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National Association of Software and Services Companies [NASSCOM] launched India’s first Centre of Excellence – Internet of Things [CoE- IoT] at the NASSCOM Startups Warehouse in Bengaluru. The centre was inaugurated by Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Law, in the presence of Mr. Priyank Kharge, Minister for Information and Broadcast Technology, Govt. of Karnataka, along with Ms V Manjula, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology, e-Governance & Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka, Mr. R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM among others. The CoE will focus on leveraging IT strengths & creating a new age industry with the support of IoT based ideas.

Ms V Manjula, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology, e-Governance and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka said

We recognise the scope for growth and development in the IoT space and are very pleased on partnering with NASSCOM and the private sector to launch the CoE in Karnataka. We have always strived to create a conducive ecosystem for IT companies in the state, with this initiative we hope to give start-ups an opportunity to innovate in the field of IoT and take the IT sector into newer and greater heights.

The CoE is a joint initiative between the Department of Electronics and Information Technology [DEITY], Education and Research Network [ERNET] and NASSCOM. The CoE is also supported by Accenture, CISCO, Cyient, EMC, Intel, HCL Technologies, Qualcomm, Tata Consultancy Services, L&T Technology Services, Robert Bosch and VMware as Strategic partners.  Amazon Web Services [AWS], Digital Ocean, IBM, Microsoft have signed up as Infrastructure partner to the initiative.

Dr Ajay Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, DeitY said

IoT is one of the high growth potential areas in the IT sector. With the growing number of IoT based SMEs/Startups in the Indian market, it becomes imperative to create an enabling ecosystem to help evolve this space, empowering companies to build technologies that provide global solutions.

Dr Neena Pahuja, Director General, ERNET said

Paradigm shift from IT to IOT, together with smooth shift of data & utilities using different electronic hardware structured with analytics, is going to enable a smart integrated & networked world. Starting from streamlining Airlines operations, Smart Cities to Disaster Management, IoT can play a major role in this connected world. With the growing number of IoT based SME’s/Startups in the Indian market, it becomes imperative to create an enabling ecosystem to help evolve this space, empowering companies to build technologies that provide Indian and Global solutions. We are happy to partner with NASSCOM, which is bringing-in Industry to help democratise innovation, by creating Centre of Excellence [COE] for start-ups in PPP mode.

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The CoE laboratory along with the NASSCOM 10,000 Startups Warehouse has the capacity to incubate up to 40 start ups and can accommodate around 10 emerging companies per shift for prototype/ design and usage of lab facilities. The CoE also provides a separate space for validation, verification and demonstration as well as concept labs for developing IoT solutions for application areas like Agriculture, Automobile, Telecom, Healthcare and Consumer IoT.

Expressing his thoughts on the launch of the CoE, Mr R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, stated

NASSCOM is pleased on launching the IoT Centre of Excellence, which takes forward our efforts towards establishing India as a global tech hub. This Centre of Excellence has been created to act as a catalyst for developing the IoT SME/Startup ecosystem of the country as well as an accelerator of IoT capabilities providing the concept and scale for industrial and societal needs. The CoE will also function as an enabler of Funding, Accelerating, Mentoring & Enterprise for the key emerging IoT startups who have been selected for incubation, after a rigorous process.

The digital revolution accelerated by intelligent devices along with a booming startup environment has presented the need for a Centre of Excellence with a complete focus on the Internet of Things. With a presence of over 120 IoT focused IT companies and an expected market opportunity of USD 15 billion by 2020, India is set to gain a prominent position in the global IoT market. An increase in the adoption of IoT based technology in areas of home, retail and industrial automation, health & fitness monitoring and connected vehicles as well as the advent and growth of Smart cities, has resulted in a greater need of better solutions that lead to the evolution of a lifestyle dominated by technology. NASSCOM is focusing on systemically expanding the technology ecosystem and the IoT CoE will play the role of collaboratively addressing challenges such as the lack of understanding that leads to low adoption levels and security issues faced by the industry.

Multiple IoT based firms will be selected from over 250 entries to be incubated at the CoE, through a roadshow held across Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The first five companies out of the total entries are Uncanny Vision, LightMetrics, ThingsCloud, SAAR Microsystems and Wireless Controls.

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Organized by UNICOM, the IoT Conference 2016 brings together the brightest innovators and business visionaries from India for one day of focused networking, strategy sharing, and technology showcasing at the cutting edge of IoT.

According to Gartner, there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020. ABI Research estimates that more than 30 billion devices will be wirelessly connected to the IoT by 2020. The data generated and the business opportunities created will be staggering. Now is the time to position for success.

The conference is a unique opportunity to share IoT insights and strategy with professionals across the full range of industry verticals, including Smart Building/Home Automation, Consumer Electronics and Connected Living, Smart Cities, Environmental Monitoring, Intelligent Transportation, Medical and Health Care Systems etc.

Theme – Internet of Things (IoT) – Link your World
Date – 4th February, 2016
Venue – Le Meridien Bangalore

Detailed Agenda

Main Attraction of the event

  • Learn How IoT is most closely associated to machine-to-machine [M2M] communication
  • Opportunity to network with experienced Business and Technical practitioners and Start Ups in the area of IoT
  • Know – What are the key aspects of IoT that businesses should know about ?
  • Case Studies
  • Key Note presentation
  • Exhibition area, where you can find what Start-Ups are doing in the area of IoT. Experience their products, their Ideas
  • IoT Workshops
  • Startups Showcase

Great opportunity to strategically brand your organization

As a sponsor, you will receive a tremendous amount of visibility and numerous other benefits at the conference. This conference has three sponsor categories, which helps organizations of all cadres to participate at their level. Sponsors will also have the added benefit of tailoring their sponsorship packages, based on their strategic intent.

Who Should Attend

The conference is designed especially for both technology experts & end-user business executives across industries, who are looking to leverage the emerging IoT opportunity. This includes –

  • IoT Developers, Designers & Project Managers
  • Entrepreneurs, Senior Executives & Business Strategists
  • IoT hardware vendors and software developers
  • Commercial & industrial business executives looking to apply IoT technologies
  • VC investment and financial professionals
  • Public policy and municipal government representatives
  • Regulators and government policy makers
  • Academic researchers and university professionals
  • IT and software providers
  • Internet service provider and communication companies
  • Consumer electronics and computing companies
  • Start-up firms and incubators

Registration

Registration for One Day Conference [till 4th February] : Rs 9,999+ 14% Tax. Click Here to register

Know more about the Conference : Click Here

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SAP SE announced the launch of the SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things [IoT], expanding its comprehensive portfolio of IoT solutions to help customers connect the core of their business to the edge of the network, gain operational efficiencies and drive the creation of new revenue models, products and services. SAP continues to broaden its reach by collaborating with Siemens and Intel to make it easier for customers to adopt and manage IoT solutions.

These collaborations add to a strong partner ecosystem SAP has developed including recent announcements with Jasper, Accenture & T-Systems

“SAP is helping customers re-imagine their business with the most comprehensive portfolio of Internet of Things solutions from core business operations to the edge of the network,” said Steve Lucas, president, Platform Solutions, SAP. “With the launch of SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things, our customers and partners now have the ability to connect anything to any app or business process in their company and business network. This will achieve operational excellence and deliver new customer experiences, products and services.”

SAP Unveils End-to-End Platform for the Internet of Things

SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the IoT provides the infrastructure to enable businesses to securely tap into a network of millions of connected devices. Building on its existing data and application services, which include predictive analytics, telematics, geo-location and more, the newly launched IoT services from SAP plan to enable the device cloud for faster delivery of IoT business value: device management, IoT messaging & IoT application enablement including data modelling. IoT services from SAP plan to support the cost-efficient and quick development, deployment and operation of SAP solutions for IoT. Private cloud deployments intend to enable SAP customers to run their own device cloud or to operate a device cloud for their customers.

SAP offers a portfolio of IoT applications such as the SAP Connected Assets solution, including the cloud edition of the SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service solution, and SAP Connected Logistics software, among others that leverage SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the IoT.

Intel and SAP Join Forces to Enable IoT End-to-End for Customers

SAP & Intel are collaborating to simplify, secure and scale the IoT for the enterprise. Intel provides a blueprint for industry-leading, interoperable IoT solutions. SAP is taking the complementary SAP HANA platform in conjunction with the Intel blueprint to simplify IoT end-to-end deployments for enterprises.

The first step in the collaboration is a joint proof of concept [POC] to integrate the Intel IoT Gateway with the SAP cloud.