THE BLOSSOMING INTERNET OF THINGS

Zach Supalla CEO of Spark

@zsupalla @sparkdevices

spark.io

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WHAT’S THE PATTERN?

CREATE A TECHNOLOGY WITH A PURPOSE

MAKE IT EXTENDABLE

MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS

AWESOMENESS

CREATE A TECHNOLOGY WITH A PURPOSE

MAKE IT EXTENDABLE

MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS

AWESOMENESS

OK, SO…

THE BLOSSOMING INTERNET OF THINGS

ONE DAY, EVERYTHING WILL

COME ONLINE.

Cisco (2013)

BUT WHY???

NEW FEATURESILLUSTRATIVE

USER EXPERIENCEILLUSTRATIVE

DATA AND INSIGHTILLUSTRATIVE

SERVICE AND SUPPORTILLUSTRATIVE

REVENUE STREAMSILLUSTRATIVE

INFRASTRUCTURE

BARRIERS

COST

DIFFICULTY

WI-FI IS IN 65% OF AMERICAN HOMES.

!

81% OF AMERICANS 25 TO 34 CARRY SMARTPHONES.

!

THE COST OF CONNECTIVITY IS PLUMMETING.

Strategy Analytics (2012), Nielsen (2013)

SO WHERE ARE WE?

CREATE A TECHNOLOGY WITH A PURPOSE

MAKE IT EXTENDABLE

MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS

AWESOMENESS

HERE WE ARE

CREATE A TECHNOLOGY WITH A PURPOSE

MAKE IT EXTENDABLE

MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS

AWESOMENESS

???

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

JOIN THE SCENE.

PLATFORMS

PRODUCTS

APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS

THE BLOSSOMING INTERNET OF THINGS