OpenIoT & ELC 2016

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) vision for IoT is that billions of connected devices (appliances, phones, computers, industrial equipment) will communicate with one another, regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or transport. With the OCF fulfilling this promise, anyone – from a large technology company to a maker in their garage – can adopt the open standards of OCF to innovate and compete, helping ensure secure interoperability for consumers, business, and industry.  Major industry leaders in the OCF are working to unlock the massive opportunity of the future global IoT segment, accelerate industry innovation and help all developers and companies create solutions that map to a single, open IoT interoperability specification. Ultimately, with OCF specifications, protocols and open source projects, a wide-range of consumer, enterprise and embedded devices and sensors from a variety of manufacturers, can securely and seamlessly interact with one another.

The Internet of Things puts the physical world squarely into the hands of the software developer.  As we inject intelligence, connectivity and IT features into the physical world, we risk leaving the end user, a domain expert in her own right, behind. The IoT devices and systems that ultimately design for the physical end user will see the fastest adoption and bring the greatest industry transformation.

Which world do you live in? The digital world of IT or the industrial world of OT? IoT is re-defining the boundaries and broadening the impact of technologies and practices like security, managing scalability, and integrity across solution lifecycles. Open source and specifically, Linux, are fundamental to bridging the historical gap between IT and OT modes.

Andy considers how IoT is transforming businesses by considering the four main areas that IoT can create value: 

• Industry Transformation – Evolving new business models 
• Applications & Solutions – Optimising operations and enhancing performance 
• Platforms – Building and managing IoT solutions 
• Devices & Networks – Connecting what matters.

He argues that it doesn’t matter whether data is big or little, it only matters if you can create actionable insight from it. 

The world of connected cars, smart homes and IoT are rapidly growing.  The majority of IoT is seen mainly in the home and via smart devices, but the automotive world is packed with hundreds and thousands of signals and sensors that can unlock new user experiences.  So by bringing all our connected worlds together, we can unlock IoT further to work for us in smarter ways.  Come and join us to hear our vision at Jaguar Land Rover on how we can collectively connect things up.