The Internet of Things in Practice (Internet of Things & WSN Europe 2014)

Much has been spoken and written about how the Internet of Things promises to change the world. Advances in technology are helping us infuse intelligence and processing power into everyday objects, advances in communications allow us to interconnect these objects, and advances in analytics and cognitive computing allow us to interpret information from these objects. But how far have we progressed and what still remains to me done? This session will discuss how these technological advances are enabling new business opportunities right now, and look at the challenges that still remain.

Peter Niblett is the IBM Senior Technical Staff Member, responsible for the architec-ture and design of IBM Internet of Things and Mobile Messaging offerings, and is a member of several organizations that are developing standards for the Internet of Things. Peter's special areas of interest are the use of Messaging and Event Pro-cessing technologies in Mobile and Machine-to-Machine applications, and the combi-nation of these technologies with Analytics that underpins the Internet of Things.

 

He is a member of the OASIS Technical Committee that is standardising the MQTT protocol and in the past led IBM's participation in the definition of the Java Message Service (JMS) programming interface, as well chairing the development of Web Ser-vice Notification standards. He is also active in the Continua Healthcare Alliance and oneM2M Partnership.

 

Peter co-authored the book Event Processing in Action (Manning Publications), along with Dr. Opher Etzion. This book, published in 2010, introduces the major concepts of event-driven architectures and shows how to use, design, and build event processing systems and applications.

 

Peter is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and in 2004 he was one of five IBM leaders recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering with the MacRobert Award for the WebSphere MQ family, the first time the most prestigious engineering award in the United Kingdom was presented for a purely software engineering achievement

IBM is a globally integrated technology and consulting company headquartered in Armonk, New York. With operations in more than 170 countries, IBM attracts and retains some of the world's most talented people to help solve problems and provide an edge for businesses, governments and non-profits.

 

Innovation is at the core of IBM's strategy. The company develops and sells software and systems hardware and a broad range of infrastructure, cloud and consulting services.

 

Today, IBM is focused on five growth initiatives - Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, Mobile, Social Business and Security. IBMers are working with customers around the world to apply the company's business consulting, technology and R&D expertise to enable systems of engagement that deliver dynamic insights for businesses and governments worldwide.