In Part 1 of this blog post, I looked at some unique competitors in the world of M2M that we need to face in order to see the incredible growth that we all cherish. Different from objections against using M2M, these were actually products/solutions that companies were using INSTEAD of using an M2M solution. Here are some thoughts […]
Larry Bellehumeur
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Opinion: M2M could re-energize these past ‘Wall Street darlings’
Hello and thanks for reading! A few points before I get started: All three of these companies – Texas Instruments, Intel and Microsoft – have tremendous businesses now. In addition to throwing off billions of dollars annually in free cash flow, they have tremendous “franchises” and market share in their own fields. I have no […] -
Solving Plug-in Electric Vehicle Issues through M2M Solutions
These days, it makes sense to think about ways to improve our ways to have less impact on the environment. Besides being the “right thing to do”, there tends to be an improvement on the bottom line (both for businesses and for individuals) to “going green”. For many, the biggest impact they can have on […] -
Reaction to Intel on its 6 barriers to mass M2M adoption
In a white paper (called "Rise of the Embedded Internet"), Intel was one of many companies to throw their hat into the M2M prediction space. In this paper, they stated how they thought there would be 15 Billion M2M connections in as little as two years. They went on to go over many of the markets […] -
Why USB solutions should take a back seat in M2M world
Despite being in my early 40s, sometimes I really feel old in the M2M space. I hear all the talk about USB sticks, and I remember a time that we were excited when the first PCMCIA-based device came out in the world of wireless data. Before that, we had to tether our devices to our PDA or […] -
Huge M2M Predictions from SAP: Are they Realistic?
M2M – The Industry In a report for the Economist, SAP has made some incredible predictions about how the M2M market may grow in the next decade, and also how it may change the overall telecommunications landscape as we know it. Is there any “steak” here, or are they just selling “the sizzle”? Prediction #1 – […]
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Highly Optimistic M2M Benefit Claims from GE
In yesterday’s blog post regarding Cisco’s predictions for the growth of the Internet of Everything (IoE), I was clearly not impressed by some of the figures being thrown around. While I didn’t totally disagree with their calculation that M2M could result in over $14T in savings/business improvement, my issue was that they didn’t put any “meat on the bone”, […] -
Helping Territory-Based Carrier Sales People Target M2M Customers
Thanks to the increased popularity of this blog, I’ve started to receive a fair number of questions from carrier sales people right across North America (and, I love talking about M2M, so feel free to reach out). A number of questions focus on the same principle and sound something like this: I cover a pretty large […] -
When M2M customers have M2M customers of their own
I heard an interesting story the other day, and it reminded me of one of the interesting hidden benefits of using an M2M solution. The company that deployed the M2M solution was in the "food fluid" industry, in that they helped restaurants/cafeterias with a wide range of things from delivering fountain pop syrup, to […] -
Preparing your business for emergency through M2M
As many people may know, my family and I live in the outskirts of Calgary. It is a great spot, as we are close to the mountains, yet not far away from the comforts of a big city. Over the past several days, Calgary has experienced some of the worst flooding that it has ever […]