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- M2M
- (1) Machine to Machine The automatic communications between devices without human intervention. It often refers to a system of remote sensors that is continuously transmitting data to a...
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- Motorola Case Study: Omsk, Russia
- The service provider T-Service is deploying wireless broadband to cover as much as 90 percent of the territory of the city of Omsk, Russia, which supports a population of more than 1.4 million people. The network was originally planned to support the commercial transfer of information from filling stations and...
- Tags: M2M, Motorola Inc., Wireless Broadband, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- PMM Personal Memory Manager (exe)
- Personal Memory Managerc makes you spin-off from the top in 3D: manage your knowledge and ideas in multiple perspectives. Create or import your notes into PMM and map them out like sticky or yellow notes on many whiteboards. You model and construct one essential "body of knowledge" representing your mind....
- Tags: M2M, Knowledge, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2006-10-23
- M2M (zip)
- M2M allows you to share easily your photos with your friends without resizing the files. It allows you to mark any photo, song or other large file and to send it to any friend in a way that each recipient will get only files that are marked. Version 3.3 may...
- Tags: M2M, Photograph
- Software downloads 2006-07-10
- M2M Project Management
- The expansion of traditional cellular communication networks like GSM and CDMA and their evolution to faster and more robust data transfer solutions (GPRS, EDGE, 3G) is resulting in a growing number of companies and organizations thinking about connecting their products to such data networks to provide new services or to...
- Tags: M2M, Network, Transportation, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2006-05-19
- Getting Started With the Information Module Profile
- Machine-to-machine systems will compose a significant sector in the mobility industry as information modules join mobile phones and pagers in the fast-growing world of mobile connectivity and Internet access. Given the tens of billions of machines in the world, the potential for the M2M market is vast, but the only...
- Tags: M2M, Mobile, Information Module Profile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2006-03-01
- The Role of Mobile Operators and the Java Platform in the Machine-to-Machine Market
- The ever-broadening geographic coverage of wireless data networks is stimulating the growth of a new generation of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. M2M devices use integrated radios to exchange data with other machines over existing cellular networks. Once the domain of remote telemetry devices using expensive satellite or fixed-frequency radios, now virtually...
- Tags: Java Platform, M2M, Mobile, Java
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Meet the Challenge of Achieving Efficient Machine-to-Machine Solutions
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) is the word used to describe systems involving machines or equipments remotely managed through a communication network. The development and success of wireless communications (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi...) over the last few years have open new opportunities for Machine-to-Machine applications. Most of new M2M applications currently deployed are...
- Tags: M2M
- White papers 2005-09-30
- Enabling Growth Through a Service-Based Business: A Model for Rapid Service Adoption Fuelled by Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Solutions
- Selling or exchanging manufactured goods has been the basis of trade and commerce since the beginning of time. Success invariably creates competition which then drives pricing down, where it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate and grow the business over time. Machine-to Machine (M2M) offers a "Technology key" to new ways...
- Tags: Goods, M2M
- White papers 2005-08-12
- UbiWorks (zip)
- UbiWorks is a set of servers for Machine-to-Network (M2N) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) integration finding uses as RFID middleware, sensor data acquisition system for automation. This distribution comprises of the UbiWorks MetaServer that acquires, processes and presents data from multiple UbiWorks MicroServers that in turn acquire data from Slave devices. The...
- Tags: M2M, Data Acquisition, UbiWorks, UbiWorks MetaServer, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2005-07-25
- Forget P2P, M2M is where the next party is
- Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications has occasionally flirted with mainstream tech media exposure in previous years. Dan Farber recently told me that the technology is mostly found in embedded systems so it doesn’t get much press. That can change, however, as it evolves and is applied to the complex task of automating...
- Tags: M2M
- Blog posts 2005-06-24
- Machine-to-machine communications to reach $270 bln by 2010
- IDATE claims the market for machine-to-machine communications could surpass $270 bln by 2010. New technology building blocks will speed adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, leading to a 49% annual growth rate.
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- Blog posts 2005-06-23
- GPRS-Based Real-Time Remote Control of MicroBots With M2M Capabilities
- Machine to Machine (M2M) communication is gathering momentum. Many network operators deem that the future of the business on data transmission lies on M2M. In parallel, the application of robotics is progressively becoming more widespread. Traditionally, robotics has only been applied to industrial environments, but lately some more exoteric (e.g....
- Tags: Robotics, M2M, GPRS, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2005-05-23
- Migrating M2M Applications to IP-Based 2.5G and 3G Cellular Networks
- The Internet is a dynamic and unpredictable network environment. Internet-enabling an application that was not intended to communicate over the Internet is not necessarily a simple task. This white paper will explore the nature of the Internet and IP-based cellular networks, and relate them to how Internet protocols can be...
- Tags: M2M, Network, 3G Network, Connect One, IP, Cellular Network, 2.5G, Internet, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Mobile Commerce: The Future Starts with M2M Payments
- Mobile operators could become “the bankers of the future.” Mobile operators already have large subscriber levels, perform millions of billable transactions a day, and most importantly, are trusted. The foundations of mobile commerce are currently being laid and the market is expected to take-off within the next few years. Many...
- Tags: M2M, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers
- Case Study: Mission Critical M2M Application to Prevent Construction Site Failures
- Currently, construction firms use automatic data loggers to provide reliable and consistent sensor data from project sites. Although data is captured continuously, it is not economical to conduct continuous GSM online monitoring of sensor readings as it is very expensive to maintain the system. SysEng developed the eMonitoring system eMs,...
- Tags: M2M, Monitoring System
- Case studies
- Module Solutions Case Study: PPL Electric Utilities
- PPL Electric Utilities distributes electricity to approximately 1.3 million commercial and residential customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. Its objective was to improve retrieval of data from remote meters and automate data reporting to facilitate business processes, system reporting, and customer response time. PPL Electric Utilities deployed 6,200 automated meter...
- Tags: Kyocera Wireless Corp., M2M, PPL Electric Utilities
- Case studies
- Qualcomm Case Study: PPL Electric Utilities
- PPL Electric Utilities distributes electricity to approximately 1.3 million commercial and residential customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. PPL Electric Utilities needed a better way to retrieve data from the commercial electrical meters in the field. The company also wanted to automate data reporting to improve business processes, system reporting,...
- Tags: M2M, Qualcomm Inc., PPL Electric Utilities
- Case studies
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication Over GPRS Networks
- Wireless Packet Data networks, such as GPRS, hold great promise for applications that rely on machine to machine (M2M) communication. Widespread availability and low price per Kilobyte are two key benefits of GPRS networks that make it an attractive technology to replace existing equipment or to deploy new wireless solutions....
- Tags: M2M, GPRS, Wireless, Setrix Internet Ready Gateway
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Additional Resources
- iPhone rate plans announced (updated)
- iPhone rate plans announced updatedI am surprisedThat is more affordable than I thought it would be.Poll options ...I would've liked to have seen a "none of these" or similar wording in the polling options ...Totally reasonableConsidering I'm paying around $56 a month right now for cel phone service with text...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, SMS-messages, phone, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., cell phone
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Mapping the enterprise CRM landscape
- Forrester Research maps out the landscape in the enterprise CRM world in a report, "Enterprise CRM Suites, Q1 2007" ($995). Following is the executive summary:Forrester evaluated leading enterprise CRM suites vendors across 493 criteria and found that Oracles Siebel CRM and SAPs mySAP CRM are the clear Leaders. They offer...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, CRM, Oracles
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
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