Canada Going After the Internet of Things Market - M2M Evolution

6/11/2014

Featured Articles » Boldly Going to Where Others Have Gone Before » Automated Home Gadgets Secure Thanks to Lightwave Remote Locking » Smart Home Controllers: the $6 Billion Market » Apple Announces Plan for the Home Internet of Things: 'Home Kit' Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo – August 11-14, 2014 – The Rio, Las Vegas, Nevada M2M Evolution Conference & Expo focuses on the ways in which Machine-to-Machine technologies (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT) can be utilized to vastly improve business processes, minimize risk, spur innovation, and drive revenue. Join a global community of wireless carriers, application providers, platform companies, and device manufacturers as well as enterprise IT and decision makers. Understand how to implement an IoT strategy to deliver new services, improve internal business processes and drive revenue.  Discover M2M applications across nearly every business vertical including, healthcare, transportation, retail, smart energy and more. Register Today.       Top Stories » Fleet Managers Can Improve Services with GPS Tracking » Teddy Bear Apprehends Thieves, Backed Up By GPS System » Telit Introduces Telit ATOP 3.5G at Telematics Detroit » Hamburg Getting Developed into Smart City   From The Expert Corner June 11, 2014 By Michael Guta, TMCnet Contributing Writer The forecast Cisco (News - Alert) outlined for the Internet of Things (IoT) values the global market at $19 trillion over the next decade, and Canada's share is estimated at $500 billion. The Cisco forecast is more optimistic than most, but many other organizations see the IoT contributing trillions of dollars around the world. So whether the final tally is off by a trillion here or a trillion there, there is great potential in this technology, and Canada just like many other countries is ensuring it is able to capitalize on the opportunities it will generate in the future. The IoT is going to connect many billions of devices, with Cisco putting the number at 50 billion by 2020. The technology will connect infrastructure, vehicles, homes, consumer electronics, food, medication and even us, with the goal of making us smarter and more efficient. This means a connected streetlight can be turned off if no one is present and your house can alert your smartphone if someone is attempting to break in; the possibilities are endless. Besides alerting the consumer, each device transmits data to manufacturers and service providers so they can improve the products and services they offer. Wavefront, Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research is an organization promoting the acceleration of growth and success of wireless companies and technologies to economic and social benefits for Canada. By connecting companies with essential resources, partners and opportunities, Wavefront has generated a return of $4.80 in economic benefits for every dollar of public funding received. Additionally it has fast-tracked the time to market for Canadian wireless businesses by 4-6 months. One of the Canadian companies making investment in the IoT is BlackBerry, a company that has recently seen some very hard times. With so much potential in this new market, it launched Project Ion to focus on developing a wide range of IoT resources to access the large amounts of data created by the billions of devices deployed around the world.  BlackBerry (News - Alert) is looking to use this information and provide actionable insight for businesses. This will empower organizations across every industry to better understand their customers and provide better solutions...Read More    Featured Videos The Importance of Device Management in the M2M Space    Featured Resources » Gartner Emerging Technology Analysis: Software Licensing & Entitlement Management is the Key to Monetizing the Internet of Things » Fleet and Asset Management: Transforming Logistics with Machine-to-Machine Communications » Introduction to M2M Technologies: What Wireless or Wired Option is Right for Your Company & Products   Featured Communities » Embedded M2M Solutions » IP Communications » Machine to Machine 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    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.   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a M2M Evolution columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of M2M technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the M2M Evolution Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask, group editorial director, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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