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<p>Prior to breaking for the Memorial Day holiday, pioneers in the emerging geoweb industry met in Brooklyn, NY for the most recent <a class="offsite" href="http://geowebsummit.com/">GeoWeb Summit</a>.&nbsp; This semi-annual forum serves as a platform for experts from the digital world to meet and discuss recent industry trends.&nbsp; Summit # 8 focused largely on the impact of the <a href="http://www.interdigital.com/iot">Internet of Things</a> (IoT).</p>
<p>On Day 2 of the summit, InterDigital&rsquo;s Vice President of InterDigital Labs, Narayan Menon, gave a Keynote focusing on the next generation of <a href="http://www.interdigital.com/iot">IoT</a>.&nbsp; Narayan discussed some of the challenges facing today&rsquo;s M2M ecosystem, including device diversity and network scale due to vertical solutions.&nbsp; He explains that the next generation of IoT is all about horizontal platforms that enable scale and a rich landscape of applications that can support interoperability between the diverse devices, applications and networks in the market today.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;re interested in learning more about the next evolution of IoT, slides from Narayan&rsquo;s presentation can be found <a href="../../../presentations/2014_06_10_iot_geoweb_forum_may_2014__2_">here</a>.</p>
<p>Learn more about the Internet of Things by searching for IoT or M2M at the <a href="../../../">InterDigital Vault</a>.</p>
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