AT&T announced the commercial availability of the M2X Data Service, its first Internet of Things (IoT) managed service for developers, as well as new design tools aimed at making it easier for Enterprise Developers to create new IoT solutions. Enterprise customers can now purchase commercial plans for the M2X Data Service, a carrier-grade cloud-based data store that makes it easier to collect, analyze, and share time-series data from connected devices.
Announcing this at the 2015 AT&T Developer Summit, AT&T said that the new set of tools aim to further simplify IoT solution development and support the growing ecosystem of companies embracing the M2X Data Service. Since its launch last year in beta, a number of companies have begun integrating and using the M2X Data Service, including Emerson, Rockwell Automation, Ericsson, WiPro, and Numerex.
Rockwell Automation, for example, is collaborating with AT&T to deliver cellular solutions that help Rockwell Automation customers to securely collect, manage and take action on data from industrial equipment located in plants and remote sites around the globe. At the same time, the Ericsson Service Innovation Framework is now integrated with the M2X Data Service and both companies are working on future integration between Ericsson’s VEN (Virtualized Enterprise Network) solution and AT&T’s next generation of IoT Services. Samsung, meanwhile, is partnering AT&T to create a TiZen device library for the M2X Data Service so that developers can easily store and use time-series data collected from applications on the Samsung Gear S Watch and other TiZen based wearables.
Joe Bossalini, an AT&T product development engineer and one of the designated mentors at the event
You can really see the value of AT&T Flow Designer in a development sprint like the Hackathon. We had developers coming in with almost no IoT development experience and walking out 48 hours later with polished prototypes.
Mike Troiano, vice president, Industrial Internet of Things, AT&T Mobility
In the Industrial IoT world, connecting devices and machines to the Internet only has value if you can effectively store, analyze and leverage the data that’s being transmitted. Our M2X Data Service allows businesses of all sizes to manage and better utilize the data they collect from connected devices.
