To celebrate the global day of IoT on April 9th, I would like to list some of the IoT products and solutions of the top ten high tech companies worldwide. The top ten companies are selected based on this article from Forbes magazine.
- Apple: Connected homes (Homekit), Wearables (SmartWatch), Automotive (Titan)
- Hewlett Packard: Platform (HPE IoT Platform), Energy Management Solution (HPE Energy Management Pack)
- IBM: Cognitive Platform (Watson IoT)
- Amazon: Platform (AWS IoT)
- Microsoft: Platform (Azure IoT)
- Google: Platform (Google Cloud Platform), OS Platform (Brillo), Communications platform (Weave), Connected homes (Nest), Wearable (Google Glasses), Automotive (Connected Driverless Cars),
- Intel: Platform (Intel IOT Platform), Automotive, Energy, Health Care, Industrial, Homes, Buildings, Retail
- Cisco: Security (Cisco IoT system security), Manufacturing (Cisco Connected Factory, Cisco Connected Machines), Smart Cities (Government Services, City WiFi, Connected Parking and Traffic), Utility (Connected Utilities), Oil and Gas, Transportation (Cisco Connected Transportation Solution), Mining Solutions
- Oracle: Cloud (Oracle IoT Cloud Services)
- Qualcomm: Health Information Platform (2net), Smart Media Platform (AllPlay), Development Platform, IoT Connection Manager
For me, personally, this list is a clear indication of three major characteristics of the IoT:
1) All high tech companies are excited about the IoT.
2) The environment is highly fragmented.
3) The end-to-end ecosystem is complicated and not yet clearly defined.
And of course this is an evidence of the fact that, possibilities are endless, and this is just the beginning.