Up the Stack of M2M with Oracle - M2M Evolution

4/17/2013

Featured Articles » Telic Expands Telematics Market » M2M and Network APIs: Two Keys for Open Mobile Alliance » Don't Overlook the Power of End-to-End Service » A Profile of Machine-to-Machine Technology Today and Tomorrow   Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo – August 26-29, 2013 Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas, NV M2M Evolution highlights how M2M technologies, the Internet of Things and the wireless network combine to significantly improve business processes, minimize risk, and drive revenue. Join us in Las Vegas for this two track program focused on providing you with information on how M2M solves business problems across multiple industries and in nearly all business functional areas. Conference sessions will focus on the retail and energy verticals as well as applications in big data, security and logistic functions (including transportation, fleet management and demand response). Members of the M2M ecosystem, including wireless carriers, application providers, platform companies, and device manufacturers will discuss their roles in creating effective technologies and procedures that work to create an ecosystem for actionable data, information and efficiencies.   Top Stories » TomTom Shows off Its Business App Center » Juniper's Handhelds Get RFID Reader » Allstate's DriveWise Telematics Program Arrives in Several New States » White Space Spectrum is Promising for M2M, Rural Uses   From The Expert Corner April 17, 2013 Up the Stack of M2M with Oracle By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media I had the privilege of speaking with Cheng Kian Khor, Architecture Director at Oracle. This is part one of the interview, and gives a good picture of how Oracle is enabling service providers to deliver M2M.  While I asked him about the recent purchase of Acme Packet and Tekelec, it is clear that Oracle has very active engagements with the communications providers already.  I started the conversation explaining that we had been working with many different parts of Oracle from Java Embedded to their services group on smart grid.  Here is his response and the rest of the interview: CHENG KIAN KHOR:  I work in the Communications Industry Business Unit. We don’t own a particular product; we work across all the products. My specific group works with Communications and Media and in my case specifically, Communications. So typically, I work with the products and lines of business teams within Oracle, whether it’s the folks that work on the databases, the middleware, the java embedded, the applications, or the communication-specific products, because as you know we have billing platforms, service provisioning platforms and network inventory platforms. I also work with other products in Oracle such as our CRM, ERP and Asset Tracking products and so on. CARL FORD:  From my days in the phone company and Bellcore, I was very much aware of how our legacy systems hampered our innovation. Was that unique to the U.S., or is legacy a problem in the rest of the world as well? Read More >>>    Featured Videos Global Capacity Offers Network Managing, Monitoring and Optimization Tools    Featured Resources » M2M for Industrial Remote Asset Monitoring » When Machines Talk to Machines: M2M deployment can make your business systems smarter » Real-time Data from Remote Machines   Featured Communities » Embedded M2M Solutions » Machine to Machine Solutions   Visit www.m2mevolution.com for the Latest Machine to Machine News & Info   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit M2M Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Interested in reaching M2M Evolution's Global M2M Communications and Technology Audience of 80,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a M2M Evolution columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of M2M technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the M2M Evolution Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask, group editorial director, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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