AT&T and KORE Team Up

AT&T, www.att.com/m2m, Dallas, Texas, and KORE Telematics, www.koretelematics.com, Reston, Va., are teaming up in order to simplify the M2M device network certification process. KORE Telematics, which is AT&T’s largest M2M network services VAR (value-added reseller), will provide a streamlined network certification flow for inbound, non-stocked M2M devices from manufacturers wishing to receive product approval for the AT&T network.

The objective is to enable integrators to move from independent certification to the KORE on-boarding process, thereby reducing development times as well as cost and complexity by exchanging information between integrators and AT&T before lab entry and during the testing phase.


This Week's News...

Cost Reduction Main Driver for M2M

M2M (machine-to-machine) technology has long been known as a way to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. In light of the recent economic recession, it only makes sense that more companies would turn to M2M to help cut expenses. But there are other reasons for adopting M2M as well, which can help the bottomline through less direct means.


GE Aims for the Connected Home

The M2M (machine-to-machine) world has heard a lot about smart, connected appliances. These futuristic dishwashers, clothes dryers, and refrigerators are supposed to connect to an installed smart electricity meter to help homeowners save energy and money. By communicating with the meter, the appliances can run at times when energy is less expensive.


Smart Grid Trial in Sweden

A joint development project to design and install Europe's first large-scale urban smart electricity grid is underway in Stockholm. The two organizations, Fortum, www.fortum.com, Espoo, Finland, and ABB, www.abb.com, Zurich, Switzerland, will test the concept of a flexible, low-emission power network in the new Stockholm Royal Seaport area.


A Cellular-Satellite Combo

A construction jobsite in a remote area; a shipping company making deliveries across the country; a farmer delivering feed to a farm outside of cellular coverage. These are all examples of a need for an intelligent M2M (machine-to-machine) device.


Current Issue - Sept/Oct 2009

Volume 7 Number 5

Make Your Platform Hold Up

Establishing the right foundation for your solution is the ultimate key to success.

Jeff Smith has a keen interest in the exercise equipment industry, but not for reasons you may think. Indeed, he is an active individual; his recent 14-hour, 16-mile-high hike up a mountain in Colorado with his son is evidence of this fact. But for Smith, interest in the exercise equipment industry is more from a technological perspective. Currently the vice president and chief technology officer with Numerex, www.numerex.com, Atlanta, Ga., Smith has been involved with three startups in the past 16 years—two within the M2M (machine-to-machine) space. He can talk for hours on business strategies for choosing a database for a particular product, the ins and outs of application software, and developing industry standards—which brings us back to his interest in exercise equipment.


Commentary

It’s Not About the Phones

When the carriers waved their flags at the M2M Connected World conference this past June they sent a clear message that they were truly getting serious about the M2M space for the first time. But if you know anything about the network providers, the moment they make a commitment to something, it’s just the beginning. These behemoths have deep pockets and the fire power to back it up. All of this bodes well for a fast growing industry like M2M.






Show Topic This Week

M2M and Remote Monitoring: A Healthy Advantage

Mark Hanson, manager of wireless health initiatives, Alarm.com, and John Whitehead, president, CareLink Advantage, discuss how the CareLink Advantage solution enables consumers to watch over their elderly and disabled loved ones from any location.