IoT and OSS Links — April 20
My weekly round-up of IoT and OSS news items and link that I found interesting this week.
This week Microsoft announces Azure Sphere, an end-to-end solution for IoT devices. The offering includes MCU designs, IoT RTOS (based on Linux) and Azure cloud service. Clearly big news that MS is going to distributed a Linux OS but also big new they are doing an MCU design. It is nice to see Microsoft taking on IoT security in a serious way. However, it does look like a potential for vendor lock-in. At the same time, ARM also announced a SoC solution for Secure IoT device.
2. IoT Developer Survey Results
Each year the Eclipse Foundation publishes an IoT developer survey. I have always enjoyed analyzing these results and over the four year some interesting trends are emerging. A new question about database technology used for IoT produced some interesting results. Check our Benjamin Cabe’s analysis.
3. Digital Twins
I am interested in the concept of digital twins. It seems like the term is being embraced by many of the large Germany vendors. For example this week,
SAP — Demystifying Digital Twins: Your Top 5 Questions Answered
Software AG — Digital Twin Use Cases and Enterprise Digital Twin