IoT Business Adviser, Analyst and Producer

Reaching Abundance with 45 Trillion Sensors

Bruce Sinclair — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:20:59 +0000

Janusz Bryzek is a man on a mission. A mission to cure world hunger and eliminate the lack of global medical care, clean air, clean water and clean energy within 20 years. That’s all. He’s doing his part with his Trillion Sensors Initiative to realize one of the eight technologies required to bring about “abundance” as defined by visionary Peter Diamantis.

Watch this video (or read the transcript)to understand what abundance is and the role the Internet of Things plays in it

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Communication Layer as a Service for IoT

Bruce Sinclair — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:52:59 +0000

First, the audio quality for this video is low. Unfortunately the mic was rubbing on Todd’s jacket – I’m still learning. Second, this is a little more “sales-y” than usual but worth watching to understand the PubNub service but to also hear Todd’s views on the demise of the IoT Platform (near the end).

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to hear Todd Greene discuss the PubNub service and the future of the IoT stack

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Future-Proofing Your IoT Business Model

Bruce Sinclair — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:00:21 +0000

This IoT Inc Business Meetup features Todd Greene of PubNub. Join to meet the Silicon Valley ecosystem in person or watch the stream ...

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Top 3 Security Issues in Consumer IoT and Industrial IoT

Bruce Sinclair — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:18:59 +0000

These are still early days for Internet of Things security. Mark pegs the level of security robustness at a 5 or 6 out of 10 for consumer IoT products and for certain segments, like IoT cameras, lower. We are currently feeling the pain of IoT product makers getting creative with security methods when they aren’t qualified to do so. This will settle down and the level will rise after a few years when best practises emerge.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to hear Mark Stanislav discuss each of the top 3 security issues in consumer IoT and in Industrial IoT

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Top 5 Application Protocols in IoT Today

Bruce Sinclair — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:30:23 +0000

Episode 8

OK, I admit it, this is going to be a bit of a geekfest but application protocols are an important topic to understand if you want to understand how IoT works. Protocols are the lifeblood of an IoT system and as we are about to find out, there are a few different types to choose from – each with their own characteristics and infrastructure requirements.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) with our panelists Steve Jennis, Dev Bhattacharya, Carsten Bormann and Michael Richardson as we discuss CoAP, XMPP, RESTful HTTP, MQTT and DDS

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Standardization in the Internet of Things – Directly from the Source

Bruce Sinclair — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:20:59 +0000

There are three layers of standardization in IoT networking:
First, to get the data off the devices, a wireless (and sometimes a wired) interface is required - this is the media layer. To aggregate the data from all these devices, networking is required – this is the networking layer. Then once the devices can talk to each other, the question is what they talk to each other – this is the application layer.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to hear Carsten Bormann go through the state of the art in IoT networking protocol standardization

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It Takes a Village… and the Right Business Model

Bruce Sinclair — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:48:59 +0000

GE considers the opportunity of extracting value from industrial Internet data so great that it has changed big parts of its business to take advantage of it. At the heart of this transformation are business models more directly aligned with their customers’ business objectives and a new, more inclusive partnership approach to delivering value.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to hear Dave Bartlett describe why an IoT platform and ecosystem are required to provide the collaborative framework needed to enable multiple companies to jointly provide the outcomes that customers find most valuable

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Tune into the Right Media Layer

Bruce Sinclair — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:55:59 +0000

Although they are often named the same, the media layer of IoT networking consists of two separate parts: the radio to transmit the data and the protocol to exchange the data with the receiver. Important for many reasons including updatability. While the hardware can be in place for long periods of time, you can expect protocols to change every few years as exemplified by the 802.15.4 standard which is currently on version m.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to hear Brandon Harris explain how to tune power consumption, bandwidth, range and cost to get the right sensor for your IoT application.

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The Transformative Potential of the Industrial Internet

Bruce Sinclair — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:00:21 +0000

This IoT Inc Business Meetup features Dave Bartlett of GE Aviation. Join to meet the Silicon Valley ecosystem in person or watch the stream ...

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Network Protocols like Lego

Bruce Sinclair — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:30:23 +0000

Episode 7

Meet IoT’s three layers of protocols… the media layer, otherwise known as the physical layer or radio, the network layer and the application layer. Important because they make up the network stack that transports data from the sensor to the cloud. Important because they are standardized.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) with Michael Richardson as he delivers a masterclass on everything you need to know about IoT’s three networking layers

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