What the Internet of Things is Not

What the Internet of Things is Not
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March 2015
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Breaking free of Internet and Things
Data is the new currency
Consumers outweigh the CIO
Everyone will be a developer
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What is the Internet of Things (not)?
This is a thermostat
… with an app
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Ceci n’est pas un thermostat © 2015 VisionMobile
Nest is a hub turning data into action
Temperature
Presence
Human input
Knowledge
Action
COx alerts
Electricity
usage peaks
Weather info
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Creating data apps for home, car, security, energy, health
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IoT products create value through data apps
(Smart City)
Sensors in the
road surface
Sensors to track
your activity
data
Find an empty
parking spot
quickly, without
frustration
data
Visualize my
wellness and
nudge me
to get fitter
(wearables)
(Smart Home)
Learning,
environment-aware
thermostat
Bluetooth dongle
reading
vehicle data
(Connected Car)
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data
Turn the heating
off when all family
members have
left home
data
Call emergency
services and loved
ones when
I’m in an accident
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What is the Internet of Things (not)?
This is a watch
Sony SmartWatch 2
… with a proprietary set of apps
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Ceci n’est pas une watch
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The Watch locks purchases and habits to the Apple ecosystem
Purchases: the Watch talks with all Apple devices
Habits:
5 seconds of faster watch app access could
mean that you use your smartphone apps 5x
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The most important apps
are not here
ResearchKit
They are here. And they are data apps
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The Watch will not
disrupt these
Keys
Credit cards
ID cards
Health check-ups
It will aim to disrupt these
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But ..
The Watch WILL displace these
Swiss watch makers
€20B in 2012 exports
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.. if they see see the Watch as a product
competition, not a new market
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This is your keys, identity, wallet.
The physician you never had
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Who are the top platforms in IoT?
Top 3 most popular platforms in each vertical, based on a survey of 4,000+ IoT devs
General
purpose
Smart
Home
Wearables
Health &
Wellness
Connected
Car
Google Fit
HealthKit
HomeKit
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WatchKit
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Mobile and e-commerce developer ecosystems take the lead
General
purpose
Smart
Home
Wearables
Health &
Wellness
Connected
Car
Google Fit
e-commerce
players
mobile-first ecosystems
HealthKit
HomeKit
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WatchKit
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What are IoT developers working on?
Hardware devs are just one subset; many more work on software and data
All IoT developers doing this type of project 18
Dedicated to this type of project App makers
Device makers
Data-centric
e.g. smartwatch apps,
Smart Home scenarios
e.g. fitness bands
e.g. smart home hub,
health apps, Smart City,
system integrators,
community projects
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53%
of mobile developers are already
involved in the Internet of Things
… and many more to come
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