Jahangir Mohammed, CEO of Jasper says that the Internet Of Things (IOT) is about service

According to Jasper's CEO the internet of things (IOT) is about service, not things. Satya Nadella, Microsoft's  CEO expressed a similar sentiment - that IOT is about things such as the OS and security systems.

He also implied that IOT will be as ubiquitous as ecommerce is now.

The Internet of Things (IoT) transforms the potential of a wide range of products by making them part of a wider service ecosystem, Jahangir Mohammed, CEO of Jasper said, noting: “the internet of things, it’s about service”

“Just about every business is going to become an Internet of Things business, it’s an inevitability. Because not only is the way people use things transformed, businesses are transformed. For the first time, businesses are continually connected to their customers, they know how customers are experiencing their products,” Mohammed said..


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Microsoft's IOT strategy according to CEO Satya Nadella

Nadella echoed the argument mentioned earlier this month by Jasper's CEO that the internet of things is not just about the things themselves but rather it is more about the systems that make those things function. From this point of view, Microsoft has a big stake in how IOT develops. My initial thought on this news is in order for MS to have a say in IOT it has to put Windows head to head against other operating systems (iOS, Android) and other security and login systems (G+, facebook, Oracle, Cisco, etc)

It is not just about tablets, phones and PCs, but is also a platform that can "in fact run across a lot of places where general purpose compute is going to be important."

The attributes of Windows, its management and security, "are going to be more of a premium going forward," Nadella said

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"The smart watch wars are still in their early days. Only time will tell how this story unfolds."

Chicago Booth professor comments on the below tweetmaps of Apple and Samsung smart watches:

"The Apple Watch tweets are focused largely on the attributes of the product– design, functionality, technology– and some negatives: accidents, warnings, etc. <snip> On the other hand, Samsung’s messages appear to dwell less on attributes. <snip> There is a lot of attention paid to its competitor, Apple, and its products. This asymmetry between Apple and Samsung might have implications for how much each product needs to compete for consumer mindshare."

Apple Watch Tweets

Samsung Watch Tweets

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