Friendly Technologies Simplifies IoT

Today Friendly Technologies published the white paper, “What is IoT? Understanding IoT Protocols, Clients, and Servers.”

“IoT” is a broad and somewhat unspecific term, and everyone seems to have a different notion of what it is. This paper’s purpose is to put some basic IoT and Device Management concepts and terms in order. The paper also discusses technologies available in the world of IoT and defines when each protocol should be used, providing an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of each one from the perspective of Device Management and IoT.

After reading this paper, you should have a deeper understanding of what IoT is, have a greater grasp of standard IoT protocols and clients, and be able to choose the appropriate type of client for specific IoT scenarios. This paper should provide an added value to the following types of companies: device manufacturers (OEMs), carriers, CSPs, IoT companies and system integrators, and IoT platform providers.

Among the topics covered in this paper are:

• Standard protocols – LWM2M, MQTT, OMA-DM, and TR-069.
• When to use which protocol.
• The process of deploying embedded clients on the devices.
• How to manage constrained devices.
• How to manage large-scale deployments of IoT devices.
• Managing Data collection and Analytics.
• Friendly’s One-IoT™ Management platform and embedded clients.

The paper was published due to the high demand resulting from the recent run webinar series, “Understanding IoT”.

About Friendly Technologies

Friendly Technologies is a leading provider of carrier-class platforms for IoT, Smart Home, and TR-069 device management. Friendly has been providing TR-069 device management solutions to carriers and service providers since 2007. When IoT and the Smart Home first emerged, Friendly leveraged its experience and extended its offering to the IoT and Smart Home markets. Today, Friendly provides a unified IoT platform for the management of LWM2M, MQTT, OMA-DM, and TR-069 devices – and a full solution for the Smart Home.

Friendly’s platforms enable its customers to generate new revenue streams in the Smart Home and IoT markets, such as Utilities, Transportation, Smart cities, and more. Friendly’s traditional TR-069 ACS for carriers and xSPs improves the customer experience, reduces costs, provisions new devices, monitors QoE, and configures and updates firmware remotely while offering data insights to service providers.

Friendly Technologies, whose device management and IoT solutions are installed by over two hundred service providers and IoT companies worldwide, has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as a Global Leader in Unified Device and Smart Home Management.