White Papers
Harbor Research offers a variety of white papers which cover a range of topics within the world of M2M and Smart Services. All papers can be downloaded free of charge.
The Internet of Things Meets The Internet of People
Apple, Google, P&G and FaceBook have forced the pace of development in networked computing, catching larger rivals off-balance and threatening to effect fundamental shifts in technology markets. Their strategies reflect the increasing importance of large-scale collaboration and alliances in creating new opportunities. Alliances and collaborative systems are hardly new but as social networks converge with intelligent sensors, devices and assets radical new modes of value creation are emerging. Only those who grasp the new rules of smart systems and collaborative market creation can win key positions.
Smart Services Strategies 
The Internet of Things Meets The Internet of People (563 KB)
The new world of Smart Services is one in which every networked product turns its manufacturer and in many cases others along the value chain into a new kind of services business. Early adopters of pervasive computing and connected services are creating unprecedented barriers to competition.
Smart Services Strategies (353 KB)
Designing A Secure Future
After a decade of rampant growth, we see that the Internet’s inherent architecture has been both a blessing and a curse. It has evolved to become the fundamental platform for all intelligent devices to share information. The dilemma lies in the fact that the network of networks is still quite vulnerable to security issues and the information technology developers who we trust are working to resolve these challenges are still operating with outdated models that cannot serve the needs of a truly connected world. One company, Mocana, has developed a unique approach to networked device security that offers a proven foundation for the intense complexity of a global information economy.
After a decade of rampant growth, we see that the Internet’s inherent architecture has been both a blessing and a curse. It has evolved to become the fundamental platform for all intelligent devices to share information. The dilemma lies in the fact that the network of networks is still quite vulnerable to security issues and the information technology developers who we trust are working to resolve these challenges are still operating with outdated models that cannot serve the needs of a truly connected world. One company, Mocana, has developed a unique approach to networked device security that offers a proven foundation for the intense complexity of a global information economy.
Securing The Future (1311 KB)
Amid all the noise that seems to flow from the various discussions concerning the “universal" nature of wireless sensing, a new platform from DeepStream Technologies finally takes a “pervasive” approach to monitoring and control tools. DeepStream’s 3D Digital Sensing system enables product OEMs to add simple, unobtrusive remote monitoring to a broad range of ordinary commercial and household electrical devices and systems.
Information Is Power (467 KB)
Designing The Future of Information
Current computer science operates with models of information, networking, and databasing that were conceived in the mainframe era and cannot serve the needs of a truly connected world.
Designing The Future of Information (2035 KB)
Product Analytics & Intelligence
Early adopters of product analytic tools, particularly IT equipment and infrastructure providers, see its game changing impact. They believe product analytics will bend the traditional linear value chain into a “feedback loop” through which the heartbeats of connected products will continually flow back through the complex business alliances that create, deliver, and support those devices. As it evolves, “product intelligence” will amount to nothing less than a “digital nervous system” that completely automates most functions and processes.
Product Analytics (214 KB)
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