Building Developer Communities for the Industrial IoT
Summary
Developer communities will be at the centre of enabling businesses and governments of all sizes to implement Industrial Internet of Things solutions. That’s what has gotten the home automation, wearables and other markets in such a mess today: the lack of interoperability is now a major obstacle to the IoT opportunity. After security, telecommunication industry association TMForum sees that partnership onboarding and customer experience are the biggest challenges for businesses when adopting IoT solutions. “It is at an exciting stage where the community is defining itself”, says Amanda Whaley, Director of Developer Experience at Cisco DevNet. “We are in the process of building a new DevNet lab that will have lights and a video feed so that developers can see that kind of instant feedback.
