Smart Industry 2/2018

IoT Device & Cloud Patterns
Batch Analytics & Visualizations
The way to IoT
To help startups find
the right strategy,
some IoT hubs have
developed their own
roadmaps.
homes and buildings, smart energy,
and clean tech.
“Even with the advanced support
ecosystems that exist in Europe,
starting up a hardware business is
still harder than starting a purely
software-based one,” says Cansu
Deniz Bayrak, COO of Startupbootcamp
IoT. “There are not nearly
enough hardware-specific propositions
for early stage startups; this is
why we launched Startupbootcamp
IoT in 2016 with the aim of making
the journey of building a connected
hardware startup clearer, shorter,
and more successful for entrepreneurs.
We rely on the cumulated
Startupbootcamp expertise and
our global network of 22 programs
in six continents with 150 industry
partners to connect the dots for our
alumni startups.”
IoT Hub Berlin, located in Factory
Görlitzer Park, is a newcomer to the
IoT hub scene. Founded in July 2018,
it is part of a network of 12 digital
hubs across Germany, collectively
known as De:hub, which is supported
by an initiative of the Federal Ministry
for Economic Affairs and Energy.
Each location is designed to serve as
a meeting point, or platform, where
new and old economies come together
to solve new challenges by
using IoT, machine learning, AI, and
blockchain. Harald Zapp, CEO of
Next Big Thing, a main partner in
De:hub, believes that by bringing
together governmental support, scientific
research, and technological
knowledge entrepreneurial innovation
can be fueled while also helping
to back the German industry’s future.
“Knowledge, tech, and sustainability
must be synched if success in IoT is to
be achieved,” he says.
As IoT spreads to more industries,
the role of IoT hubs is certain to
grow. Looking around the globe,
Smart Industry has picked our ten
favorites from among a pack of contestants.
Devices
RTOS, Linux, Windows, Android, iOS
Field
Gateway
Field
Gateway
Protocol
Adaptation
Protocol
Adaptation
Device
Connectivity & Management
Cloud Gateway
Event Hubs
&
IoT Hub
Azure HDInsight, AzureML, Power BI,
Azure Data Factory
Hot Path Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics, Azure HDInsight Storm
Hot Path Business Logic
Service Fabric & Actor Framework
Analytics &
Operationalized Insights
Presentation &
Business Connectivity
App Service, Websites
Dynamics, BizTalk Services,
Notification Hubs
Presentation &
Business Connectivity
photo ©: Ellen Osborne