Newly updated standards which allow interactions between devices regardless of platform are expected to give a new impetus to the market this year. oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), has updated editions of its Release 1 global specifications. The standards are supported by many leading vendors and global standards bodies, including ETSI in Europe and are starting to appear in tender documents for IoT solutions.
The standards cover requirements, architecture, application programming interface (API) specifications, security solutions and mapping to common industry protocols such as CoAP, MQTT and HTTP. The updated specifications, released just one year after initial publication, have incorporated improvements based on early implementation experience and feedback from oneM2M’s first Interop event held last year.
By building upon well-proven protocols that allow applications across industry segments to communicate with each other, the updated standard enables service providers to combine different IoT devices, technologies and applications – a critical feature in their efforts to provide services across a range of industries, it says. Release 1 has already been used in service provider deployments in South Korea, Asia and Europe for smart city and transport system deployments.
“oneM2M enables interoperability across IoT applications regardless of the underlying technology used,” said Dr. Omar Elloumi, of Nokia, and oneM2M’s Technical Plenary Chair. “This reduces the complexity for the application developer and lowers CAPEX and OPEX for service providers. Most importantly, the updated standard presents the industry with the first scalable and future-proof platform upon which it can invest and develop IoT applications, without fear of vendor lock-in or needing to commit to one connectivity technology.”
The oneM2M global alliance is now working on the second release of its specifications, which it expects to complete by mid-2016. The updated standard will include enhanced security, features for home domain and industrial domain deployment, semantic interoperability, and interworking with popular IoT device ecosystems such as AllSeen Alliance, OCF and OMA LightWeightM2M. These features will present the unique value proposition that application developers have been looking for – one common core interworking platform technology for the Internet of Things.
“Tenders now explicitly require that oneM2M be incorporated in deployments; the first release and the impending Release 2 will respond to a critical need as service providers and application developers tackle connectivity demand across industries and across platforms,” added Dr. Elloumi.
More than 200 member companies from across the world contributed to the development of oneM2M Release 1 through the eight leading ICT standards development organisations and six industry consortia that form oneM2M. The standards are all publicly available at oneM2M’s website.
IoT at key software event
IoT data and understanding its use are at the heart of the new era of business to be discussed at the European Software & Solutions Summit (EUSSS) 2016 in London on April 14. The EUSSS sets out to discover what this means for IT software suppliers, ISVs, service providers and vendors. After an analyst keynote examining the latest research on the state of the market, IBM's head of the Watson group in EMEA will present its Cognitive Strategy and what this means for software vendors.
In breakout sessions, attendees can get a view of how Business Intelligence Software doesn't need to be complicated with Panintelligence showing how to set-up and use real-time access to data. NaviSite's Chief Technical Officer will talk about his company's strategic direction in the cloud and the enormous opportunity for ISVs to provide the supporting software, services, and analytics that are required to further fuel the IoT revolution.
With roundtables, exhibits, and an afternoon devoted to how the age of the customer is changing how IT services and products are sold and delivered, with a keynote from the Head of European Policy at the Centre for Data Innovation. Further breakouts look at changes in application development and database standards, the European ISV market and the latest research from IT Europa, plus a closing note on building business value where an expert looks at what drives companies to higher valuations. More details and contact information here.
The event will take place at the Lancaster London Hotel, London, on 14 April 2016 and will be followed by the European IT and Software Excellence Awards 2016.