VMworld US 2016 Buzz: VMware Internet of Things Strategy Unveiled – CTO9018
Adding some more colour to the highlights from my VMworld US 2016 coverage:
- VMworld US 2016: The Day 0 Buzz
- VMworld US 2016: The Day 1 Buzz
- VMworld US 2016: The Day 2 Buzz
- VMworld US 2016: The Day 3 Buzz
- VMworld US 2016: The Day 4 Buzz
I headed off to catch the rest of this spotlight IoT session. It was presented by Ravishankar Chamarajnagar and Mimi Spier from VMware’s IoT division
I managed to get a quick update on the beginning which was how companies are starting to invest heavily in IoT to be able to create a new market and be first movers. Companies are however facing challenges in scaling out and supporting IoT with having to manage IoT things and devices with the usual security, configuration and monitoring concerns.
Ravishankar and Mimi then outlined VMware’s new IoT strategy which uses parts of NSX for networking as well as AirWatch for managing the endpoints with the themes of: Manage Broader, Innovate Faster, Protect Better and Operate Smarter.
They went through some of the customer use cases such as:
Retail: Coke vending machines being managed via AirWatch
Medical: Medical devices located inside bodies with associated patient management
Connected retail: personal connections for marketing to customers and using cameras to analyse shopping patterns
Connected car: manage cars by providing new services and software upgrades, collect telemetry data from vehicles.
VMware IoT Project Ice
VMware is developing an IOT platform monitoring solution which is all about partnering with IOT device vendors. You can sign up with VMware as a beta tester and co-develop and co-test Ice platform to perform monitoring of these devices.
An example of this is what VMware has been doing with Coca Cola to monitor various IoT sensors deployed in drinks vending machines.
There’s a lot more about IoT in the VMVillage which was worth looking around.
Here are some pics of the displays:
Internet of Fizz
The Smart Factory
Proactive Healthcare
Smart Homes
As VMworld2016 has made the recording publicly available, you can view the session here:
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