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HyperCattodayannouncedthatitisjoiningtheIndustrialInternetConsortium.Thisbrings
togethertwoofthekeycollaborativebodiesthatareworkingtomaketheInternetofThings
(IoT)moreinteroperable.Inotherwords,tacklingtwokeyIoTchallenges:firstly,howtofind
relevantandtrustworthydatafromconnectedthingsandsecondlyhowtomakeiteasier
forthosethingstotalktoeachother.Solvingtheseinteroperabilitychallengeswillunlock
$trillionsinvalueworldwide.
HyperCatisfocusedonmakingdatafromaconnectedthingordevicediscoverable,
searchableandaddressable.TheHyperCatstandardisintentionallybriefandwillbe
accessibletoallencouragingwidescaleadoption.ItisfundedbytheUKgovernment,
throughInnovateUKandisalreadybackedbyover500majorinternationalbusinesses.
TheIndustrialInternetConsortiumwasfoundedinMarch2014tobringtogetherthe
organizationsandtechnologiesnecessarytoaccelerategrowthoftheIndustrialInternetby
identifying,assemblingandpromotingbestpractices.Membershipincludessmallandlarge
technologyinnovators,verticalmarketleaders,researchers,universitiesandgovernments.
JustinAnderson,HyperCatleadandCEOofFlexeyecommented,Thegreatestvaluefrom
theIoTwillcomewhenwecombinetheintelligencefrommultipledevicestocreatenewand
improvedservices.TheHyperCatstandard,togetherwiththeworkoftheIICandtheother
majorIoTcollaborativebodies,willgoalongwaytowardsdeliveringtherequired
interoperability.ArecentMcKinseyreportestimatedthatthisinteroperabilityisessentialto
unlock40%ofthe$11trillionpotentialvalueoftheIoT.
StephenMellor,CTOofthetheIndustrialInternetConsortiumadded,Iamdelightedto
welcomeHyperCatasthelatestmemberofIndustrialInternetConsortiumandIlookforward
toseeingthestandardinactionincollaborationwithourtestbedsponsors.HyperCatisan
importantstandardthatenablesinteroperability,whichofcoursealignsperfectlywiththe
aimsoftheIICandsoisfullycomplementarytoourprogramme.
AboutHyperCat
HyperCatisaconsortiumandstandarddrivingsecureandinteroperableInternetofThings
(IoT)forIndustry.
TheHyperCatspecificationallowsInternetofThingsclientstodiscoverwhatdataanIoT
serverhasavailable.ItisbuiltonthesameWebstandardsthatarenowcommonforthat
interface,i.e.HTTPS,REST/HATEOAS,JSON.WithHyperCat,developerscanwriteapps
thatwillworkacrossmanyservers,whichhelpstobreakdownthewallsbetweentoday's
verticalsilos.
www.hypercat.io
AbouttheIndustrialInternetConsortium
TheIndustrialInternetConsortiumisanopenmembershiporganization,withover200
membersfrom26countries,formedtoacceleratethedevelopment,adoptionand
widespreaduseofinterconnectedmachinesanddevices,intelligentanalytics,andpeopleat
work.FoundedbyAT&T,Cisco,GeneralElectric,IBMandIntelinMarch2014,theIndustrial
InternetConsortiumcatalyzesandcoordinatestheprioritiesandenablingtechnologiesofthe
IndustrialInternet.TheIndustrialInternetConsortiumismanagedbytheObject
ManagementGroup(OMG).Visit
www.iiconsortium.org
.