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What 4,000 IoT developers say about IoT platforms and APIs

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  1. What 4,000+ developers say about IoT Platforms and APIs ..and

    who are the early winners in the IoT platform landscape © 2015 VisionMobile.com
  2. survey trends across 10,000+ app developers largest ever developer survey

    VisionMobile | the analysts of the developer economy We#help#companies#understand#developers#and#create#winning#ecosystems# target the right developer segments unique segmentation methodology measure and improve your ecosystem performance track technology usage and awareness across 100,000s of apps clients trusted by the top names in tech
  3. IoT Megatrends Breaking free of Internet and Things Data is

    the new currency Consumers outweigh the CIO Everyone will be a developer http://vmob.me/IoT15Megatrends IoT developer and Platform landscape 2015 4,000+ IoT developers surveyed 120 countries 50+ IoT platforms examined and segmented 16 IoT platforms fully profiled 7 vertical IoT markets mapped http://vmob.me/IoT15 Based on state-of-the-art research on Internet of Things
  4. © 2015 VisionMobile Agenda What is IoT really about? State

    of the developer ecosystem Consumer or Enterprise? Winning platforms
  5. © 2015 VisionMobile What is the Internet of Things (not)?

    This is a thermostat … with an app
  6. © 2015 VisionMobile 9 Nest is a hub turning data

    into action Knowledge Action Temperature Presence CO x alerts Electricity usage peaks Human input Weather info
  7. © 2015 VisionMobile 10 Creating data apps for home, car,

    security, energy, health https://developer.nest.com/
  8. © 2015 VisionMobile IoT products create value through data apps

    (wearables) Sensors to track your activity Visualize my wellness and nudge me to get fitter data data data Learning, environment-aware thermostat Turn the heating off when all family members have left home (Smart Home) (Connected Car) Bluetooth dongle reading vehicle data Call emergency services and loved ones when I’m in an accident data (Smart City) Sensors in the road surface Find an empty parking spot quickly, without frustration 11
  9. © 2014 VisionMobile What IoT developers are working on Hardware

    devs are just one subset; many more work on software and data 12 App makers e.g. smartwatch apps, Smart Home scenarios Device makers e.g. fitness bands Data-centric e.g. smart home hub, health apps, Smart City, system integrators, community projects All#IoT#developers#doing#this#type#of#project# Dedicated#to#this#type#of#project#
  10. © 2015 VisionMobile 14 53% of mobile developers are already

    involved in the Internet of Things … and many more to come
  11. © 2014 VisionMobile IoT devs are mostly hobbyists “easing in”

    from other domains 15 74% of IoT developers have less than 2 years experience
  12. © 2015 VisionMobile Developer mix is that of an early-stage

    ecosystem 16 early ecosystem pre-critical mass Windows Phone successful ecosystem sustainable Android fully mature ecosystem well-understood business (Mobile) web Hobbyists# Explorers# Hunters# Guns#for#Hire# Product# Extenders# Data#Brokers# Gold#Seekers# OpCmizers# IoT
  13. © 2015 VisionMobile 2007: Enterprises are the obvious opportunity for

    smartphones Enterprises have the money today, haven’t they? Units shipped (millions) Focus on existing business users Focus on well-understood needs Attractive growth iPhone Source: VisionMobile 18 Not better for business users Not faster to market Not cheaper Steve ballmer CEO Microsoft in 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U “Let’s see how the competition goes…”
  14. © 2015 VisionMobile 2015: Consumer technology becomes enterprise technology Units

    shipped (millions) iPhone Android iPad Source: VisionMobile 19
  15. © 2015 VisionMobile Cities opt for traffic data generated by…

    citizens 20 “Smart” City technology expensive road sensor network with limited geographical reach Waze Connected Citizen program data exchange program 20+ cities and regions already participating Barcelona, Boston, Budapest, Catalonia, Florida , Iowa , Jakarta, Kentucky , Latvia , Los Angeles, Massachusetts , New York City, Oregon, Petropolis, Puebla, Rio De Janeiro, San José, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Utah, Vitoria, Washington
  16. © 2015 VisionMobile Drone innovation: made for enthusiasts, used in

    enterprises 21 "The Phantom was simple enough for beginners, but powerful enough to interest serious hobbyists, professional photographers, and filmmakers.“ Expensive and complex solutions available to few Cheap and simple solutions available to many
  17. © 2015 VisionMobile 0%# 10%# 20%# 30%# 40%# 50%# 60%#

    70%# 80%# 90%# Smart#Home# Wearables# Retail# Industrial#IOT# Connected#Car# Smart#City# Medical# Currently#targeCng# Planning#to#target# IoT developer ecosystems are emerging consumer-first 22 Consumer B2B
  18. © 2015 VisionMobile IoT developer platforms are emerging 24 Ecosystem

    Expanders Product Platformisers PaaS & Open Source Capture value in a complementary business (indirect) Capture value from the platform (direct) Smart Home Wearables Health & Wellness Connected Car
  19. © 2015 VisionMobile What do the leaders have in common?

    Top 3 platforms per vertical by IoT developer mindshare 25 General purpose Smart Home Wearables Health & Wellness Connected Car WatchKit HealthKit Google Fit HomeKit
  20. © 2015 VisionMobile Mobile and e-commerce developer ecosystems take the

    lead Top 3 platforms per vertical by IoT developer mindshare 26 General purpose Smart Home Wearables Health & Wellness Connected Car WatchKit HealthKit Google Fit HomeKit Mobile ecosystems expanding to IoT e-commerce
  21. © 2015 VisionMobile 0%# 10%# 20%# 30%# 40%# 50%# 60%#

    70%# 80%# 90%# Smart#Home# Wearables# Retail# Industrial#IOT# Connected#Car# Smart#City# Medical# Currently#targeCng# Planning#to#target# Winning platforms help developers to reach users Developer interest for platforms and sector shoots up immediately 27 % of IoT developers % of Connected Car developers Mirrorlink
  22. © 2015 VisionMobile IoT targeted verticals Lack of hardware development

    knowledge Immature platforms / tools / standards High production costs Lack of software development knowledge Access to market Monetisation Addressable market size / fragmentation Discovery Supply chain and logistics No challenges % of IoT developers on each targeted vertical (n=2,420) Smart Home Wearables Retail Industrial IoT Connected Car Smart City Medical IoT developer challenges Lack of hardware skills and immature tools plague IoT developers
  23. © 2015 VisionMobile 30 IoT developer and platform landscape The

    spectrum and motivations of IoT developers How IoT developers select platforms Key challenges with IoT development Winners among IoT platform players Outlook for IoT developer ecosystems Visionmobile databoard Slice and dice our data on 4,000+ IoT developers your way. http://vmob.me/IoT15 http://vmob.me/DB Want more?
  24. Copyright VisionMobile 2014 Track developer trends Slice and dice data

    your way with VisionMobile’s Databoard service Talk to us Work With us If you could speak to 10,000 app developers, what would you ask them? Andreas Constantinou [email protected] @andreascon