Big Apps, Big Data, and Why 
"Connected Things" are not the IoT 
Brian Mulloy 
@landlessness 
September 25, 2014
Today’s speaker 
Brian Mulloy 
Apigee
Apigee social channels 
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YouTube 
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Slideshare 
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Tire Sensor and Smartphone 
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Tire Sensor and Air Compressor 
AIR 
$1 
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Laptop, Glasses, Smartwatch and Smartphone 
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Laptop, Glasses, Smartwatch and Smartphone 
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Unconnected versus 
Hyper-connected? 
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Or Something Deeper? 
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What are the dumb questions? 
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What's the diameter of the Internet of 
Things? 
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How do we make it smaller? 
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How the diameter of the social web gets smaller 
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APIs + Delegated Auth 
= 
Recombinant Devices
From Connected Things to IoT 
AIR 
$1 
AIR 
$ 
1 
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Metcalfe’s Law 
Value = O(n2)
Developers are the key 
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User Developer 
Device 
APIs 
IoT 
apps 
API team Backend
Connected	Cars	 
Wearables	 
Internet	Of	Things	 
Tablets	 
Smartphones	 
PCs		 
Connected	TVs	 
20,000,000	 
18,000,000	 
16,000,000	 
14,000,000	 
12,000,000	 
10,000,000	 
8,000,000	 
6,000,000	 
4,000,000	 
2,000,000	 
0	 
2004	 2005	 2006	 2007	 2008	 2009	 2010	 2011	 2012	 2013	 2014E	 2015E	 2016E	 2017E	 2018E	 
Number	Of	Devices	In	Use	Globally	(In	Thousands)	 
Source:	BI	Intelligence	Es mates	 
The	Internet	Of	Everything
Too many devices, too few developers 
Connected devices Software developers 
• 2013: 6 billion 
• 2018: 20 billion 
• 333% increase 
Source: Business Insider Intelligence - The 
Internet Of Everything: 2014 
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• 2013: 18 million 
• 2019: 26 million 
• 45% increase 
Source: Evans Data Corporation - Global 
Developer Population and Demographic Study 
2013
MISSING: 
34 million software developers 
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IoT systems are a complex combination of 
web, app and embedded systems
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Things language 
Internet languages
The promise: everything is connected
The reality: unnerving
Today: 
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• Multiple experiences 
• Multiple apps 
• Multiple developers 
• Multiple devices
Things go from bad … 
app app app app
… to worse 
cloud 
app app app app app app app 
72 
7722 
app
Tomorrow: 
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• One experience 
• One big app 
• One ecosystem 
• Multiple devices
Multiple devices 
app app app app app app 
app 
72
One experience 
app app app app app app 
app 
72 
One Experience
One big app 
app app app app app app 
app 
72 
One experience 
One big app
(Powered by APIs) 
app app app app app app 
app 
72 
One experience 
One big app 
(Powered by APIs)
Nike insight on IoT
From Nike FuelBand… 
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Exclusive: Nike fires majority of 
FuelBand team, will stop making 
wearable hardware 
“Nike is gearing up to shutter its wearable hardware 
efforts, and the sportswear company this week fired 
the majority of the team responsible for the 
development of its FuelBand fitness tracker” 
-CNET 
April 18, 2014
…To Nike Fuel Lab 
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FIRST LOOK AT THE NIKE+ FUEL 
LAB IN SAN FRANCISCO 
“Today, Nike opens its Nike+ Fuel Lab in San 
Francisco, a collaborative work and testing space in 
the city's SOMA neighborhood designed for selected 
partner companies to develop products that 
integrate the NikeFuel system for tracking and 
measuring activity. 
Nike plans to publish the Nike+ API, making it 
available to any developer who has a relevant product 
idea using the NikeFuel currency.” 
-Fast Company 
April 10, 2014
Nike’s ecosystem 
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Fuel Lab 
developer 
Athlete 
Nike+ 
APIs 
New 
hardware 
apps 
Nike 
API team 
Nike+ 
systems
Nike triumphantly 
enters the IoT 
ecosystem 
Photo credit: 
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APIs 
Big apps Big data 
Adaptive 
platform 
Improve 
Connect 
Scale 
Learn
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Today’s speaker 
Brian Mulloy 
Apigee
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Sept. 25, 2014 
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Brian Mulloy 
@landlessness

Big Apps, Big Data, and Why "Connected Things" are not the IoT

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    Big Apps, BigData, and Why "Connected Things" are not the IoT Brian Mulloy @landlessness September 25, 2014
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    Apigee social channels © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 3 YouTube http://youtube.com/apigee Slideshare http://slideshare.com/apigee
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    Tire Sensor andSmartphone © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 4
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    Tire Sensor andAir Compressor AIR $1 © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 5
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    Laptop, Glasses, Smartwatchand Smartphone © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved
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    Laptop, Glasses, Smartwatchand Smartphone © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved
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    What are thedumb questions? © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 10
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    What's the diameterof the Internet of Things? 11
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    How do wemake it smaller? 13
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    How the diameterof the social web gets smaller © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 14
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    APIs + DelegatedAuth = Recombinant Devices
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    From Connected Thingsto IoT AIR $1 AIR $ 1 © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 16
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    Developers are thekey 18 User Developer Device APIs IoT apps API team Backend
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    Connected Cars Wearables Internet Of Things Tablets Smartphones PCs Connected TVs 20,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E Number Of Devices In Use Globally (In Thousands) Source: BI Intelligence Es mates The Internet Of Everything
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    Too many devices,too few developers Connected devices Software developers • 2013: 6 billion • 2018: 20 billion • 333% increase Source: Business Insider Intelligence - The Internet Of Everything: 2014 © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved • 2013: 18 million • 2019: 26 million • 45% increase Source: Evans Data Corporation - Global Developer Population and Demographic Study 2013
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    MISSING: 34 millionsoftware developers 21
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    IoT systems area complex combination of web, app and embedded systems
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    23 Things language Internet languages
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    Today: 26 •Multiple experiences • Multiple apps • Multiple developers • Multiple devices
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    Things go frombad … app app app app
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    … to worse cloud app app app app app app app 72 7722 app
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    Tomorrow: 29 •One experience • One big app • One ecosystem • Multiple devices
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    Multiple devices appapp app app app app app 72
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    One experience appapp app app app app app 72 One Experience
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    One big app app app app app app app app 72 One experience One big app
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    (Powered by APIs) app app app app app app app 72 One experience One big app (Powered by APIs)
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    From Nike FuelBand… © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 35 Exclusive: Nike fires majority of FuelBand team, will stop making wearable hardware “Nike is gearing up to shutter its wearable hardware efforts, and the sportswear company this week fired the majority of the team responsible for the development of its FuelBand fitness tracker” -CNET April 18, 2014
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    …To Nike FuelLab © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 36 FIRST LOOK AT THE NIKE+ FUEL LAB IN SAN FRANCISCO “Today, Nike opens its Nike+ Fuel Lab in San Francisco, a collaborative work and testing space in the city's SOMA neighborhood designed for selected partner companies to develop products that integrate the NikeFuel system for tracking and measuring activity. Nike plans to publish the Nike+ API, making it available to any developer who has a relevant product idea using the NikeFuel currency.” -Fast Company April 10, 2014
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    Nike’s ecosystem ©2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 37 Fuel Lab developer Athlete Nike+ APIs New hardware apps Nike API team Nike+ systems
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    Nike triumphantly entersthe IoT ecosystem Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/xerones/4102033601
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    APIs Big appsBig data Adaptive platform Improve Connect Scale Learn
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    © 2014 ApigeeConfidential – All Rights Reserved Check out: http://www.zettajs.org/ Follow on Twitter: @zettajs Check out: http://www.zettajs.org/ Follow on Twitter: @zettajs
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    Join: IoT Craft Join: Google Group IoT Craft Google Group © 2014 Apigee Confidential – All Rights Reserved 41
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    Thank you Sept.25, 2014 Please Follow @zettajs Brian Mulloy @landlessness

Editor's Notes

  • #21 Today: 333 devices per developer Tomorrow: 769 devices per developer We need 60 million but we’ll have 26 We are short by 34 million
  • #24 C (17.6), Objective-C (12.9), C++ (6.1): 36.6 That leaves 63.4%