An entrepreneur's guide to "smart" everything.

1. An entrepreneur’s guide to
“smart” everything.
DEMYSTIFYING THE
INTERNET OF THINGS

2. Plugging the planet into the Internet
● Digitizing the physical world
● Capturing "dark data" (data that’s there, but we
aren’t currently using)
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

3. ● Software is eating the world and the Internet (of
Things) is fueling it
● The wave is coming; now is the time to start
working on it
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

4. ● Internet of Things
● Machine Learning / AI
In my opinion, both ML & IoT represent the single
largest opportunity in human history
Then tack on Quantum Computing
CHAIN REACTION

5. BROAD PERSPECTIVE
Project
Management
● PMP
Security
● CISSP
● "Secret" Clearance
Smart Home
● Renovations
Sun (UNIX)
● SCNA
● SCSA
Mobile
● HTC
Startup
● Accelerator
Cisco (net)
● CCDP
● CCNP
Microsoft
● MCSE
● MCSD

6. ● What is it? (& isn’t)
● How it works
● What it can do for you
● Why now?
● The options
OUR JOURNEY

7. The 4th Wave
● Wave 1: WWW (Connecting PCs)
● Wave 2: Mobile (Connecting people)
● Wave 3: Cloud (Scaling it up)
● Wave 4: IoT (Connecting everything else)
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WHAT IS INTERNET OF THINGS?

8. New
● No new technologies
● Applying existing tech in new ways
● Not just toys
WHAT IT ISN’T

9. Everyday devices learn new tricks
● See (eyes): camera, etc.
● Hear (ears): microphone, etc.
● Sense (skin): thermometer, accelerometer, etc.
● Move (hands & legs): actuator, servo, rotor, etc.
● Think (brain): the cloud
HOW IT WORKS

10. via: libelium.com/top_50_iot_sensor_applications_ranking

11. Learning the stuff
you don't know that you don't know
In a word, visibility — getting a clearer understanding
of anything about or around you
WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU

12. A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
via: johnkapeleris.com/blog/?p=1752

13. Things really get interesting when smart devices
start talking to each other
● Level 1 (collection): Gaining clarity through data
● Level 2 (understanding): Deeper insight through machine
intelligence
● Level 3 (interaction): Automatically acting on deeper insights
● Level 4 (systems): Integrating smart devices into cooperative
smart networks
CHANGING THE WORLD

14. via: youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ur8wzzhBU
A SMARTER PLANET

15. Everything is becoming software
● Limitless computing
● Limitless storage
● Easy machine learning
● Internet everywhere (Loon, Internet.org, etc.)
WHY NOW?

16. An endless array of personal and commercial
sensors, boards, actuators, etc.
● Intel IoT
● Raspberry Pi
● Arduino
● BeagleBoard
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HARDWARE OPTIONS

17. ● Amazon AWS IoT
● Microsoft Azure IoT
● Google IoT
● IBM Watson Internet of Things
● AT&T Internet of Things
● Verizon Internet of Things
● Apple HomeKit
● Alibaba Cloud Internet of Things
CLOUD OPTIONS

18. UNLEASH YOUR BUSINESS
EMBRACE EXPONENTIAL
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