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Monetizing the Industrial Internet of Things

Mobile Future Forward

I was privileged to moderate a panel discussion on monetizing Industrial #IoT at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle. This year’s event focused on Connected Intelligence and the intersection of Man, Machines and Platforms.

I hosted a panel discussion on Monetizing and Scaling the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Wave with a distinguished panel of guests including:

  • Allen Proithis – President at Sigfox
  • John Aisien – CEO at Bluecedar
  • Russ Green – CTO and Head of Products at SAP Digital Interconnect
  • Adam Hertz – Vice President of Engineering at Comcast

In front of large audience we discussed a variety of important topics including:

  • Why is industrial IoT moving faster than consumer?
  • As the next generation of intelligent endpoints, how are the Mobile and IoT ecosystems blurring?
  • How do the various types of wireless connectivity options fit into IIoT solutions?
  • How do companies get IoT platforms integrated with their existing systems of record?
  • What should organizations be doing to secure their IoT infrastructure?
  • What are different ways companies can monetize IIoT?

We had a lively discussion with great questions from the audience. Chetan Sharma, the number one name in Mobile, knows how to put on a top tier conference and his insights were invaluable.

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Mobile World Congress 2017 in Pictures

Barcelona

Welcome to beautiful Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2017 where this year’s event was more about #IoT, VR, #5G and AR while less about #Mobile.

Fira Gran Via

Entrance to the event at the giant Fira Gran Via

SAP's Amisha Gandhi

Interview with SAP’s Amisha Gandhi discussing IoT

Lenovo Moto

Lenovo is still trying to keep Motorola relevant in the smartphone market

Sony

Sony shipped new smartphones but I’m not sure if anyone noticed

Samsung VR

Samsung is taking people for a ride with their VR technology

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is talking about 5G

Intel

Intel is also talking about 5G

Nokia

Nokia is talking about MulteFire LTE running in unlicensed spectrum

IoT Stars

Serving as a judge at IoT Stars hearing pitches from promising IoT startups

Scania

Sitting in a Scania connected truck

Harman

Harman is connecting cars and much more (even industrial IoT stuff)

Ericsson

Ericsson wants to help connect all your things globally

Gemalto

Gemalto wants to help you with security and connectivity

VMware's Mimi Spier

Interview with VMware IoT VP Mimi Spier

Nokia 3310

Nokia brings back the 3310

LoRa Alliance

The LoRa Alliance is making great headway in the narrowband IoT space

Libelium

Libelium is the “go to” company to get all your smart city sensors

Vibration Powered

A vibration-powered device with GPS, LoRa and other sensors onboard

Drones

Attack of the drones

LG G6

LG tries to get “fly” with its G6

Kevin Benedict

IoT + AI interview with Kevin Benedict from Cognizant

Sigfox

Sigfox is the LoRa pride of France and is disrupting mobile operators

Fira Montjuic

Head down the street to Fira Montjuic to see where the 4YFN action is at

4YFN

The Four Years from Now (4YFN) event is where you want to go to see what the newest startups are working on

4YFN Domes

Listen to great speakers in the 4YFN workshop domes

All in all, Mobile World Congress + 4YFN were great events this year and served as a good opportunity to connect with customers, partners and analysts while learning about new technologies.

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Rob Tiffany Named one of the Top 50 Influential Mobile Industry Personalities to Watch Out For

Mobile Thinkers

In ContractIQ’s analysis of the most important executives in the #mobile space, Rob was ranked among the top 50 most influential mobile thinkers & doers.

This list of mobile leaders is mind-blowing and I’m honored to be among them. Here’s a short sampling of some of the other executives who made the list:

Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz a16z

Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai

CEO at Google

Eddy Cue

Eddy Cue

SVP at Apple

John Legere

John Legere

CEO at T-Mobile

Travis Kalanick

TravisKalanick

CEO at Uber

Brendan Iribe

Brendan Iribe

CEO at Oculus Rift

Ma Huateng

Ma Huateng

CEO at Tencent

Steve Mollenkopf

Steve Mollenkopf

CEO at Qualcomm

Evan Spiegal

Evan Spiegal

CEO at Snapchat

Lie Jun
Lie Jun CEO at Xiaomi

Check it out at: https://contractiq.com/influentials-mobile-50-2015

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Enterprise Mobility on STL Tech Talk CodeCast

STLTechTalk

I was thrilled to join Gus Emery (@n_f_e) and JJ Hammond (@jjhammondmusic) for a lively discussion of the past and future of Microsoft enterprise mobility on CodeCast Episode 12 of @STLTechTalk.

These guys are doing great work in the developer community! Go check out their site!

Sharing my knowledge and helping others never stops, so connect with me on my blog at https://robtiffany.com , follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RobTiffany and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robtiffany

 

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//build/ : Wrap a Mobile API around your Enterprise and take Data Offline with NoSQL on Windows Phones and Tablets

BuildSession

For those of you who couldn’t make it to San Francisco, here’s my session on Wrapping a Mobile API around your Enterprise and taking Data Offline with NoSQL on Windows Phones and Tablets from //build/.

Enterprise mobility is a top priority for Chief Information Officers who must empower employees and reach customers by moving data from backend systems out to apps on mobile devices. This data must flow over inefficient wireless data networks, be consumable by any mobile device, and scale to support millions of users while delivering exceptional performance. Since wireless coverage is inconsistent, apps must store this data offline so users can be productive in the absence of connectivity.

In this video you’ll learn how to build fast and scalable REST + JSON APIs using the ASP.NET Web API while employing techniques such as data sharding and in-memory caching. On the device, you’ll learn how your apps can work with offline data via in-memory NoSQL tables that use LINQ to support the same CRUD operations as relational databases. You’ll walk away from this session with the ability to deliver flexible server solutions that work on-premise or in Azure and device solutions that work with Windows Phones and Tablets.

Download the two Visual Studio projects and associated source code from GitHub:
https://github.com/robtiffany/build-2014-mobile-api

Sharing my knowledge and helping others never stops, so connect with me on my blog at https://robtiffany.com , follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RobTiffany and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robtiffany

 

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Rob Tiffany Named one of the Top 10 Mobility Influencers on Twitter You Can’t Afford to Miss

MobilityI nfluencers

I’m honored to be among ten mobility influencers including #mobile enterprise analysts, consultants & journalists whose Tweets you don’t want to miss.

Chief Mobility Officer

This distinguished list of colleagues includes:

  • Benjamin Robbins, with 30,000 followers, tops our list as one of the few chosen for Top 50 Mobile Influencers on Twitter. The co-founder of Palador, a Seattle-based enterprise mobility consulting firm, combines an informative and conversational approach to discussing enterprise mobility, often showing rather than telling his audience what the best strategies are.
  • Rob Tiffany is a technology strategist at Microsoft and mobile evangelist. A frequent speaker at technology conferences around the world, Tiffany focuses his Twitter feed on the planning and design of enterprise mobility strategies.
  • Matt Rosoff is the editorial director of CITEworld, an IDG enterprise publication focused on consumer technology. Taking his strong background and wit to Twitter, Rosoff shares his insights, strong opinions and sharp questions on everything from mobile to tech to raviolis.
  • Maribel Lopez is the founder of Lopez Research known for her ‘adapt and evolve‘ approach to enterprise mobility. Lopez is highly involved on Twitter, offering deep industry knowledge and insights gained from her years of research on the massive shifts in communications technologies.
  • Bob Egan is the CEO of Sepharim Group and thought-leader on the use of enterprise mobility. He has 30 years of experience in product innovation, technology management and strategic planning.
  • Philippe Winthrop is vice president of marketing at VeliQ.com by day and self-described “enterprise mobility pundit and enthusiast by night.” He has a keen eye for new trends and a knack for commentary that’s both insightful and humorous.
  • Hyoun Park is a principal analyst at Nuclear Research, takes his specialization in investigative research on big data, business analytics and enterprise mobility to Twitter, sharing with his followers valuable information and discussion around these topics.
  • Kevin Benedict is an analyst at Cognizant and owner of the Strategic Enterprise Mobility Group on LinkedIn. With more than 22 years of experience in enterprise software, Benedict has firsthand knowledge of the industry: he built his own mobile enterprise software company.
  • Chris Silva is an industry analyst at Altimeter Group with more than a decade of experience the research industry. Silva helps end-user organizations understand how to effectively manage their mobile strategies.
  • Brian Katz doesn’t mince words. His straightforward, passionate approach to enterprise mobility is the product of a decade’s worth of experience as head of mobility engineering at pharmaceutical company Sanofi.

Check it out at: http://visagemobile.com/mobilityblog/2013/05/08/9-mobility-influencers-on-twitter-you-cant-afford-to-miss

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comScore Reports May 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

Cellular Tower

ComScore, Inc. released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending May 2010 compared to the preceding three-month average.

The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The May report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 22.4 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 41.7 percent market share.

OEM Market Share

For the 3 month average period ending in May, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 22.4 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, up one percentage point from the preceding three month period. LG ranked second with 21.5 percent share, followed by Motorola (21.2 percent share), RIM (8.7 percent share, up 0.5 percentage point) and Nokia (8.1 percent share).

Top Mobile OEMs
3 Month Avg. Ending May 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Feb. 2010
Total U.S. Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
Feb-10May-10Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers100.0%100.0%N/A
Samsung21.4%22.4%1.0
LG21.7%21.5%-0.2
Motorola22.3%21.2%-1.1
RIM8.2%8.7%0.5
Nokia8.7%8.1%-0.6

Smartphone Platform Market Share

49.1 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in May, up 8.1 percent from the corresponding February period. RIM was the leading mobile smartphone platform in the U.S. with 41.7 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers, followed by Apple with 24.4 percent share and Microsoft with 13.2 percent. Google saw significant growth during the period, up 4.0 percentage points to capture 13.0 percent of smartphone subscribers, while Palm rounded out the top five with 4.8 percent. Despite losing share to Google Android, most smartphone platforms continue to gain subscribers as the smartphone market overall continues to grow.

Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending May 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Feb. 2010
Total U.S. Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Feb-10May-10Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers100.0%100.0%N/A
RIM42.1%41.7%-0.4
Apple*25.4%24.4%-1.0
Microsoft15.1%13.2%-1.9
Google9.0%13.0%4.0
Palm5.4%4.8%-0.6

*May data does not include the impact of Apple’s launch of iPhone 4, which
became available in June.

Mobile Content Usage

65.2 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device in May, up 1.4 percentage points versus the prior three month period, while browsers were used by 31.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points). Subscribers who used downloaded applications comprised 30.0 percent of the mobile audience, representing an increase of 2.1 percentage points from the previous period. Accessing of social networking sites or blogs also saw significant growth, increasing 2.6 percentage points to 20.8 percent of mobile subscribers.

Mobile Content Usage
3 Month Avg. Ending May 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Feb. 2010
Total U.S. Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
Feb-10May-10Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers 100.0%100.0%N/A
Sent text message to another phone63.8%65.2%1.4
Used browser29.6%31.9%2.3
Used downloaded apps27.9%30.0%2.1
Played games21.8%22.5%0.7
Accessed social networking site or blog18.2%20.8%2.6
Listened to music on mobile phone13.1%14.3%1.2

– Rob

Sharing my knowledge and helping others never stops, so connect with me on my blog at https://robtiffany.com , follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RobTiffany and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robtiffany

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