IoT Ecosystem Enablement – The Magic in the Ecosystem
Today, industries are becoming more connected and they rely on new technology to keep the operations running professionally & employees pleased with the work environment. While these smart technologies might boost your business, silted systems provide only limited insights & analytics to help your industry to grow & improve. So, to keep up in today’s evolving era, the best way to leverage the data collected by smart devices is to create a fully connected IoT ecosystem enablement via a user-friendly platform.
What is an IoT services ecosystem?
An IoT service ecosystem is usually made of a combination of systems, software solutions & smart devices. In the IoT service enablement, all elements have to integrate seamlessly to work properly, perform your desired tasks & provide value to users. Often, numerous companies work together to create the IoT ecosystem. When each vendor adds specialized IoT devices & expertise, the result is a robust IoT service marketplace & an optimized smart building experience for occupants. The idea of the IoT ecosystem comes from biology. In the biological ecosystem, the community of organisms interact with each other & with the physical environment, causing the network of interactions & outcomes. IoT ecosystems are similar – digital components interacting with each other & with the physical environment.
IoT platforms are the key solution
There are no quick fixes for the challenges facing today’s IoT market. Certainly, there are a few companies that can affect major regulatory initiatives substantially. However, IoT platforms are the key tool to ameliorate and redress the challenges described in this whitepaper. In some instances, the IoT platforms enable application developers to rationalize & automate common features which would otherwise need additional time, effort, & expense. While in some cases, IoT software enables developers to combine devices & connect data with the enterprise-specific customer & ERP data as well as data from third-party sources to create valuable IoT applications.
By analyzing dozens of vendors through primary & secondary researches, has developed the taxonomy of software-related functions that considers being the entire IoT platform stack. At the highest level, this analysis finds that the IoT software platform will incorporate some combination of the following five functional areas. Each of these must be addressed to develop, onboard, operate & manage the IoT application –
Data management focuses on managing the flows of data between applications & from the geospatial perspective. The key aspect of this relative to IoT is ‘mashup’ of data from machines & sensors with data from Business/enterprise systems; open the government databases, & social media to automate or improve processes, and potentially synchronize data, all in real-time.
Application enablement entails tools that assist IoT developers & implementers in rapidly and efficiently prototyping, building, integrating, & managing IoT applications. Application enablement platforms (AEPs) are often offered on a standalone basis in addition to being part of the larger IoT platforms. They offer business logic, like the ability to define rules & alerts that are common to most IoT applications, enabling developers to focus on differentiating aspects of the application which are unique to the marketplace.
Connectivity management is applicable in the context of valued cellular connectivity services but is also necessary for the context of large-scale and private networks. In addition to their role as a part of a larger IoT platform, connectivity management platforms are also deployed on a standalone basis by mobile operators and offered by vendors. Their primary role in the cellular context is to provide automated remote bulk provisioning of the eSIM card-enabled devices directly by customers, remote troubleshooting, security, authentication, flexible billing, rating, management of thresholds, and alerts, management of the connection directly by the customer.
Device management or device clouds are often offered on a standalone basis by the IoT devices vendors to facilitate & encourage the adoption of these vendors’ devices for the IoT applications by customers. Device clouds perform several functions which center on network-centric device control, diagnostics, & optimization.
As industry & society change in fundamental ways, the result of ‘datafication’ enabled by the IoT platforms like AIRLINQ’s IoT Platform will play a key role in ameliorating the challenges to realizing the vision. The IoT market is transitioning from isolated point solutions to the pervasive & common data infrastructure. Telecoms, enterprises, & government entities are leveraging the new capabilities & functionalities of IoT applications to enhance efficiencies & offer new value propositions.