SensorsCon 2012 Products & Markets in Sensor Networks Analytics & Prognostics Dr. MP Divakar 21-Mar-2012

The World of M2M Connectivity

Verticals in the M2M Arena Defense Civil Infrastructure –Smart Cities Transportation Utilities Manufacturing Healthcare Natural Resources Management Financial Consumer

Market Estimates 50 Billion devices by 2020? CAGR of 30 to 40% in the next 5 years? Beginning of 2012, connections surpassed 200 million, potential to grow to 1Billion by Each connected node may have multiple sensors

What We Do… Sensor Network Sensor Cloud Enterprise Cloud Meta Data Engine Analytics Engine Correlation Engine Prognostics Engine

Challenges… Greenfield opportunities: slow in the making, impacted largely by global economic trends; also sector-specific. Brownfield opportunities: largest market opportunity Materials: huge challenge for trillions of sensors! Lower cost, recyclable materials need be in the design set. Manufacturing methods: current processes limited to few sensing options; need sea change of processes to lower manufacturing costs. Communication infrastructure: wired & wireless in developing economies continues to be a challenge; wireless backhaul Ecosystem enablement for value-added software solutions: plethora of standards, interfacing and data-exchange challenges.