IoTMeetupGuildford#12: Tirath Bansal - Independent Private Collaboration - myOrb

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software Founder/CEO
1. Big Data equals Information Overload
• Various sources and types
2. IoT hardware explosion
• Various domains, protocols, and
applications
3. Standardisation is primary concern
• M2M, Internet not Intranet of Things,
and Web of Things to come
• API based modularity
4. Myorb as a repository
• Standard protocols and libraries
• Data Visualisation

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1. Big Data equals Information Overload
• Various sources and types

www.myOrb.comThe Information Overload Problem
• More data, from more sources, on daily basis means information overload
• Transactions
• Social Media
• Enterprise Content
• Mobile Devices
• Sensors
• Barcodes
• QR codes
• Active sensors
• Etc.

www.myOrb.comNot just because of Volume…
Nature of that data across four dimensions
1. Scale
as well as…
2. Forms of content
3. Uncertainty
• Is it even valid?
4. Real time
• Time to insight

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2. IoT hardware explosion
• Various domains, protocols, and applications

www.myOrb.comIoT in particular
• IoT is about device explosion
• Cost/Yield effective
• Builds on M2M
• Precursor to Web of Things
• IPv6 addressing
• End game distribution
• Sense, compute, and
transmit functions
• Multiple domains,
protocols, applications
• Ultimately requires better
• Indexing, storing, and
processing

www.myOrb.comIoT Evolution to Web of Things
• The Web of Things needs to model the real world by representing objects at different levels of abstraction
• not just connected devices, but can also people and places, and abstract ideas
• E.g. events (e.g. a concert), organizations, and time periods (e.g. the 70s).
• Things can also have histories, e.g. for a car, recording the sequence of previous owners.
• Each thing can have one or more virtual representations (avatars) with
• Identities, rich descriptions, services, access control and data handling policies, web accessible URIs
• easier to build applications and services that combine information from different sources and different
levels of abstraction.
• The key enabler is Open ecosystems with
• rich descriptions and shared data models, in service platforms in the cloud or at the network edge,
device drivers in gateways that use IoT protocols to access embedded / constrained devices, and web
protocols to expose them to service platforms.
• scripting languages like JavaScript for direct access to IoT sensors and actuators from the browser and protocols such as HTTP and WebSockets
• data encodings such as JSON and EXI, formats for data and metadata, including Linked Data,

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3. Standardisation is primary concern
• M2M, Internet not Intranet of Things, and Web of Things to come

www.myOrb.comStandards are the priority
Internet of Things not Intranet of Things
• Adoption barriers/enablers across range of stakeholders
• Technical
• Preferably open source hardware and software
• Eco-system
• Academia,
• Corporate and SME
• Local, national and regional policy makers
• Standards bodies (power, wireless, chip design)
• Developers
• Makers, geeks, hackers, designers and artists
• Citizens

www.myOrb.comBut complex landscape now…
• Evolutionary nature & Multiple Standards Bodies
– multiple existing technologies applicable across multiple verticals
– IEEE, IETF, 3GPP, oneM2M, HGI, BBF, ITU (ITU-T Y.2060)
• Cornerstones of functionality
– Connectivity, Vertical data models, RESTful APIs, Device lifecycle management,
• Device to Device, Device to Server data and Server to Server sharing
– JSON objects for data interchange
• Each protocol has at least 10 implementations!
– MQTT: a protocol for collecting device data and communicating it to servers
– XMPP: a protocol for connecting devices to people
– DDS: a fast bus for integrating intelligent machines
– AMQP: a queuing system designed to connect servers to each other

www.myOrb.comAnd more to come…
Ongoing Research
• Lightweight protocols & Structured data
– e.g. Efficient XML Interchange
• Interworking technologies and systems
– Network Functions Virtualization & Cloud
• Advanced indexing, naming, and
addressing
• Optimization and enhancement of the
current standard architectures
• Crowd-sourcing sensors and actuators
• Abstraction and Semantics technologies
for devices and services
Field Trials
• Smart cities
• Digital IoT/M2M Management
– Device management evolutions,
Autonomous management, Conflict
management, service harmonization
• Next gen open platforms & hardware
– Security, Trust, Privacy and Identity

www.myOrb.comCommercial Potential and Trust as an enabler
• The standards challenge plays out across all projects
– ‘Do it now’ vertical silo or future proof for full commercial potential using
open standard ecosystems
• Across various technical aspects
– identification, discovery and interoperation of services across platforms
from different vendors,
– security, privacy, scalability and accessibility
• Trust Management in general is key
– Identity for devices, users, applications and services means and end to end
solution
– A means to verify metadata, e.g. the provenance of data, or location of a
given sensor

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4. Myorb as a repository
• Standard protocols and libraries
• Data Visualisation

www.myOrb.comVisual Organisation
Is messiness as evil and unproductive, as we are taught?
• Psychology suggests not just symptomatic of poor standards or effort, but might actually provoke creativity
as "being around messiness would lead people away from convention, in favor of new directions.“ -
Kathleen Vohs - New York Times
Messiness Spurs Creativity
• Adults invited to tidy or "messy rooms, and presented with one of two smoothie menu, labeled as "classic“
or "new."
– People greatly preferred convention in the tidy room and novelty in the messy room.
• Adults in a messy environment came up with "28% more creative" ideas for unconventional uses of ping
pong balls, with the same total number of ideas across the groups
Order has opportunity costs
• "Creativity is spurred when things that we tend not to organize in the same category come together. When
you allow some messiness into a system, new combinations can result. If you keep all your tools in the tool
shed and all your kitchen utensils in the kitchen, you might never think of using a kitchen utensil as a tool or
vice-versa.“ - Eric Abrahamson (CBS) notes

The need for myorb.com
Aggregation is vital component of this new information rich paradigm
• We need a dashboard or console
• Based in standardized protocols and using APIs for access and management
Productivity and Collaboration are compromised for knowledge workers and Gen Z ‘digital natives’
• fragmented content over splintered communications is the issue
• Collaboration is also a necessary condition for the success of IoT
• Vertically and horizontally across economies, services, consumption, innovation, and events
– For example MeetUps or project iKaaS
Myorb is such a platform
• the easy way to gather, order, and selectively share all your digital information, visually, and from one place
Architectural compliance
• The user facing component of an IoT system is an application
• Web app languages used
– HTML5, JavaScript, using Angular, JQuery, Ruby on Rails, Vagrant and other standard libraries
– Web Components to come

What is myOrb?
myOrb.com is a next generation cloud application that puts a lightening fast layer over your digital
world. Privately share any combination of information from any source for work, study and social
purposes.
What does that mean?
By allowing you to source, organise and share information of almost any kind - privately or in
groups – myOrb unifies your digital world into one, easy to navigate place and becomes your
essential online toolbox.
Bringing together over a dozen search engines, web browsers, cloud storage, social media and
document sharing services, myOrb is pioneering a totally new category of collaborative online
services.
www.myOrb.comWelcome to myOrb

www.myOrb.comWhat’s the Problem?
Big Data – Information Overload
We are confronted with data from more sources than ever before
and we face an information overload on a daily basis.
Multiple Storage Drives & Devices – Location Overload
With our information stored across multiple email accounts,
subscription based cloud drives, local drives and devices, we
waste a lot of time trying to find information.
Fragmented Collaboration – Communication Overload
Because of the nature of email threads and communication
streams, the information needed when working on a
collaborative project can get lost amongst redundant messages
between other team members.
Data Exploitation - Advertising Overload
With the rise in online surveillance and targeted advertising,
online communities are flooded with advertising, with technology
companies reliant on selling their user’s data to survive.

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Websites and Links from
1000’s of sources
Search from many services
Multiple file types
…Social Media sites
…Email threads
And Social feeds
A typical project can include any combination of information Communicated across
many channels
Stored separately
Outputted in
limited formats
With many more coming
Sourcing the right information, organising it, storing it, communicating it and presenting it in
the right format currently requires the use of a multitude of fragmented services.
A Closer Look at Information Overload

A Fully Integrated Service
A platform that enables users to bring all of their different file
types into one, easy to navigate place that works across all
devices.
Storage within Storage - Separate Communities
A service that allows the consolidation of information &
communications to reflect real life projects and communities
so that relevant information can easily be found.
An All-in-One Service
A service with comprehensive communication capabilities
reduces the need for multiple external communication
services, and with it, the risk of lost or missed
communications.
www.myOrb.comWhat’s the Solution?
Social Collaboration Tools
Social collaboration tools that bring together
multiple channels of communication have
been proven to increase productivity.

www.myOrb.comHow can myOrb help?
As a Web Application
Leveraging new technologies myOrb combines information gathering and
social collaboration, integrating all of your information and communication
sources.
Using Browser Based Technology
Because of the nature of browser based technology, myOrb can be used
seamlessly across all Android, Microsoft and Apple devices.
As a Collaborative Space
With everyone able to work concurrently in a shared ‘space’, group members
can work, update, download, present and chat concurrently, in real time and
at super fast runtimes.
myOrb presents the ultimate digital collaboration toolbox.

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This is Bill…
Bill is a 21-year-old
Business Management
BSC(hons) student in his
final year at Surrey
University.
Bill has created a private
study space to help him
with his Dissertation.
Bill uses myOrb on his
desktop PC at home,
laptop at Uni and iPad on
the go.
“I use my myOrb Dissertation space to…
Search the web for relevant research articles, images, web pages
& videos.
Store all of my research documents and links ready to reference
later on when I come to writing my bibliography.
Privately share drafts of my dissertation with my tutor and
receive feedback and comments.
The best thing about myOrb is that I can do all of this in one,
secure place that is easy to navigate and refer back to when
needed. I can also update my space on the go using my iPad.”
Who uses myOrb?

www.myOrb.comBill’s Dissertation Space: Actual Screenshots

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“I use myOrb to…
Upload all my documents, notes & flat plans for my whole group
to see and make notes on.
Back up all my video and audio files from interviews straight from
my phone.
Collaborate on pieces of work with the rest of my group.
Chat instantly to everyone in the group & hold live conferences
through the chat feature.
Email all my members with completed work for their portfolios.
The best thing about myOrb is that you can keep track of exactly
who has done what so it’s easy for our tutor to mark.
This is Gill…
Gill is a 19-year-old
Journalism BA(hons)
student in her second
year at UCA Farnham.
Gill has created a group
study space to help
coordinate & produce
20-pages of a magazine.
Gill uses myOrb on
desktop Macs at home &
Uni and on her Android
phone on the go.
Who uses myOrb?

www.myOrb.comGill’s Project Space: Actual Screenshots

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This is Phil…
Phil is a 28-year-old
Account Manager for a PR
firm in Clapham.
Phil has a space for each
of the clients he looks
after.
Phil uses myOrb across his
Apple desktop, laptop,
iPad & iPhone but works
seamlessly in spaces with
clients on a variety of PC,
Mac and Android devices.
“I have a myOrb space with each of my clients so that I can…
Upload and share comprehensive monthly PR activity plans and
reports.
Present social media & PR analytics in a visually stimulating way.
Search for and pull in links of articles, videos and audio
published about my clients.
The best thing about myOrb is the ability to privately share huge
files with my clients each month without the expense of
subscription services like Dropbox and WeTransfer. myOrb also
works across all devices so no matter what my clients are using I
know myOrb will work for them.
Who uses myOrb?

www.myOrb.comPhil’s Research Space. Actual Screenshots

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This is Jas…
Jas is a 15-year-old school
girl, currently studying for
her GCSEs.
Jas has created both
private and group spaces
to help her and her
friends revise for their
exams.
Jas uses myOrb on shared
desktop PCs at home and
school and via her smart
pone.
“I use my myOrb spaces to…
Store all of my revision materials including past papers, notes,
presentations and notes from teachers.
Work through past papers at home whilst my friends do the
same. We can test each other and help each other out even
when we’re in different places.
Share music playlists and videos in my group revision spaces to
keep myself and my friends motivated to revise.
The best thing about myOrb is that I can make revising more fun
by having my music, videos and friends all in a space with me
whilst I revise.”
Who uses myOrb?

www.myOrb.comJas’s Statistics Space: Actual Screenshots

www.myOrb.comSee our example spaces: Actual Screenshots
Go To www.myorb.com to see a variety of example spaces and uses.

All Information Types From Every Source Choice Of Views Private Spaces Collaboration New Technology
And 100’s more More coming Visual organisation Sophisticated sharing New way of working First mover advantage
Links Music
Presentations Pictures
Video Documents
Maps
All Together
Links
Search
Files and Storage
Social Media
Email
Social Feeds
Canvas Item
Notes
List Grid
Full Screen
Mobile Item, List, Grid Views
Compartmentalise groups,
projects, purposes
New levels of privacy
Accountability for copyright,
libel and inappropriate content
Lower noise environment
Every type of
communication
Each space is a
private network
Across all your devices
Lightening fast run times
enable more functionality
One codebase operating
across all devices
The future now
myOrb - in a Nutshell www.myOrb.com
Always start where you left off without the need to save or export content in your spaces.
Mobile
Canvas
View

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A New Type of Structure
myOrb offers a new type of sharing structure. Rather than partitioning social graphs, users create
spaces where they can build separate environments to reflect real life sharing needs. This enabled
users to express themselves freely within the context of the space.
Private First, Social Second
The owner has complete control over the content and members of each space, with users simply
in a space or not. All information, members & communications are stored within each space,
making it private and secure by default. Due to this, further privacy controls are not needed.
User Accountability
The space owner is legally responsible for the members and content. This means that our
community of users monitor themselves, which delivers a significant ethical, strategic and cost
advantage when copyright, libel and privacy laws inevitably catch up with the web.
Facebook, Google and Twitter cannot (currently) economically monitor their users content.
Privacy - Built into our DNA

myOrb’s Independent Status and What it Means for you
Myorb Limited is a private, independently owned technology company.
With no investors to answer to, we can place improving the user experience
at the core of everything we do.
A Transparent Voice
Our independent status enables us to have a transparent voice in the
industry where we can bring some balance to the privacy debate.
Low Noise and Private
Free from the need for short term profiteering, driven by a stratospheric
evaluation, we can steer clear of aggressive advertising and data
exploitation.
Intellectual Leadership
Our core competence is reflected in a team that strives for intellectual
leadership in the market and predicts the possibilities of emerging
technology and how they will shape, redefine and reinvent the industry.
www.myOrb.com

Cloud Storage
Collaborating through subscription based cloud services like Dropbox and
Google Drive means everyone you collaborate with needs to buy their own
storage which, particularly in enterprise, gets expensive.
Where we come in… In myOrb, all members of a space get the benefit of
the owner’s storage.
Group Emails
Email lists work at the outset of a project but quickly become difficult to
navigate when more than two people are communicating.
Where we come in… With options to make notes on individual items,
instantly chat and send whole group emails when needed, communications
can be confined to exactly where and between who they are needed.
Some Immediate Benefits www.myOrb.com

www.myOrb.com
To find out more about myorb.com, the myOrb vision and our Founder & CEO check out our blog at:
blog.myorb.com
We’ve got blogs on what we’re up to, why we’re doing it and what sets us apart from other companies in
the sector, along with information about the team and our ‘Tirath Talk’ videos.
Keep an eye on our Twitter feed @myOrbLtd for our most recent blogs and episodes of ‘Tirath Talks.’
‘TIRATH TALKS’
E1 The Journey
E2 What does myOrb do?
E3 The Great Privacy Debate
E4 The myOrb Dream
E5 What’s Next for myOrb?
E6 Inspiration
Other Videos:
What IS myOrb?
myOrb Blogs & Videos

myOrb Team & Contact Information
Development Team
Zenon Zeniou
Dil Ahdan
Khemraj Thapa
Vasos Koupparis
Marios Hrodotou
www.myOrb.com
Marketing & PR Team
Ollie Boothman
Elias Patel
Christian Rogers
Tiia Sammallahti
LIVE DEMOS - To book a live demo with Tirath or a member of the team email: contactus@myorb.com
MEDIA ENQUIRIES - For all interview requests and media related enquiries contact: tirath@myorb.com
BECOME A BETA TESTER - If you or your company are interested in becoming one of our official beta test partners
call us on: 01483 685745 or email beta@myorb.com
BETA BUGS - If you discover any beta bugs when using myorb.com email: beta@myorb.com and we’ll get straight
to work to fix it.
Founder & CEO
Tirath Bansal
Val Bansal

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