This document provides an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT). It defines IoT as connecting physical objects through sensors and software to the internet. It discusses how processing power and low-cost chips are enabling more smart devices and sensors. The document outlines the growing number of connected devices and potential markets for IoT. It also discusses opportunities IoT provides and challenges around interoperability. Finally, it provides an overview of Microsoft's role and technologies for connecting devices and analyzing data in the cloud.

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Smart Things, Sensors, the Net & more…
IoT Overview
What
Roadmap
Numbers
Potential Market
…
Agenda

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Many Objects that we use Every day Evolve
Cheap and Powerful Processors allows Smart Usage of
Software to Improve Capabilities
Moore’s Law
The number of transistors incorporated in a chip will
approximately double every 24 months.
Processing Power
Low Power/Low Cost 32bits Chips are Replacing old 8bits
Microcontrollers providing much more Processing Power and
Connectivity Features
Smart Things, Sensors, the Net & more…

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Sensors
Sensors can be used to Translate the Real World into Digital
Information
Computers can “feel” the Real World
Sensors are getting Simpler to Integrate and Cheaper
Smart Devices
Smart Devices use Sensors to Translate the Environment in a
Digital Format
They can React to Events and Change the Environment
Smart Things, Sensors, the Net & more…

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Internet of Things (IoT)
The term was created by Kevin Ashton in 1999 to describe a
technology for the unique identification of objects within a
"network“.
IoT is seen as a possible evolution of the use of the Network.
IoT is to ensure that the electronic world draw a map of the
real world, giving an electronic identity to things and places
in the physical environment.
IoT : What?

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Over time, the term takes on ever wider meanings, which
gradually will "merge" with the applications of the
technology:
Wireless Sensor Networks
Machine to Machine (M2M)
Physical computing
Connected Environments
Physical Internet
…more and more!
IoT : What?

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IoT : Roadmap
RFID tags for facilitating
routing, inventorying
and loss prevention
Surveillance, security,
healthcare, transport, food
safety, document management
Locating people and
everyday objects
Teleoperation and
telepresence: ability to
monitor and control
distant objects
Livellotecnologico
2000 2010 2020
Supply-chain Helpers
Vertical-Market Applications
Ubiquitous Positioning
Physical-World-Web

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1.5 bn PCs connected, < 1 bn phones, 50 bn by 2020
(Ericsson), seven devices for every human being!
IoT : Numbers
16 billion devices will
be connected to the
Internet by 2015
Today more Devices
than Human Beings
are Connected to
the Internet

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Business
Gateway, ATM, Copy machine, network projector, VoIP phone
system, thin client, data collection & etc
Consumer
Gateway, smartphone, smart-watch, tablet, digital camera,
set-top-box, gaming-console & etc
Industrial
Gateway, automation controller, robot, data collection device
& etc
IoT : Potential Market

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Home building automation
Gateway, automation controller, sensor device, security
system, access control system, data collection & etc
Energy & Utility
Home energy gateway, smart meter, solar power, wind
power, data collection & etc
Automotive & transportation
On-board computer, telematics, in-vehicle infotainment, GPS
navigation, driver assist, data collection & etc
IoT : Potential Market

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Medical
Diagnostic device, sensors, robot, data collection & etc.
Retail
Gateway, cash register, kiosk, credit card processing, scanner,
data collection & etc
Telecommunication
Gateway, router, VoIP, phone system, conferencing system,
data collection & etc
IoT : Potential Market

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IoT : Things

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Nest
Google Invested 4.2 Billions to Acquire Thermostat
manufacturer Nest
Nest Ships 40K Devices per Month
IoT : “Real“ Market

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Opportunities to develop new and improved products to
serve existing markets
Opportunities to improve existing business & manufacturing
process
Opportunities to develop new solution to resolve existing
problems with improved Security & Efficiency
Opportunities to create new apps and devices to serve the
new evolving market
IoT : Opportunities

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Enabling devices built on different technology platforms to
work together
Enabling devices manufactured by different companies to
work together
The market expects “Things” to work together. Consider the
following in today’s market:
USB, Bluetooth, SD storage, Wi-Fi, Mouse, Keyboard and etc
IoT : Interoperability

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New Internet Of Things Team !
Microsoft Provides Technologies for Devices
and for the Cloud
Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems Service
Microsoft and the IoT

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Microsoft and the IoT: Device Taxonomy
Large
Mobile
Micro
Small
POS terminal, ATM, MRI
x86, PC-like, apps
Embedded Industry 8.1, Standard
Industry handheld, POS tablet
ARM and x86, shell experience, apps
Embedded Handheld 8.1
Gateways, wearables, panels, cars
ARM and x86, diverse hardware, no shell
Embedded Compact, Auto
Controllers, fixed-use, sensors, actuators
ARM, constrained hardware, headless
.NET Micro Framework

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Microsoft and the IoT: Cloud-connected
Large
Mobile
Micro
Small
Azure M2M
Device management
Command & Control
Data Analytics

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Things on the Internet

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