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Some IoT / M2M links from last week. 1. New Eclipse Project Proposal: Krikkit. Project proposal from Cisco about making edge devices smarter about IoT data. 2. New SmartHome Consortium including ABB, Bosch, Cisco and LG These companies should really look at Eclipse SmartHome. It would appear to help solve...

With the adoption of Git and Gerrit, and the implementation of the new Contributor License Agreements (CLA) as part of our social coding efforts, contributing to Eclipse projects has never been easier. While it is easier, there are still important requirements that need to be met.. We’ve implemented some extensions...

Weekly links from the IoT and M2M industry. 1. Good article on ‘ Why open hardware matters’ Interesting to see Arduino and BeagleBone collaborating. Lots of people think Raspberry Pi is open hardware but in reality it is just really accessible hardware. It also seems like the Raspberry Pi has...

At the beginning of October 2013, I delivered a draft of the next revision of the Eclipse Development Process to the Eclipse Architecture Council for their review and approval. The “delivery” was actually pretty uneventful as the council has been actively involved in the construction of this draft for several...

EclipseCon Europe starts is less than 2 weeks! As I am spending a lot my time on M2M and IoT I am really looking forward to the great line-up of M2M sessions. If you are interested in Eclipse M2M then it is definitely worth your time to attend. Bringing M2M...

Interesting links from the M2M and IoT world. IoT meets the Cloud – OpenIoT OpenIoT is a EU funded project to research IoT and the cloud. Not really sure what to make of it but something to watch. Comparing Protocols Another article comparing IoT protocols. Unfortunately it is missing CoAP...

What does it mean to be an interested party in an Eclipse project proposal? For an interesting party, come to EclipseCon Europe 2013! (Photo courtesy of Anne Jacko.) Interest. Really, that’s it. There is no implication beyond “I’m interested in this project and will watch its development”. It does not...

I noticed on PlanetEclipse the first release of LiClipe from Fabio Zadrozny. If I am not mistaken this is the first Eclipse product funded by crowdfunding. It looks like Fabio raised just over $30K on Indigogo to fund the initial development. Congrats to Fabio for being the first to get...

Interesting links from the M2M and IoT industry. 1. Introducing Intel Galileo – Intel for Arduino Not terribly surprising to see Intel getting closer to the open hardware community. Open hardware is driving a lot in M2M and IoT 2. Top 10 Challenges of IoT Stefan Ferber from Bosch Innovations...

We are starting to gear up for EclipseCon 2014, so I thought it would be useful to provide an update on what we are planning for the 2014 event. First, we are going back to California. The last two years we were on the US east coast but it is...