As the Internet of Things (IoT) matures and more projects are initiated by enterprise users, corporations and organisations in many different industries, a clear need for a comprehensive platform approach to IoT is emerging. In short, IoT Platform Services are being widely viewed as being too unwieldy and inefficient, with many of the common elements for crucial IoT services missing, making it difficult for companies to quickly deploy and develop their IoT strategy.
KEY TAKEWAYS:
- The concept of an IoT platform should be one of elegant simplicity
- There is substantial hype and confusion as to what constitutes a real IoT platform
- Cost, time to deployment and time to market are mission critical challenges to consider
- Full service IoT platforms allow organisations to deploy quickly with reduced up-front costs
LEARN ABOUT THESE:
- Device management
- Gateway services
- Application enablement
- Connectivity management
- Underlying service and support functions
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
George Malim, editor, IOT Global Network
George is a freelance technology journalist. He has covered the telecoms market since 1999 and contributes to Global Telecoms Business, The Mobile Network, VanillaPlus and Wireless magazines in addition to producing content on behalf of operators, vendors and creative agencies.