Santa Clara, California, Dec 10, 2014: Well-known computer chip maker Intel Corporation today announced the Intel IoT Platform, an end-to-end reference model designed to unify and simplify connectivity and security for the Internet of Things (IoT). Intel also introduced integrated hardware and software products based on the new platform and new relationships with system integrators that promise to move IoT from infancy to mass deployment.
Intel said the new offerings and relationships would make it easier for solution providers to move IoT to mainstream deployment, with a repeatable foundation of building blocks that could be customised for limitless solutions. Data will be unlocked faster to extract meaningful information and value for consumers and businesses, the company claimed.
The Intel IoT Platform promises to:
- Deliver innovations to market faster
- Reduce solution complexity
- Deliver actionable intelligence faster by offering a defined, repeatable foundation for how devices will connect and deliver trusted data to the Cloud
“With this platform we are continuing to expand our IoT product family beyond silicon with enhancements to our pre-integrated solutions that make IoT more accessible to solution providers,” said Doug Davis, Vice President and General Manager, Internet of Things Group, Intel. “IoT is a rapidly growing market but faces scalability hurdles. By simplifying the development process and making it easier to deploy new solutions that address market needs, we can help accelerate innovation.”
Intel also announced new solutions and relationships to boost the IoT ecosystem. Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capgemini, Dell, HCL, NTT DATA, SAP, Tata Consultancy, Wipro and others are joining with Intel to develop and deploy solutions using their building blocks on the Intel IoT Platform. These solutions will help provide a repeatable foundation for IoT and free up developers’ time to focus on building solutions that expertly address specific customer pain points.
Intel is also delivering a roadmap of integrated hardware and software products to support the Intel IoT Platform. Spanning from edge devices out to the Cloud, the roadmap includes API management and service creation software, edge-to-Cloud connectivity and analytics, intelligent gateways, and a full line of scalable IA processors.
Intel said it was evolving and optimising this product roadmap to work seamlessly together with building blocks from the ecosystem to address the key challenges solution providers are facing when implementing IoT, including interoperability, security and connectivity.
The new products from Intel include:
Wind River Edge Management System which will provide Cloud connectivity to facilitate device configuration, file transfers, data capture and rules-based data analysis and response. This pre-integrated technology stack enables customers to quickly build industry-specific IoT solutions and integrate disparate enterprise IT systems, utilising API management.
The latest Intel IoT Gateway will integrate the Wind River Edge Management System via an available agent so gateways can be rapidly deployed, provisioned and managed. Intel IoT Gateways are currently available from seven ODMs with 13 more releasing systems in early 2015.
Intel is expanding its Cloud analytics support for IoT Developer Kits to include the Intel IoT Gateway series, in addition to Intel Galileo boards and Intel Edison Modules. Cloud analytics enables IoT application developers to detect trends and anomalies in time series at Big Data scale.
McAfee, a part of Intel Security, has also announced Enhanced Security for Intel IoT Gateways in support of the Intel IoT Platform. This pre-validated solution adds advanced security management for gateway devices.
Intel Security also announced that its Enhanced Privacy Identity (EPID) technology will be promoted to other silicon vendors. EPID has anonymity properties, in addition to hardware-enforced integrity. The EPID technology provides an on-ramp for other devices to securely connect to the Intel IoT Platform.
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