Clear2there believes in the power of M2M technologies and their role in the burgeoning IoT trend. The company also has a very realistic view about the plethora of devices flooding the market, the dizzying array of standards competing for dominance and the kind of impact this is ultimately having on consumers.
Paula Bernier, executive editor at IoTevolutionworld, got a chance to sit down with Tom Shafron, CTO and managing member of Clear2there at the recent ITEXPO Miami 2015 event. Shafron discussed the state of the M2M market and what Clear2there is doing to try to cut through some of the confusion.
“There’s so many solutions, so many devices coming into the market, that consumers need somebody to guide them,” said Shafron. “To put a solution together that will work together, that won’t have issues, from all these different manufacturers.”
Regional service providers are considered the technology experts in many communities and that is why Clear2there partners with them to deliver its M2M technologies. The company focuses on many customer markets, including the smart home sector. Shafron said service providers are in an ideal position to deliver solutions to this market and figure out issues like interoperability that may be frustrating for end users.
“One of the benefits of integrating with service providers is that we can put our servers on their networks, which gives us a last-mile connection to a customer,” he added. Partnerships also let Clear2there offer high levels of service for bandwidth intensive applications like broadband and video services.
The company utilizes a hybrid cloud architecture comprised of hosted public cloud connectivity as well as service providers’ existing data centers and managed subscriber connections. Clear2there’s Viewbiquity open architecture platform is the backbone of its offerings, enabling creation and deployment of automation and M2M systems using JavaScript and HTML.
In addition to home automation, Clear2there works in the cloud video recording, point of sale, energy management, healthcare and business and farming end user markets.
Edited by
Maurice Nagle
