How do you manage Internet of Things (IoT) devices at scale without scaling costs? Standards based Device Management. Presentation by Connect2 Systems at IoT Tech Expo in London on 23 January 2017.

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HOW DO YOU MANAGE DEVICES AT SCALE?
IOT DEVICE MANAGEMENT
Duncan Purves
Connect2 Systems
duncan@connect2.io

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How do you manage devices at scale?
Initial Purchase Cost
Deployment
Maintenance Update/Bug
Fixes
Cost of Field Failure
Customer Perception
Communications
Support Security
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Security – you need to be able remotely update device firmware

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Must be easy to update device software
for new features and bug fixes
Toyota
Recall 1.9 million Prius hybrids
Because of a software fault that
may cause the vehicle to slow
down suddenly
Over-­the-­Air software update
to its Model S vehicles
To fix an overheating issue
Tesla

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The devices are often deployed in remote or difficult to access locations
locations
This impacts the cost of managing and maintaining the devices
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Constrained Devices and Networks
Unlike IoT gateways, IoT edge devices typically have:
§ limited CPU and memory
§ limited communications bandwidth on a ‘lossy’ wireless network
§ power supply constraints

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Challenges – Powering IoT devices and sensors
In many industrial situations the sensors/devices will be powered from batteries
that require a lifetime of 5 -­ 10 years
⁃ You do not want to flatten the battery when performing a firmware upgrade!
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How do you Manage Devices at Scale? -­ Device Management Standards
§ Fixed network broadband DSL routers (TR-­69)
§ Enterprise IP networks (SNMP)
§ Mobile phones (OMA DM)
§ IoT constrained devices: OMA LightweightM2M v 1.0 (LWM2M)
http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/technical-­information/release-­program/current-­releases/oma-­lightweightm2m-­v1-­0

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Connect2 Systems
DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER (LWM2M)
MANAGEMENT APIS
EDGE CLIENT & GATEWAY SOFTWARE
SECURITY
EXPERTISE

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Benefits of a Standards Based Approach
SCALE DEVICES NOT COSTS
AVOID VENDOR LOCK-­IN
SECURITY – PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMERS AND BRAND
INTEROPERABILITY
FASTER TIME TO MARKET
REDUCE RISK