Call for participation: Building IoT architecture and management component suites
A call for IoT Architects and Developers from across the industry to come together to create a common IoT architectural framework and develop IoT component suites.
01 May 2020
Call for participation: Building IoT architecture and management component suites
Join global service providers and technology innovators in building a reusable internet of things (IoT) architecture and a holistic suite of tools to enable the delivery of scalable and profitable IoT products and services.
Join the virtual scoping session on May 14th 1pm British Summer Time (BST).
As operators around the globe try to grow their businesses through new market opportunities, including IoT connectivity as a traditional offering is a natural evolution for the operator and is expected by enterprise businesses. Vodafone research shows that 34% of all businesses are currently using IoT with over 95% of projects realizing a measurable benefits from the investment.
Lower costs, new revenue, more opportunity
A strong IoT strategy will enable enterprise customers to use IoT to become more a more data driven organization and enable significant efficiency gains, cost savings and potential new revenues.
Reusing and growing for profit
The key factors in a successful IoT strategy are reusability and scalability. The ability to reuse underlying infrastructure in different enterprise markets means you are leveraging existing capabilities to create new market opportunities and unlock revenue growth.
Increasing market demands and the potential for IoT growth meanwhile makes a scalable architecture more economically viable.
TM Forum has led the way in building pragmatic tools to enable adopting an IoT strategy. The first of these is a suite of Open APIs for IoT Device Management, collaboratively developed by members from Axiata, Vodafone and IoT Labs. This suite helps service providers to manage IoT devices throughout their lifecycle while speeding up prototyping and commercial deployments. This means providers can rapidly expand their IoT offerings into vertical markets by building upon a common reusable infrastructural layer.
“The ability to manage IoT at scale requires an ecosystem design architecture underpinned by standard APIs to enable interoperability and scalability,” said Pierre Gauthier, Chief API & Ecosystems Architect, TM Forum. “The IoT Device Management API Component Suite helps service providers manage their devices more efficiently, and helps them to quickly build their enterprise and industrial vertical business units.”
Now the team wishes to extend the scope of their work, building out the reusable IoT architecture aligned with the respective IoT component suites, to provide the industry with a holistic suite of tools, helping our members deliver a scalable profitable IoT offering.
We are actively seeking IoT Architects and Developers from across the industry to help in the capture and definition of the standard that will enable our industry to thrive in the delivery of new profitable IoT services.
Join the virtual project meeting on May 14th to find out more.
For more information about the project and getting involved, please contact:
Join the virtual scoping session on May 14th 1pm British Summer Time (BST).
Who do we need?
- IoT Architects from across the industry to come together and create a common IoT architectural framework. This project will build an IoT platform from reusable components, and will be powered by TM Forum Open APIs.
- IoT Developers to support the testing and development of IoT component suites and provide real-world implementation feedback
Why is this work important?
As operators around the globe try to grow their businesses through new market opportunities, including IoT connectivity as a traditional offering is a natural evolution for the operator and is expected by enterprise businesses. Vodafone research shows that 34% of all businesses are currently using IoT with over 95% of projects realizing a measurable benefits from the investment.
Lower costs, new revenue, more opportunity
A strong IoT strategy will enable enterprise customers to use IoT to become more a more data driven organization and enable significant efficiency gains, cost savings and potential new revenues.
Reusing and growing for profit
The key factors in a successful IoT strategy are reusability and scalability. The ability to reuse underlying infrastructure in different enterprise markets means you are leveraging existing capabilities to create new market opportunities and unlock revenue growth.
Increasing market demands and the potential for IoT growth meanwhile makes a scalable architecture more economically viable.
IoT tools now and in the future
TM Forum has led the way in building pragmatic tools to enable adopting an IoT strategy. The first of these is a suite of Open APIs for IoT Device Management, collaboratively developed by members from Axiata, Vodafone and IoT Labs. This suite helps service providers to manage IoT devices throughout their lifecycle while speeding up prototyping and commercial deployments. This means providers can rapidly expand their IoT offerings into vertical markets by building upon a common reusable infrastructural layer.
“The ability to manage IoT at scale requires an ecosystem design architecture underpinned by standard APIs to enable interoperability and scalability,” said Pierre Gauthier, Chief API & Ecosystems Architect, TM Forum. “The IoT Device Management API Component Suite helps service providers manage their devices more efficiently, and helps them to quickly build their enterprise and industrial vertical business units.”
Now the team wishes to extend the scope of their work, building out the reusable IoT architecture aligned with the respective IoT component suites, to provide the industry with a holistic suite of tools, helping our members deliver a scalable profitable IoT offering.
We are actively seeking IoT Architects and Developers from across the industry to help in the capture and definition of the standard that will enable our industry to thrive in the delivery of new profitable IoT services.
Join the virtual project meeting on May 14th to find out more.
For more information about the project and getting involved, please contact:
- Nancy Lyness, Collaboration Manager, TM Forum: nlyness@tmforum.org
- Joann O’Brien, Vice President, 5G Digital Ecosystems, TM Forum: jobrien@tmforum.org