service company that focuses on m2m solutions. Our software collects data from devices in the field, transmits to a server where it is processed into real-time information. (more…)
August 9, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Can you start by outlining how you started?
ARNOLD AGEMA: I entered m2m via the back door. I’d been running an IT company in the Netherlands that specialized in industrial automation and in 2008 I was approached by a Dutch OEM that had been operating worldwide since 1985. (more…)
August 5, 2013
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M2MAPPS: Sigfox has employed license-free spectrum to create a cellular network that is dedicated to M2M and the IoT. The obvious question is why? What is wrong with cellular technology?
THOMAS NICHOLLS: I’d like to start with a reminder that M2M and IoT applications come in numerous sizes and shapes. Those that need relatively high data rates work well with existing connectivity technologies, but many others only need to exchange small messages every so often. (more…)
May 13, 2013
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