Cisco seems dead set on making itself the dominant force in the IoT,
looking to capitalize on its own often-cited prediction that 50 billion
devices and objects will be connected to the Internet by 2020.
On June 29, the connectivity giant made another big step toward
connecting the more than 99 percent of physical things that remain
unconnected to the IoT with an announcement of the Cisco IoT System.
This six-pillar plan is designed to address the complexity of
digitization with an infrastructure that can manage large scale systems
of diverse endpoints and platforms, and the enormous data flow that will
result.
The six technology elements or ‘pillars’ that Cisco deems critical to
IoT adoption and success, when combined together into an architecture,
will help reduce the complexities of digitization, the company said in
its announcement. Cisco also announced 15 new IoT products to address
these pillars.
“The Cisco IoT System provides a comprehensive set of IoT
technologies and products that simplify and accelerate the deployment of
infrastructure for the Internet of Things,” said Kip Compton, VP/GM,
IoT Systems and Software Group, Cisco. “This unique systems approach
delivers a framework that makes it possible to deploy, accelerate and
innovate with IoT.”
The six pillars of the Cisco IoT System are:
Network Connectivity: This includes purpose-built
routing, switching, and wireless products that will have to be available
in form factors that will be usable in any conditions.
Fog Computing: Fog is a distributed computing
infrastructure for the IoT that improves computing capability and
enables customers to analyze and manage data locally. Cisco predicted
that 40 percent of IoT-created data will be processed in the fog by
2018.
Security: Cyber and physical security have to be
handled together to deliver operational benefits and increase the
protection of both physical and digital assets, Cisco said.
Data Analytics: The new system is built with an
infrastructure designed to implement intelligent analytics and harness
actionable data for customers.
Management and Automation: Field operators need an
easy, user-friendly management system, loaded with enhanced security,
control and support for multiple siloed functions. With that kind of
capability, it becomes possible to manage the rapidly increasing volume
of endpoints and applications needed in the IoT.
Application Enablement Platform: This includes a set
of APIs for industries and cities, ecosystem partners and third-party
vendors to use to design, develop and deploy their own applications.
To enable these six pillars to come into effect, the company also announced 15 new IoT-specific products.
“IoT is a significant opportunity but one that needs interoperability
and scale to fulfill industry predictions of billions of connected
devices,” said Doug Davis, SVP and general manager, Internet of Things
Group, Intel. “The IoT pillars serve as a strong foundation for
companies to build IoT solutions that can be seamlessly interconnected
and achieve the scale that delivers value promised through IoT.”
Cisco is always a juggernaut in any industry it sets its sights upon,
and this time it looks to be no different. Keep the smart money on the
proven option.
Ref: http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/
Ref: http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/
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