Pachube's mission is to deliver the world’s leading open, interoperable platform
for the ‘Internet of Things’ that is powerful, economical and secure.
This is a presentation given at the Internet of Things Europe 2010 conference on June 1, 2010 by Usman Haque, Connected Environments Ltd's CEO
3. A ‘PATCHBAY’ FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS
microcontrollers & sensors
building management systems
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
4. A ‘PATCHBAY’ FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS
microcontrollers & sensors • Products
• Services
• 3rd party applications
building management systems
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
5. A ‘PATCHBAY’ FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS
• Products
• Services
• 3rd party applications
• high resolution storage
scalable infrastructure • mobile/web apps
• scalable infrastructure
full resolution storage • capacity planning
interconnectivity
• highly available, resilient
rich meta-metadata • decision tools
• web management tools • remote monitors
• physical-to-virtual API • resource allocation
6. A ‘PATCHBAY’ FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS
- real-time awareness for feedback & response
- visualization of system behaviors
- better control of complex systems
- greater efficiencies in consumption
- better decisions & designs
7. THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES
• Interoperability across all devices & networks
• Management via web-based tools to control & visualize
• Scalability of m2m data that is increasing exponentially
• Performance demands of high-throughput, low-latency
• Openness for ease of adoption & industry acceptance
• Security controls that are flexible & robust
8. PACHUBE MEETS THEM ALL
• Interoperability
• sample code and proven connectors for all major software languages
• single line of code to connect
• Management
• “out of the box” apps and visualization widgets
• web-based tool-kit for sign-ups, customization & maintenance
• Scalability
• proven reliability & up-time
• Performance
• proven high-throughput & low-latency
• Openness
• technology-agnostic, published APIs
• Security
• HTTPS, SSL
9. PACHUBE’S MISSION
To deliver the world’s leading open, interoperable platform
for the ‘Internet of Things’ that is...
POWERFUL ECONOMICAL SECURE
10. PACHUBE’S MISSION
To deliver the world’s leading open, interoperable platform
for the ‘Internet of Things’ that is...
POWERFUL ECONOMICAL SECURE
• high-performance, cross-industry data brokerage platform
• already used by thousands of individuals & companies around the world
• stores & serves sensor, environment & energy data from objects, devices & buildings
• manages data, so customers can focus on creating value.
• open ecosystems because openness promotes growth—most of Pachube’s hardware & software
libraries and real world applications are created by its burgeoning community
12. PACHUBE’S WEB DASHBOARD
• maps thousands of sources around
the globe using Pachube in real-time
• allows self-service sign-up for basic
accounts
• offers “out of the box” apps to
connect, visualize, and share data
• creates locus of vibrant community of
developers and enthusiasts
• tutorials, how-to’s, sample code
• complete APIs & documentation
• forums & support
www.pachube.com
13. PACHUBE’S REVENUE MODEL
• Free service — open signup
• enables developers to prototype quickly
• builds mindshare and marketshare by enabling applications to be quickly implemented
• Pachube Professional – Basic or Plus—low monthly fees
• includes value-added features — privacy options, statistics/aggregation, greater bandwidth,
history, search
• Corporate — major infrastructure installations & customization
• provides bulk accounts to web-enable thousands or millions of devices, e.g. electricity meters
• delivers ‘out-of-the-box’ tools for consumer-facing companies, build communities around
products (cf. Nike+)
• enables domain-specific apps so manufacturers quickly build branded web portals
• includes partnerships with local government, multinationals, community sensing & urban
networking communities
14. API: PLATFORM INTEGRATION
• Software libraries & examples
• Java, Ruby, .net, Perl, C, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, Javascript
• LabVIEW, Processing, OpenFrameworks, Flash, Adobe AIR, Google Visualization API
• Asterisk PBX, Cold Fusion, xAP, DomotiGa, Germanium Web 3D, FHEM Home automation
• Hardware applications & examples
• iPhone, Blackberry, G1/Android Google Phone, Windows CE for smartphones
• Arduino, Zigbee, SunSPOT, Phidgets, GainSpan, Mocana
• weather stations, LiveBox, CurrentCost, Insteon/Indigo Home Automation
• Virtual systems
• Second Life, OpenSim, server monitoring, webscraping
• Web service and application integration
• Twitter, AMEE, SketchUp, Google Earth, Skype, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, xAP
• Physical installations
• Buildings, energy meters, pollution monitors, ships, satellites, city utilities, mobile devices,
automobiles
15. VALUE: REAL TIME INFO & FEEDBACK
• lower costs, faster cycles
• better decisions
• reduced uncertainty
• greater efficiency
29. CASE STUDY: CURRENT COST LTD
Current Cost
• out-of-the-box API
• device provisioning
• energy distribution tracking
• expandable, upgradable
• 3rd party app developers
“Bridge” to the Web
device
energy monitor
30. CASE STUDY: CURRENT COST LTD
Current Cost
• out-of-the-box API
• device provisioning
• energy distribution tracking
• expandable, upgradable
• 3rd party app developers
“Bridge” to the Web
device
energy monitor
31. CASE STUDY: CURRENT COST LTD
Current Cost
• out-of-the-box API
• device provisioning
• energy distribution tracking
• expandable, upgradable
• 3rd party app developers
“Bridge” to the Web
Current Cost’s customers
device
• secure login
• remote monitoring of
energy use
• energy use comparison
• mobile phone app
• SMS alerts
• no subscription
energy monitor
32. CASE STUDY: CURRENT COST LTD
Current Cost
• out-of-the-box API
• device provisioning
• energy distribution tracking
• expandable, upgradable
• 3rd party app developers
“Bridge” to the Web
Current Cost’s customers
device
• secure login
!
• remote monitoring of
energy use
• energy use comparison
• mobile phone app
• SMS alerts
• no subscription
energy monitor
33. CASE STUDY: CURRENT COST LTD
Current Cost
• out-of-the-box API
• device provisioning
• energy distribution tracking
• expandable, upgradable
• 3rd party app developers
“Bridge” to the Web
Current Cost’s customers
device
• secure login
!
• remote monitoring of
energy use
Pachube’s API • energy use comparison
• simplifies device programming • mobile phone app
• cheaper hardware • SMS alerts
• a broker, not an end-point • no subscription
energy monitor • manages millions of datapoints per day
• expandable, upgradable
• revenue sharing
34. TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
• Pachube’s scalability helps product manufacturers & application developers
• they don’t need to build backend system to deal with massive volumes of realtime data
• Pachube stores every single datapoint and includes extensive METADATA
• from all devices – not just summary data – high-availability database, comprehensive analysis
• security provided via SSL/HTTPS connections
• industry standard technologies to protect data transmission over internet; quick to implement, no special libraries needed
• view and embed data history on the web, visualization tools, widgets & graphs
• ‘out-of-the-box’; no need to install apps
• provides sophisticated aggregation, statistical & calculus tools
• ‘out of the box’ analysis of both individual devices and the entire ecosystem
• manufacturers & developers concentrate on creating value
• customer-focused analytical, decision, notification, profile & visualisation tool & application development
