Middle-ware Approach; innovation in IoT

The Horizontal

The applications of Internet of Things(IoT) span across industries. The vertical applications are however highly imbalanced therefore it is critical to sort out the vertical applications and identify the common underlying technologies. This will enable inter connectivity, synergy and interoperability hence enabling new disruptive technologies. There is a dire need to achieve the 5A(anything, anywhere, anytime, anyway) and 3i(instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent) capabilities by creating common horizontal, general purpose technologies, standards, and platforms especially middle-ware applications. Most vertical applications of IoT use similar technologies for networking.

Service-­management platforms (SMPs) are the key to entry into the machine-­to-­machine (M2M) market. They allow for the essential connectivity management, intelligent rate-­plan management, and customer self-­service capability that are today’s fundamental prerequisites for providing a successful, managed M2M service.

Benefits of horizontal standard-­based platforms

The key benefits of horizontal standard-­based platforms will be faster and less costly application development and more highly functional, robust, and secure applications. M2M applications developed on horizontal platforms will be able to make easier use of underlying technologies and services. Application developers will not have to pull together the entire value chain or have expertise in esoteric skill sets. This will dramatically increase the rate of innovation in the industry in addition to creating more cross-­linkages between various M2M applications.