Smart Industry No.1 2022

Interview
Making
‘Things’ Easier
The world of IoT is changing fast and the number
of vendors and solutions are legion. Finding the right
supplier can be tricky, says Lou Lutostanski,
vice president for the Internet of Things at Avnet.
He was named IoT Leader of the Year at Industrial IoT
World in 2019. Lutostanski talked with Smart Industry
editor Tim Cole about the future of IoT.
n By Tim Cole
potential return on their investment.
And in the case of IoT, the
higher the potential ROI, the richer
the applications, AI algorithms, and
hardware purpose built for the solution.
The bottom line is, customers today
should look for an ecosystem that
can invest the most in research and
development and yield the optimal
features because they integrate
into an IoT platform that is based
on HyperScale Cloud IoT Services
that can be used horizontally across
many or all IoT solutions. In this
way, the application that they buy
will not require them to bear a part
of the substantial additional cost
of maintaining the platform. That
cost will be born by the thousands
and tens of thousands of customers
that buy various applications built
on that IoT platform. Additionally,
it will prevent lock-in of one or several
vendors and give them the
if there were hundreds of operating
systems rather than the few
available today. What would be
the quality and usefulness of user
applications if every manufacturer
wrote their own operating system?
Fortunately, this industry gravitated
towards just two OS providers,
which has enabled a massive
ecosystem supporting developers
and markets for applications.
In comparison, ecosystems for IoT
developers and users are not at
this level of maturity, and there is
a lot of confusion around identifying
the ecosystem that is going to
provide the solid foundation for
this industry.
IoT ecosystems form around IoT
platforms. These platforms provide
the rules and structure for the
various partners to integrate their
products and services in a manner
that is compatible with all other
partners required for a successful
IoT implementation.
Partners who add value within any
ecosystem are attracted by the
popularity of a platform. The fewer
platforms available, the higher the
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source ©: Avnet
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