M2M and Enterprise Mobility - The Convergence
It is my opinion that all enterprise mobility vendors need an M2M (machine to machine) strategy. SAP now sponsors an M2M initiative , and all other mobility vendors are going to need a good story as to how machine data (the Internet of Things) can feed data into back office solutions like SAP through their mobile middleware. Remember, a lot of M2M data comes in through assets and vehicle GPS tracking systems. These are mobile objects, automatically sending data back to a server. The world is no longer about people driving long distances, pulling out a clipboard and paper, and writing down data in a rain storm. Small wireless chips do the monitoring for us. These M2M or embedded wireless devices measure and monitor and message the data to our servers. Today's assets, facilities, security systems and plant equipment can be configured to use embedded wireless chips to report all kinds of things to us. This information can automatically trigger service tickets that are dispat