Empowering Smart City Managers and Smart City Entrepreneurs - IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

Empowering Smart City Managers and Smart City Entrepreneurs – IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

Empowering Smart City Managers and Smart City Entrepreneurs - IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC), produced in association with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), took place in Barcelona on 3-5 October 2017. At the conference, Jim Morrish of Huawei participated in a panel focussing on Empowering Smart City Managers and Smart City Entrepreneurs. This is a brief summary of the discussion.

By Jim Morrish

Participants:
• Jim Morrish (Chief IoT Solution Consultant, Europe Region, Huawei)
• Ulrich Ahle (CEO FIWARE Foundation)
• David Aimson (Strategic Business Planning & Commercial Development, Buckinghamshire County Council)
• Mika Rasinkangas (VP, Business Development InterDigital Communications, Inc.)
• Arty Chandra (Sr. Director, InterDigital) [Moderator]

IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC), produced in association with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), took place in Barcelona on 3-5 October 2017. At the conference, Jim Morrish of Huawei participated in a panel focussing on Empowering Smart City Managers and Smart City Entrepreneurs. This is a brief summary of the discussion.

The panel was opened with a discussion of the benefits of Public Private Partnerships in the Smart Cities space, including the access that such approaches can provide to funding and innovation.

The panel then moved to a discussion of the overall challenges of and requirements for Smart Cities projects. The view of the panel was that much of the challenge associated with smart cities projects related to financial and political barriers. Even when smart city solution use cases were compelling (for instance, a cost saving of up to 80% was mentioned in respect of smart lighting solutions that also include the swap over from sodium lighting to LED lighting), often there were political blocks to overcome. Such blocks could be associated with electoral cycles (and the need for mayoral incumbents to deliver benefits within their elected term) or to do with a lack of clear decision-making responsibility or budget and operational fragmentation between different ‘levels’ of city and regional administrations.

One approach that was suggested was to use certain ‘anchor projects’ to propel the overall adoption of IIoT technologies in cities. For instance, a smart lighting solution could potentially also provide the communications and other infrastructure needed to support other smart cities applications such as connected refuse-bin monitoring and optimised collection, or smart parking, or smart traffic control. An effective strategy can be to implement such an ‘anchor’ project, so improving the business case associated with any downstream IIoT projects and also the ease of implementing such projects.

The panel then focussed briefly on standards in smart cities. FIWARE has developed to the point where it is a standard that has been adopted by ‘hundreds’ of smart cities projects, and seems to have real momentum. There is significant benefit in the adoption of standards in a smart cities context, since many smart cities projects are broadly similar between different cities. For example, a smart street lighting solution in The Hague won’t be much different to a smart lighting solution in Barcelona. Accordingly it makes sense to develop solutions once, and deploy in multiple locations. Standards like FIWARE enable this overall approach, and also enable scale benefits within the overall marketplace.

The panel concluded with each panellist providing their view of what advice they would offer to any city considering the adoption of IIoT technologies. The responses included references to standards, specification and deployment of comprehensive solutions, anchor projects, integrated platforms and also potentially initially focussing on key (isolated) priority solutions to get the overall adoption of IIoT within cities moving.

One key observation was the IIoT is only one aspect of Information Technology, albeit a very significant aspect, and one that will encompass all of IT in the medium term. The approach to the adoption of IIoT within a city should therefore be couched in terms of the adoption of Information Technology as a whole. And cities should be clear that IT is only one of the levers that they have available to achieve their defined strategic plans, with other levers including for example taxation and investment in shared infrastructures, etc. Accordingly, the delivery of a cities’ strategic plan should be the first priority, and city administrations should consider the use of IT and IIoT only where these concepts support the delivery of the overall strategic plan.

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The Value of Testbeds to IIoT - IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

The Value of Testbeds to IIoT – IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

The Value of Testbeds to IIoT - IoTSWC 2017 Panel Discussion

IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC), produced in association with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), took place in Barcelona on 3-5 October 2017. At the conference, Jim Morrish of Huawei participated in a panel focussing on The Value of Testbeds (1) to IIoT. This is a brief summary of the discussion.

By Jim Morrish

Participants:
• Jim Morrish (Chief IoT Solution Consultant, Europe Region, Huawei)
• Jamie Smith (Business & Technology Director-National Instruments)
• Calvin Smith (Director & Head of IoT Partner Engineering, Wipro)
• Stephen Mellor (CTO, Industrial Internet Consortium) [Moderator]

The panel opened with a discussion of the purpose of testbeds within the IIoT ecosystem. The view of the panel was that the purpose of testbeds was initially to demonstrate and prove IIoT technologies, working in combination in new and inventive ways. In the course of undertaking testbeds, participating companies will learn how different IIoT technologies interact, and the constraints of existing technologies. Testbeds can also contribute to the identification of new standards required to support the IIoT. Additionally, however, testbeds act to de-risk the adoption of IIoT technologies from the perspective of end-users. They are a real world demonstration of solutions and technology combinations that have been proven to work together, and a medium-term aim of the IIC’s testbeds programme should be to distil the learnings from its’ portfolio of testbeds and communicate these to the wider marketplace, so that others can learn from the experiences gained by testbed participants. If you need information on quantum encryption, you can check it out here!

Following on from this discussion, all panel participants noted how critical it was for companies seeking to participate in the IIoT to first engage in the wider IIoT ecosystem. No individual company is able to deliver end-to-end IIoT solutions, and so establishing strong partnerships within the industry is crucial.

There followed a brief focus on security in the IIoT, and specifically ‘right sized’ security for any particular IIoT solution in question. The statement was made that security ‘costs’ both in terms of the monetary cost of any IIoT solution, and also the usability of that solution by end users. Somehow ‘sophisticated’ companies need to be able to make informed decisions about the ‘level’ of security that is appropriate to be implemented with any IIoT solution. This is a key area for overall IIoT market development, and it is an area that the IIC is focussing on right now.

The panel also considered the impact of geography and socio-economic factors on the viability of IIoT solutions, with the ‘business case’ for IIoT solutions often being more challenging in country markets with lower GDP per capita. The potential impact of individual country regulations relating to privacy and data sovereignty on solution architectures was also discussed.

The panel concluded with a discussion of the IIC’s ‘outreach’ programme for industry vertical participants. Recognising that most members of the IIC are on the vendor-side of the industry, the IIC is currently undertaking an initiative to garner more support and engagement from the end-user community without individual end user companies necessarily needing to become members of the IIC before they are able to participate in testbeds.

Note: (1) ‘Testbeds’ is the term that the Industrial Internet Consortium uses for a range of IoT solution demonstrations involving IIC members as partners, and undertaken under the oversight of the IIC with the goal of furthering understanding of the IIoT.

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Overwatch Seasonal Event - Halloween Terror 2017 | PS4

Overwatch Seasonal Event – Halloween Terror 2017 | PS4

Overwatch Seasonal Event - Halloween Terror 2017 | PS4

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The fright for the future returns! This Halloween, explore the haunted streets of Eichenwalde and Hollywood, expand your collection of spooky seasonal cosmetics, and team up to fight the forces of evil once more in not one, but two Junkenstein’s Revenge-themed brawls! We’re also re-opening our crypt so players can unlock their favorite Halloween-themed items from last year along with over 50 new tantalizing treats, including legendary skins like Corsair Ana, Van Helsing McCree, Dragon Symmetra, Cultist Zenyatta, and more. It’s time to face the night, heroes—gather your friends, and revel in wicked delight!

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South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Game Is Gold | PS4

South Park: The Fractured But Whole – Game Is Gold | PS4

South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Game Is Gold | PS4

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Discover the secret identities of South Park’s greatest heroes and join their adventure to save the town!
Join Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny in the South Park video game and bring peace to South Park!

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ABOUT South Park: The Fractured But Whole:

In the quiet mountain town of South Park, darkness has spread across the land. A new power is rising to combat this evil. An entire squad of superheroes will rise, led by a nocturnal scavenger sworn to clean the trash can of South Park society.

The kids are playing superheroes, and Cartman is determined to turn Coon and Friends into the biggest superhero franchise of all time. However, the villainous Professor Chaos emerges with an evil plan to eliminate Coon and Friends. The heroes need to work as a team to fight the chaos and terror that that grips the town.

From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™, a sequel to South Park™: The Stick of Truth™, winner of 25 video game awards.

Players will once again assume the role of the New Kid. As the newest member of Coon and Friends, you must create your own superhero, build up your notoriety, and use your superpowers to save South Park. Only then will Coon and Friends take their rightful place as the greatest team of superheroes ever assembled, and get the movie deal they so richly deserve. In a city gripped by chaos, Coon and Friends rise to save the day.

A HERO’S ORIGIN REVEALED
Every hero has a beginning. Are you an alien, a high-tech wonder, or a genetically altered mutant? Create your own one-of-a-kind costume, craft your origin story, and build out your unique superpowers to become the hero this city needs.

EXPLORE SOUTH PARK AT NIGHT
Not only has South Park grown with new places to explore and new characters to discover, but when the sun sets, havoc and chaos reign as the seedy underbelly of South Park comes alive. At night, a whole new world opens up where your alter ego can harness its powers to do whatever it takes to save the town.

COON AND FRIENDS, ASSEMBLE!
Recruit up to 13 members of Coon and Friends to your cause, including Mysterion, The Human Kite, and the infamous Coon himself. Combine your special powers with the heroes from Coon and Friends to eliminate anyone that gets in your way and defeat the dark power that has spread its evil tentacles over South Park.

AN OUTRAGEOUS RPG ADVENTURE
An all-new dynamic combat system offers new opportunities to manipulate time and space on the battlefield, and a revamped looting and crafting system gives you the freedom to develop and refine your powers as you progress through the game. Find loot hidden throughout the land and follow recipes to craft your own outrageous equipment to aid you in battle.

AUTHENTIC SOUTH PARK
This highly anticipated sequel features more than twice as much content as South Park: The Stick of Truth. Created, written, voiced, and directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is authentic, interactive South Park at its finest – hilarious, outrageous, and a whole lot of fun. Everything is bigger, longer, and goes deeper than before. Come on down to South Park and have yourself a time.

Rated Mature: Blood and Gore, Mature Humor, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs, Violence

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Jump Up, Super Star! - Super Mario Odyssey Musical

Jump Up, Super Star! – Super Mario Odyssey Musical

Jump Up, Super Star! - Super Mario Odyssey Musical

Join Mario and Cappy as they dance through the streets of New Donk City and embark on an all-new, massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure! Super Mario Odyssey is available on Nintendo Switch on October 27, 2017!

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