What’ s New at the IIC?
HOW DO WE KEEP THE HIVE HUMMING?
What drives IIC Membership? The value in an IIC membership is in the overall experience. A common theme which emerges is cross-pollination. Woven throughout every working group and task group are activities designed to connect across groups – vertical industry-focused groups to testbeds, liaison organizations to verticals, technology to business strategies, architecture to use cases, and so on. Some of these cross pollination activities benefit members directly and some benefit the industry at large.
The convergence of activities within the IIC is being developed into what will be a forward-facing portal to assist the industry in accessing, by vertical industry, the IIoT use cases, testbed outcomes, architectures and patterns, related standards and the hotspots where interoperability must be addressed to further the IIoT. Testbeds will be leveraged to provide the necessary information to influence the standards and open-source solutions that enable privacy, security and interoperability to accelerate the adoption of IoT in the industrial and enterprise space. The“ portal” of the I3C Initiative is now in the prototype stage, and available internally to IIC members only for evaluation and testing.
The newly launched“ IIC Connect” program provides efficient networking. IIC Connect is like“ match. com” for member companies. The concept is simple: you enter your profile and a quick description of what might interest you. Then everyone looks at the profiles and requests meetings. You accept the ones you like; software does some automated scheduling, then you have 20-minute networking sessions. It’ s fast, easy, efficient, and fun!
As one of the IIC’ s veteran members eloquently explained,“ Perhaps you don’ t need cheap sensors, but how about analytics? Middleware? Deep learning? Ad hoc networking? Security? Services? Tools? It’ s pretty clear: every IIoT company or technology end-user on the planet should be able to leverage the world’ s largest IIoT ecosystem at the IIC. Just understanding the amazing mix is great education on the breadth and depth of the IIoT.” There is a lot going on within the highly productive IIC hive, and every member has the opportunity to make a difference.( View video here.)
IIC members gain experience they could never get as a non-member. They experience member meetings unlike any local meet-up groups. Here are some key benefits of membership:
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Networking |
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Make |
the |
connections; find the needed |
expertise. |
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Information & News – A fast |
pass to newsworthy industry |
developments. |
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Competitive |
edge |
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Stay |
ahead of the competition, or |
take advantage of changes and |
developments |
that |
might |
otherwise have passed you by. |
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Create a market – Join a |
collective voice supporting a |
single |
mission; |
create |
the |
disruption in the market and |
develop |
the |
business |
opportunities. |
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Success |
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Members |
are |
building |
businesses |
and |
dedicating their professional |
lives to IIoT. They want to be |
successful, and they want |
others to succeed. |
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Professional development – |
Grow |
your |
career, |
meet |
mentors and mentees, career |
prospects. |
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Help |
your |
partners |
and |
customers |
solve |
important |
problems. |
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Events |
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Capitalize |
on |
opportunities for continuous |
exposure |
to |
industry |
developments. |
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