“The Next Leap: Internet of Things” Workshop: (jointly organized by Tech Mahindra, Aeris and Nasscom on 24th September 2014)

Digital Enterprise Services (DES) unit of Tech Mahindra organized an event on Internet of Things (IoT) in association with Nasscom and Aeris on 24th September 2014. Aeris is a leading M2M platform provider and a partner of Tech Mahindra. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian IT and BPO industry and a non-profit organization.

SESEI participated in the Workshop on “Internet of Things”, and the main topics of the workshop were;

1. Future of IoT and impediments to achieve it
2. loT business models – next steps to get there
3. “How IoT will revolutionize industries — impact of IoT across industries”

During the workshop it was discussed that how various industries especially Education, Medical, Agro, Banking, Transport, IT Services etc. can be connected and made available for better utility. Taking a note of question raised on standards, SESEI shared the progress of M2M standards at ETSI and oneM2M. SESEI was also asked to share these updates sometime to TechMahindra team members, which was acknowledged and agreed.

The event was attended by CEOs, CTOs, Vice Presidents, Digital Enterprises Heads, Technical consultants. Talks by leaders and panel discussion with great minds from across industries/academics helped to deliberate on issues like monetizing IoT, the most apt IoT model and the killer applications that can be delivered to the market that continue to intrigue us.