The patent was granted for a key technology innovation in the Halosys platform that enables users to be notified across web, SMS, email and in-app push notifications based on events matching a pre-configured set of filters including the user’s location, time of day, along with the data from the event’s object graph.

According to the company, this patent has far-reaching implications beyond web and mobile, to automated systems that can trigger responses based on events in enterprise systems like ERP, CRM, enabling more intelligent and automated apps and bots applications to be deployed for digital business innovation.

Halosys is a Unified Enterprise Mobility Platform that enables enterprises to build, secure, deploy and manage a portfolio of mobile business applications, leveraging existing enterprise systems and data, from a single mobility technology platform. Halosys is also built to emerging IoT standards.

Sonata acquired Halosys headquartered in California in August 2015 and has increased its investment in developing the Halosys platform to be an enterprise mobility platform.

Speaking on the patent grant, Sriram Chavali, lead inventor of the patent and co-founder, Halosys said, “This patent and the innovative technology behind the Halosys platform clearly marks the thought leadership of Halosys and Sonata in the enterprise mobility space. We are future-proofing our customers’ investment in our technology with valuable innovations that are ahead of the curve.”

Sonata uses Halosys and an extended portfolio of mobility solutions, to help leading global companies in the retail, manufacturing, distribution and travel segments, deploy scalable mobile and IoT-led digital transformation programs with a platform-based approach.

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According to the company, the platform would help organizations create new revenue streams and business models, and continuously innovate ahead of the market – at massive scale, while maximizing the value of their existing systems and processes.

“Many enterprise organizations struggle to turn data into valuable digital assets,” said Eric Barroca, CEO, Nuxeo.

“Nuxeo Platform LTS 2016 allows our customers to realize the full value of those digital assets, even if they are complex or scattered across the organization. As a result, Nuxeo enables organizations to transform to new business models, protect IP, or drive digital business growth. Thanks to a new Web UI, advanced DAM capabilities, unmatched performance, and many other new features, our customers can achieve incredible digital transformation success,” Barroca added.

Nuxeo Platform LTS 2016 claims to feature a user interface that is focused on user productivity and ease of use with a configurable search-based navigation, task-oriented UI, and user-centric workflows. The company claims that this new user interface allows more efficient workflows and puts search at the center of user actions. It enhances user productivity with direct access to previously visited documents, collections, easy browsing of search results, always-available instant search.

Furthermore, Nuxeo adds that the new UI, following the platform’s general technical paradigm, is fully customizable and built on strong technical foundations: Web Components with Polymer, modern Javascript and HTML5.

Designed for complex, evolving digital assets

In order to make digital transformations more dynamic and flexible, Nuxeo Platform LTS 2016 offers the following features:

• Automatic image recognition with Nuxeo Vision
• Preview of 3D assets
• Advanced transform operations on videos
• Automated PDF production to validate and embed them directly into workflows
• Collaboration beyond the organization with Instant Share

Embedding digital assets into existing systems and devices

Nuxeo holds that legacy ECM is about simply storing creatives, viewing content on mobile, and file collaboration. But content-centric applications must also enable employees to work from anywhere, in the applications where they are most productive and minimize disruptive rip-and-replace efforts, while maintaining high levels of security and compliance with native integrations.

The new platform is designed to provide deep integration with in-place IT systems and mobile devices:

• The Nuxeo iOS and Android mobile app provides access to all Nuxeo repository content on the go
• Connector to Salesforce.com
• Connector to Adobe CC
• Integration with Enterprise File Sync and Share -EFSS- systems (like Google Drive, Box and Dropbox)
• Improved bidirectional Desktop Sync of content

Provides a complete set of developer tools to continuously innovate

With business models in constant flux, the platform leverages different tools for its customers to test, develop, and deploy content-centric applications more quickly move businesses forward:

• Nuxeo Edge Cache removes the need to download the same file again and again at a given site when several users want to access the same content, making it a great addition to large cloud deployments or for customers with multiple remote sites. Organizations can reduce download time up to 95% and bandwidth consumption up to 90% while keeping digital assets safe at all times even when cached.
• 60 fully functional UI widgets, Web Components-based Nuxeo Elements, to quickly build modern and custom web applications
• Branch Management in Nuxeo Studio to handle multi-site complex projects customization by global teams
• Unified API for all client libraries

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Fueled by and built on Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform, the duo intend to build a distributed ledger platform prototype specifically designed to manage commercial transactions between merchants, logistic vendors, locker companies and consumers. They believe that this would help provide visibility across the fulfillment chain, allowing users to track their parcel and delivery status from the convenience of their phone. Also, it can help stakeholders to conduct shipping transactions in a highly secure and trusted environment.

“As a startup, we wanted a partner and mentor who would guide us through the journey of adopting blockchain and building with cloud, while also helping us to grow,” said Jarryl Hong, Co-Founder, FreshTurf.

“During the Design Thinking workshop, we had access to technical expertise, consulting and guidance through working with the IBM Bluemix Garage which allowed us to quickly build our concept. The IBM Bluemix Garage’s methods of Design Thinking, use of cloud and agile development practices served as the foundation of our startup.”

Bluemix Garages serve as a hub where developers, product managers and designers can come together to build on Bluemix. The Singapore Bluemix Garage is one of the latest in IBM’s global network, which also includes locations in San Francisco, London, Toronto, Nice and Tokyo.

“IBM is working closely with startups and larger enterprises alike to accelerate the design and development of blockchain applications,” said Alan Lim, Practice Lead, IBM Blockchain & Bluemix Garage, ASEAN.

“Blockchain represents a very exciting and vital part of IBM’s business. Organizations large and small have the potential to disrupt and fundamentally rewrite existing business models, processes and systems and emerge as leaders in their chosen industry.”

According to IBM, more than 120,000 apps are launched every month on Bluemix. Based in open standards, it features over 150 tools and services spanning categories of big data, mobile, cognitive computing, analytics, security, blockchain and Internet of Things.

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Bringing regional offices closer

The company claims that for any organization, controlling process variations is a major challenge, especially when the organizations with different regions, different products, customer types, business units and shared service clients. The New Zealand-based company states that PVM establishes standardized processes with controlled variations.

In simple words process variant is nothing but a specific activity sequence. Thus, with this software it becomes easy to own or remove process variations and improve transparency, compliance and control. Simplifying the management of process variations allows companies to save both time and money, while enabling them to control and improve customized services and activities across locations.

Ivan Seselj, CEO, Promapp said, “Managing process variations has always been a huge problem. “It is unnecessarily complex, costly, and inconsistent, particularly for companies which are multi-nationals, have numerous locations, or offer multiple core products or services.”

Promapp’s Business Process Management (BPM) tool claims to constantly improve the way teams provide value to their customers and treats business processes as a key knowledge asset of organization, similarly PVM is designed for use by everyday business teams. According to Promapp, creating a process variation is as simple as establishing the standard process, creating variations and making them available to the right people within organization. Promapp makes it easy to identify, calculate and report on the cost of both global and process specific variations.

Promapp clients who have been given pre-launch access to PVM are explaining it as a simplified module that combines similar processes into one. PVM has allows user to document complex processes then map the variations for the other project types.

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The company’s AIP embeds data and documents (digital information) on the asset. AIP installs the distributed data solutions that ranges from product specification and configuration, maintenance and use history, and intended use and compatibility, to process instructions or images. Tego claims that it gets installed within small or large ecosystems that provide employees with important operating data and makes sure the asset is connected to devices and systems.

Timothy Butler, CEO, Tego said, “TegoOS powers data and insights for the T in the IoT. It provides data connectivity to assets so businesses have the information they need to take the necessary actions to save money, keep users safe, and continue to build new revenue models.”

TegoOS powers the AIP, enabling user to easily and securely manage critical data directly on an asset through a wireless communication protocol. A cross-platform library supports all the major mobile and desktop operating systems, iOS, Android, Windows and OS X and integrates with enterprise applications.

TegoOS states that it greatly simplifies the process of storing, recalling and communicating the information embedded in a product, component or asset. TegoOS marks the origin of assets, its authenticity, lifecycle maintenance history to authorized users. Moreover, it provides encryption, compression, flexible and efficient file management. The company also claims that the process of storing data on a physical asset is a one push-button activity.

TegoOS includes:

• A comprehensive software library supporting Tego’s AIP functionality and extensibility, securely storing and retrieving structured or unstructured data directly on any asset through a wireless communications protocol
• A mobile application for AIP administrators and users with one common interface to RF gateway devices such as Motorola, ThingMagic, Intermec, Zebra, Impinj, TSL and LLRP gateways.
• Integration capabilities for cloud-based IoT and enterprise systems

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In an official Microsoft blog, Frank Weigel, Principal Director, Program Management, Microsoft stated that the company has been working on building a comprehensive hybrid integration platform that allows customers to seamlessly connect traditional on-premises systems and cloud-native applications.

Logic Apps forms an integral part of this strategy, and its general availability marks an important milestone for us in delivering against Microsoft’s Enterprise Application Integration vision.

How will Logic App help?

According to Microsoft, as businesses go through digital transformation and as applications, data and devices proliferate; agile enterprise integration forms the backbone of this journey, making it possible for companies to connect systems and optimize processes as they evolve.

With the launch of Logic Apps, the company claims that customers can seamlessly consume SaaS and enterprise applications, unlock value from their existing on-premises systems and enhance their integration solutions to make informed business decisions.

“Integration has traditionally been a complex and tedious process. Logic Apps makes it possible to complete projects faster and iterate more efficiently by offering a vast set of out-of-the-box connectors that can help you integrate SaaS applications like Office 365, Salesforce, Dynamics CRM and many more within minutes. With a new visual designer, you can now spend less time coding and more time composing workflows that help automate complex business processes,” said Weigel.

Microsoft states, by using Azure Logic apps, the users can:

• Unlock value from existing on-premises systems as modern enterprise IT is hybrid, relying on data across both on-premises and cloud can connect to any existing on-premises system directly through its on-premises data gateway, giving users the flexibility they need to choose the most relevant integration strategy for their business.
• Use enterprise messaging in the cloud as Microsoft recently shipped Enterprise Integration Pack Public Preview in Logic Apps, providing users the ability to work with trading partners across company firewalls easily and securely using standard enterprise messaging protocols. This aims to significantly reduce the challenges faced when transacting B2B workloads with partners.
• Move away from the building fragmented, costly integration solutions to a more holistic approach as Logic Apps takes existing Azure cloud offerings even further. With its set of connectors, users can expand their existing Azure Cloud solutions to gain actionable intelligence, automate processes, and make better informed business decisions.

“We make it easy to integrate Azure offerings such as Azure IoT Suite, Cortana Intelligence and services such as machine learning and cognitive services with Logic Apps. Imagine the possibilities of expanding this with additional business processes made possible through Logic Apps,” Weigel added.

The company also claims that it has given its customers the option to purchase Logic Apps as a standalone service or they can continue to use current pricing plans such as App Service or IoT Suite.

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The company is planning to hire talent spanning engineering, product development, operations, IT, professional services and technical support at its new establishment. The company has been using Ooyala Pulse in India, a premium ad-server, to manage and deliver video ad campaigns across its new mobile app and desktop experience.

“As a Chennai native familiar with the region’s business ecosystem, there is no question Ooyala represents a unique opportunity for top talent in the local tech community,” said Ooyala Chief Executive Officer Ramesh Srinivasan.

“TV is changing dramatically, with several mega-trends at play. Viewers are increasingly getting their news and entertainment from a greater variety of devices. Advertising is evolving to follow suit, and video production is being pushed toward the cloud. Ooyala is at the center of all this change. At Ooyala India, our employees will be empowered to directly impact the future development of this industry, our technology and customer success.”

Ooyala technology is also used by parent company, Telstra, to power its entertainment offerings throughout Australia which makes it both a customer and reseller of Ooyala technology. Apart from this, Ooyala claims to serve broadcasters and media companies such as Viacom18, ESPN, NBCUniversal, Sky Sports, RTL Group and The Weather Channel.

Ooyala claims that it helps clients monetize premium online videos using data-driven software, services, and helps build engaging and lucrative online TV and video experiences. Furthermore, it also provides media logistics, video publishing and distribution, and advertising, along with the corresponding analytics. According to Ooyala, this can help businesses continuously improve and personalize video experiences for their viewers, while maximizing the revenue opportunity for every video asset.

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Sales University, which develops sales training apps used by salesmen and enterprises was founded by former Microsoft engineering executives, and is headquartered in Seattle, US and Indore in India.

This comes as the first acquisition of the education platform after closing a $16 million Series-B funding led by GE Asset Management and Softbank Capital just a month ago. This demonstrated significant growth in EdCast knowledge network adoption at Fortune 500 companies.

“Besides innovative features like video role play and product training, Sales University provide access to some marquee influencers like Tom Hopkins and Ken Thoreson. Most importantly, they have the best mobile-first sales training app that we could find,” said Karl Mehta, founder of EdCast.

Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Sales University went ahead listing the feathers in its cap, claiming to have trained over 100,000 sales professionals through its platform. It counts Google and Samsung among its biggest clients in the US, besides Snapdeal in India.

Kalpit Jain, co-founder & CEO of Sales University, said:

“EdCast is leading the new category of Knowledge Network for enterprises across industry verticals and job functions. We are thrilled to be part of this fast growing market leader in an exciting space that can help the digital transformation of enterprises worldwide.”

According to Jain, the platform’s live role-playing and smart buy features would help it withstand the raging competition. The live role-playing feature brings in a mobile-first interaction for sales executives with a live audience where they get to practice their sales skills. This includes 30-second pitches to buyers and receiving immediate feedback.

Marking the beginning of this new journey, Mehta said, “Access to curated and personalized knowledge based on the roles and job function is the new competitive advantage in the rapidly changing knowledge economy.”

“Sales University is the leading innovator in the Sales training category and we are excited to have their platform, customers and team to join the EdCast Knowledge Network,” he added.

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What does it do?

Hosted MDM Basic provides simplified security and control of Android, iOS, and Windows devices. Using this platform, enterprises can configure and selectively manage mobile apps, content, and devices, automatically enforce policies, and retire mobile devices when they are lost or when an employee leaves the company. Distributed by Slovak Telekom, Hrvatski Telekom, and Cosmote, the service is added as a line item on the customer’s monthly phone bill.

Why the need?

According to Telekom Germany, modern companies want to give their employees access to corporate information, projects and applications, without having to accept compromises in terms of safety and without specifying a device type. Mobile Device Management (MDM) manages all devices in an application and saves the data on the cloud. The data is safe from unauthorized access at all times via the backup available even if a device is lost.

How does it help?

With MDM, businesses can distribute apps and files quickly and easily on mobile devices and centrally administer all mobile devices via a web-based portal. The company ensures data security by hosting in a highly secure data center in Germany and includes lock and wipe, encryption and password policy for additional security. It can easily be integrated into a company’s IT infrastructure through APIs for Android, iOS and Windows.

Barry Mainz, CEO, MobileIron, says, “Mobile technology gives us the ability to get data and act on it more quickly so organizations that are serious about using mobile technologies can dramatically increase their velocity. Our integration with Telekom Deutschland combines MobileIron’s industry-leading mobile security platform with Telekom Deutschland’s data trustee capabilities.

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ARTIK Cloud provides easy-to-use, open APIs and tools to securely collect, store, and act on any data from any connected device or cloud service. Using these APIs and tools, companies can quickly bring new IoT solutions and services to market. The idea is to offer companies a service that can be rolled out quickly in order to bring Internet of Things applications to market.

Explaining why ARTIK Cloud is an important milestone for Samsung, B.K. Yoon, CEO of Samsung Electronics said:

“As more and more consumer IoT devices are created and brought to market, the need for interoperability becomes paramount as it is the key to creating more compelling and integrated experiences. The need for an open cloud solution that can work with any connected device, and with other cloud services is critical for broader consumer adoption. The launch of ARTIK Cloud is extremely exciting because it promises to not only help Samsung connect our diverse portfolio of products, but also enable other companies to participate in a growing IoT ecosystem.”

Thales extending its security solutions to ARTIK cloud

The SAMSUNG ARTIK internet of things (IoT) platform is supported by Thales’s cryptographic solutions to provide cryptographic key generation, verification, signing and key management. This brings in hardware security technology to ensure the authenticity and validity of device firmware.

Peter Galvin, vice president of strategy, Thales e-Security says, “In the new world of connected everything, trust and security are critical to the interaction of devices, people and things. Securing personal data, preventing unauthorized access or ensuring the integrity of things – be it a smart watch, TV, medical device or personal fitness product requires sophisticated security controls.”

Thales has long been associated with Samsung for delivering cryptographic security at point of manufacture to mobile phones and televisions. Samsung is now banking on it to deliver the critical security infrastructure to score a secure IoT ecosystem.

Device and Data Interoperability

Companies taking to IoT face numerous hurdles like collecting data from a diverse set of devices using a variety of protocols; enabling legacy, new, and third-party devices and cloud services to interact with each other with minimal effort; managing data security and privacy; and so on.

The open SAMSUNG ARTIK platform provides all of the essential hardware and software building blocks to allow faster, simpler development of new enterprise, industrial and consumer applications. This allows developers to focus on their areas of expertise in designing new applications and services rather than having to build entire systems from the ground up, enabling a faster time-to-market.

Samsung used a cute personal assistant robot that it calls Otto to demonstrate its IoT platform. It is equipped with microphones and speakers so it can answer questions like “What’s the weather?,” plus it can be used to control various connected gadgets in your home like light switches and refrigerators. Developing a prototype like Otto indicates that the South Korean tech giant hopes to get a sturdy foothold in the blossoming IoT market.

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