Larry Bellehumeur

Submitted by Larry Bellehumeur on June 20, 2012 – 8:10pm While the number of M2M deployments is starting to accelerate, there have been many applications/uses that have been in place for years, if not decades. Applications such as Vehicle tracking and the monitoring of Oil wells are two examples of solutions that have become such commonplace that even […]

Many people visualize M2M as being two machines (one being a complex server of some sort and the other being a basic device like a vending machine) communicating, sending bits of info back and forth.  While this is the more classical definition, it misses out on an important growth area for M2M, namely using wireless […]

Submitted by Larry Bellehumeur on May 3, 2012 – 4:14pm One of the interesting development in the world of M2M solutions is the focus on verticalized solutions.  There are solutions that will fit any one of dozens different vertical markets perfectly.  This brings up a problem…..how do you remember what solution to sell to your customers when you […]

When people often think about an M2M solution, they imagine massive “mission control” systems controlling tens of thousands (or more) device in the field.  These systems require massive investment, massive infrastructure and many skilled people to deliver.  To a certain extent, this has been an accurate way of thinking as many of the early adopters […]

Through this blog, and my day to day work, I do get a lot of calls and emails from people at various organizations who have been tasked to sell different M2M solutions.  This ranges from Cellular network salespeople, to salespeople from dealers of cell carriers to hardware manufacturers and to software/integration companies.  While many people […]

Submitted by Larry Bellehumeur on January 27, 2012 – 11:02am Application Enablement Management: I get asked a lot about what is required to manage a successful M2M solution.  There are a lot of moving components, and it can be daunting.  Once you have made up your mind that you want to proceed (developed a business case, secured funding), […]

Managing the “presentation” layer: I get asked a lot about what is required to manage a successful M2M solution.  There are a lot of moving components, and it can be daunting.  Once you have made up your mind that you want to proceed (developed a business case, secured funding), you now have to decide the right […]

Through this blog, and my day to day work, I do get a lot of calls and emails from people at various organizations who have been tasked to sell different M2M solutions.  This ranges from Cellular network salespeople, to salespeople from dealers of cell carriers to hardware manufacturers and to software/integration companies.  While many people […]

Device Management: I get asked a lot about what is required to manage a successful M2M solution.  There are a lot of moving components, and it can be daunting.  Once you have made up your mind that you want to proceed (developed a business case, secured funding), you now have to decide the right combination for […]

  A while back, I started hearing about how IBM is working to standardize communication in the world of M2M (through the promotion of the MQTT protocol), and it got me excited.  I have written numerous blog posts about how this fragmented market needs to adopt a standard protocol for it to truly succeed (just like […]