A Quarterly Magazine from Arrow Electronics and Intel© Corporation

Volume 1, Number 1, 2012

Introduction:
Machine-to-Machine Communications

Over the last decade or more the consumer Internet has had a tremendous impact on the way we work and live and certainly the way we waste our time. During peak viewing hours in the US 37 percent of Internet traffic consists of streaming TV shows, and during the off-hours NetFlix® and YouTube account for almost a third. But now coming in under the radar is a potentially bigger wave for which the consumer Internet can be seen as a warm-up act —the so-called Internet of Things (IOT) consisting of billions of smart devices with low-cost sensors, clever software, and powerful processors that can communicate with each other via the Internet cloud. Direct machine-to-machine (M2M) communication will enable far more efficient delivery of cloud-based services to both businesses and consumers.
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Premiere Issue: Special M2M Focus

 

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Simplifying M2M
Leveraging M2M Technology to Build Smarter Business
The Role of Deep Packet Inspection in Managing Mobile Devices
Intelligent Connectivity: The Real Information Superhighway
Machine-to-Machine: Reinventing Embedded Devices for Smart Services
The Connected Factory: How Technology Trends are Reshaping the Way Things Get Made
M2M Applications Adopt Cloud Computing
Intel® M2M Reference Design for Smart Services Development based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor

The articles in this section include:

Simplifying M2M

By Kontron
M2M is a hot new trend in the electronics industry. Machine-to- machine connected computing solutions are rolling out worldwide and across all industries. Many OEMs will want to launch M2M services, either for their own use or the use of their customers. Kontron, a Premier member of the Intel® Embedded Alliance, is working with the leaders in the M2M ecosystem to break down the complexity of the M2M value chain. Kontron’s purpose is to make it  easier for OEMs to launch smart services that take advantage of  cloud computing, enabling them to better serve their customers with innovative solutions. Kontron’s new Smart Services Developer Kit for M2M development and deployments was designed in collaboration with Intel, and is a plug-and-play hardware and OS/middleware software platform that is ready for smart services development.

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Transforming the In-Vehicle Experience with Connectivity and Context Awareness

By Vu Q. Nguyen, Senior Technology, Evangelist Intel Labs, Intel® Corporation
Intel Labs is creating a framework for new applications and smart services that will literally transform the driver and passenger experiences in the vehicle, by adding a level of intelligence to cars that helps them respond to their environmental surroundings, communicate with the transportation infrastructure and with other cars, and adapt to meet the needs of individual drivers and passengers.

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Compliance Testing and Certifications

By Arrow Electronics
As the market opportunity for connecting smart devices and machines continues to dramatically grow, and often overlooked or misunderstood step is the need to test and certify these products. Compliance and regulatory testing differs from country to country, but all areas include some mandatory regulatory compliance testing, which OEMs must perform and pass before offering their products to the marketplace.

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Leveraging M2M Technology to Build Smarter Business

By Brian Vezza, Director M2M Solutions, Wind River
The astonishing capabilities created by machine-to-machine (M2M) communication open the door not only to smarter devices but also to more efficient business models, new products and services, and new sources of revenue. This article provides a brief overview of M2M capabilities and describes the economic and technical trends that are driving the adoption of M2M technology. The discussion then focuses on the keys to transforming the “promise” and “potential” of M2M into real-world business results, with industry-specific examples of the possibilities.

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The Role of Deep Packet Inspection in Managing Mobile Devices

By Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis Ltd
Mobile broadband data traffic is growing extremely quickly, especially with the growth of smartphones, tablets and PC modems. While capacity is being added, operators need to deal with real-world constraints and manage network resources more effectively.

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M2M 2012 Seminar Series

By Arrow Electronics
At Arrow's Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Seminar Series, learn how to get ready  for a world of smart machines. Understand how M2M technology is driving the vision for the future and how to incorporate M2M technology into your business strategy for a competitive advantage. Select four of 20 seminar classes presented by industry professionals to attend and gain technical expertise about M2M solutions and services.

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Endless Possibilities for the Future of Communication

by Intel© Corporation
As the shifting business landscape brings new challenges and opportunities to communications service providers, the strategic application of technology becomes even more crucial to success. Intel’s continuing commitment to innovation in areas such as standards-based architecture, virtualization, and energy-efficient performance helps service providers meet emerging challenges head-on.

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Intelligent Connectivity: The Real Information Superhighway

By Xingang Guo, Principal Engineer, Intel Integrated Platform Research Lab, Intel® Corporation
I lead the Connected Vehicle research team at Intel Labs. At the recent Research @ Intel Day we
demonstrated one scenario that shows the kind of value that intelligent connectivity can bring to the car.

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Machine-to-Machine: Reinventing Embedded Devices for Smart Services

By Kevin D. Johnson, Director, Embedded Connected Devices, Embedded & Communications Group, Intel® Corporation
Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is quietly reshaping the way we live, though most people don’t realize it’s even happening. And that’s the way it should be.

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The Connected Factory How Technology Trends are Reshaping the Way Things Get Made

By Jim Pinto, Managing Partner, JimPinto.com, Automation Industry Analyst, Technology Futurist
The quick-paced and global nature of our economy today is effecting a sea change in the industrial automation industry—a level of change not seen since the automation revolution nearly 40 years ago. Manufacturing has become more competitive as extremely agile and low-cost producers come online and undercut long-established vendors. Customers meanwhile require ever-faster innovation and shorter product cycles, something traditional manufacturers cannot easily deliver. Along with increasing automation complexity, these trends suggest that vendors need new and more agile processes—now.

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M2M Apllications Adopt Cloud Computing

By Warren Webb, Intel® Corporation
As the number of intelligent embedded devices climbs into the billions, designers are refining the next generation of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications techniques to provide continuous, autonomous connectivity and effective remote management. M2M has been called the “next big thing” in embedded design and promises to revolutionize and standardize connectivity across many market segments including industrial, transportation, healthcare, utilities, retail, and consumer electronics.

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Intel® M2M Reference Design for Smart Services Development based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor

By Intel® Corporation
With a footprint the size of a credit card the design supports a variety of wireless connectivity and delivers the computing performance required for M2M (machine-to-machine) applications.

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M2M Communication Smart Connected Services and Smart Connected Devices

By Intel® Corporation
The next phase of mobile growth is expected to occur in the field of machine to machine communications, or M2M. The GSMA is forecasting a connected universe of up to 50 billion devices developing in the next 15 years.1Each device delivers critical information via a wireless connection to control and processing applications resident in the cloud. This presents a significant opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders, including device and chip manufacturers, application providers, communications providers and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).

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Storing Device Data in the Cloud

By Kurt Hochanadel, Wireless Product Manager, Eurotech Inc.
In the past few years, the business world has adopted a new buzzword – cloud computing. Although many industries are embracing cloud computing, the embedded device market has yet to find a standard, cost-effective way to connect distributed devices to the cloud. It can take weeks, months and even years to plan, procure, and deploy IT infrastructure to connect embedded devices to the network and capture valuable data.

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Maximizing Range and Longevity of Cellular M2M Applications in the Face of Rapidly Evolving Network Technologies

By Ken Bednasz, Director of Applications Engineering, Telit Wireless Solutions
Sure, smartphones are a booming market, but in one respect their growth looks slow compared to
the machine-to-machine (M2M) sector. Some analysts expect global smartphone sales to have a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 22 percent through the middle of this decade. But
firms such as Infonetics Research predict that M2M will have a CAGR of 66 percent over the same
period.

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More Reliable Business-Grade VoIP and Broadband Service Gateway Platform Overcomes IP Network Quality of Service (QoS) Issues

By Intel® Corporation
Broadband service is a key component of the communications and information infrastructure for a majority of businesses, large and small. They use broadband to make VoIP calls, manage e-commerce portals, conduct research, transfer files and email, and more. As a result, today’s networks are not only handling more data, they are transmitting a wide variety of media streams that are delivering voice, video, media and data content.

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