Apps for everything Alec Saunders, QNX

The “Apps for Everything Else” Revolution

Alec Saunders, QNX Software

A BlackBerry Company

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What does EVERYTHING mean?

•  On  premises  

•  Connected  assets  

•  Custom  solu2ons  

•  Opera2onal  focus  

M2M   Internet  of  Things   Internet  of  Everything  

•  On  premises  /  web  

•  Managed  &  serviced  assets  

•  Silo’d  ver2cal  solu2ons  

•  Opera2onal  focus  +  customer  experience  

•  Web  

•  Connected  data  

•  Standards,  plaGorm-­‐based  

•  Customer  experience,  big  data  focused    

2008:  7  Billion  Endpoints   2020:  50  Billion  Endpoints*  

•  Mobile experiences changing expectations for machine experiences •  Preserving mission critical machine context, the need for privacy, security, and reliability of connections and

data •  Bridging to enterprise

Evolution of the IoT World

Challenges for App Developers

•  Market Size – Fragmentation - chip sets, operating systems, device capabilities

– Device OEMs

•  Time to Revenue – Embedded life cycles

– Regulatory

•  Channels: Where’s the Market Place?

•  Value Chain

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A Couple of Predictions

• Applications will migrate to the cloud

• Data will be the new “API”

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Cloud Applications Network Assets

Project Ion is a secure public cloud platform that enables you to securely and remotely monitor, control, and optimize your business assets

Our Role at QNX/BlackBerry

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