M2M: Platform or Proprietary? - M2M Evolution

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4/25/2012

Featured Articles » Global M2M Market to be Focal Point at CTIA Wireless » USA Technologies, Inc. Upgrades ePort Connect Service Platform » Fleet Telematics Market in the U.S. Down at Annual Rate of 0.4 Percent » Pepi Food Services Goes Cashless with USA Technology's ePort Connect   Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo - Austin, Texas At M2M Evolution Conference in Austin, Texas, you can meet and mingle with experts in transportation, security, health, cold chain, automotive, and safety to discuss the strategies for M2M growth as well as the new business of proactive response centers - people who use M2M technology to buy time and avoid risk. Technology companies ranging from wireless carriers, platform companies, and device manufacturers will present and discuss their roles in creating effective technologies and procedures that work to create an ecosystem for actionable data and information. At M2M Evolution, you are face-to-face with companies merging M2M Technology with the business needs of the deploying enterprise.   Top Stories » Murata Electronics North America Acquires RF Monolithics » Taoglas' GLONASS and GPS Antennas Revolutionize M2M Location Devices Performance » Runzheimer Unveils Runzheimer Mobile   From The Expert Corner April 25, 2012 M2M: Platform or Proprietary? By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media My network of geeks helped me to pause and consider the situation we are in this week. When I started working in the Internet business back in the 90s, I was living in my three tone slope DTMF world. Back then, the Inter-network of machines would whistle right by me and I was proud that my copper could even carry the thing.   I was no Dagny Taggart, but I saw the carrier network as Atlas holding things together.  So the Internet then started to be the choice for connectivity over my network.  It was not that we had shrugged, but the Internet hovered above our world and found alternatives. So I joined this hovering world and saw how the Inter-network delivered on the promise of any to any.  Now comes the realities of this interoperability, which is that the world uses it to be exclusive. Skype (News - Alert), Facebook, iChat, everywhere I turn the Internet of things is proprietary.  So, is M2M going to follow suit? Should we be thinking that the platform players are looking to be the M2M Skype or the Facebook (News - Alert) of machines... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with Telco Systems    Featured Resources » Mobile And Social Technologies Come Late To Wealth Management » Empowering the Mobile Enterprise » Succeeding in the Mobility Game   Featured Channels » 4G Wireless Evolution » Wireless Backhaul » Embedded M2M Solutions   Visit www.m2mevolution.com for the Latest Machine to Machine News & Info   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit M2M Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Interested in reaching M2M Evolution's Global M2M Communications and Technology Audience of 80,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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