Cours Lua: Make your own M2M application in demi hour, with lua

What’s M2M?

M2M == Machine-to-Machine [communications]
(The latest fashionable name for M2M is “IoT”, i.e. “Internet of Things”)
M2M is networking for embedded devices, with some twists:
• Hardware is disseminated over vast areas
• Access primarily happens through GSM / CDMA / 3G networks
• There’s no skilled operator / maintainer on site
• Fleets are often large and heterogeneous

About Sierra Wireless

We design and build M2M modems
Our customers build solutions with them
We want more solutions, built faster and for cheaper

We design and build M2M modems

Our customers build solutions with them:
About Sierra Wireless
• Energy (windmill, solar panels)
• Dispensers: ATM, vending machines, charging stations
• Specialized engines: compressors, water plants, coffee machines
• Mobile assets: vehicle fleets, shipping containers
• Utility meters
We want more solutions, built faster and for cheaper

About Sierra Wireless

We want more solutions, built faster and for cheaper
• A solution involves:
• Embedded hardware
• Embedded Software
• IP Networking
• Wireless networking
• Radio issues
• Protocols
• Back-end server software
• Database
• Front-end server software
• ERP integration
• Telecom operators integration

About Sierra Wireless

We want more solutions, built faster and for cheaper
• A solution involves [many domains].
• None of this is rocket science, but very few organizations are competent in all of these domains simultaneously.
Billions of M2M devices are forecast in the next decade
• That’s quite a bubble
• It cannot be only manned by embedded specialists.
The market will belong to those who enable generalist developers.

About Sierra Wireless

We want more solutions, built faster and for cheaper
• A solution involves [many domains] […]
• The market will belong to those who enable generalist developers.

Sierra Wireless provides:
• Embedded hardware
• SIM / Subscription / Airtime billing management
• Embedded SDK (in Lua): API, runtime, IDE
• Back-end servers
• REST access to servers
• Generic UI, designed for large fleet management..