[to] The four big giants are going into the local internet of things, how will they move?

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In the context of the IoT Tuyere, many companies are doing IoT related products. From the platform to the operating system, from the chip to the infrastructure, the number of people into the Bureau. Today, the inventory of the 4 Kejida are laying the internet of Things: Google, Microsoft, Huawei, China Mobile.

What exactly is the internet of things?

Before explaining what these companies have done, it is necessary to clarify what is the IoT system-the complete IoT system consists of three parts: Mobile portal, Cloud, and end.

Mobile Access: Mobile control terminal, such as mobile phone, tablet.

Cloud: Is the "Information medium" cloud, where data is further transmitted or processed.

End: A variety of objects connected into the terminal. Specifically, it does not refer to simple sensors. Because if the sensor can only collect data is meaningless, the end here refers to the access to the cloud-capable access.

Let's start with a simple example, such as the so-called intelligent air-conditioning that lowers the room temperature before the owner can return home:

Through the Internet and specific protocols, the Intelligent module (end) in the air conditioner can transmit the information detected by the temperature sensor to the cloud (cloud), the mobile phone (mobile portal) to obtain the information from the cloud and the instructions to start and lower the temperature of the air conditioner, so as to realize the comfort of coming home directly into the air-conditioned room.

In short, "end" through the Internet access to the cloud, mobile phones and other "mobile portal" to receive "cloud" data and through the "cloud" feedback to the "end", so as to achieve remote control.

giants are flocking to the Internet of Things

Based on this seemingly simple principle, major technology companies have invested enormous energy and resources:

1. google

In January 2014, Google bought a 3-year-old smart home start-up nest for $3.2 billion, while the latter acquired another smart home start-up revolv in October.

Subsequently, to "pave the ground" for its smart home products at the bottom system level, Google unveiled the IoT underlying operating system Brillo and the dedicated programming language weave at the just-concluded I/O conference. The former is a system based on Android but lower than Android, support WiFi, BLE (Bluetooth low power) and other Android protocols, can be run on 32MB or 64MB memory devices.

2. microsoft

At this year's Build conference, Microsoft launched a free Windows IoT system that opened up the cloud platform Windows Azure and the embedded micro-platform. NET Micro Framework, and announced. NET Framework development platform open Source.

Previously, the above three systems often require three different types of developers, not only the development cost is high, its upgrade and maintenance is not easy. Microsoft's move integrates three systems, enabling a programmer to complete three levels of project development at a time.

And for. NET Framework development platform open source means that Visual Studio is beginning to support the authoring of Android and iOS programs, Visual Studio (development environment) and. NET (development language) really starts to cross-platform.

3. Huawei

Huawei is doing an "end-of-the-box" operating system called Liteos, an operating system that is 10KB, open source, and can help small devices process information. It is also part of Huawei's Agile Network 3.0 initiative, which seeks to build a lightweight IoT system from software to hardware.

4. China Mobile

Unlike the top three systems, the largest mobile operator in China has made a cloud---onenet device cloud Platform and Internet of things.

One of the Onenet device cloud platforms is a more specific cloud. Its function is to bring some smart home, Smart car cloud into a larger cloud, namely "cloud cloud." At present, it also attracts a large number of enterprise-level customers.

The foreground geometry?

Google

First of all, Google's Brillo, although the system has not yet been formally launched, but due to good technology and developer base, Google and the use of its system of smart home equipment manufacturers can obtain a better competitive advantage-the more "close" to the hardware, the memory, security and so on more in-depth control.

"Brillo and Weave will address the issue of the standardization of the Internet of things," said Li Bei, CTO of the cloud-hardware company, in a media interview. "After years of development and accumulation, chips, embedded devices and sensors have gradually matured, fully meet the needs of the development of the Internet of things, but why did not develop it?" Lack of standardization. ”

Microsoft

For Microsoft, at the cloud level, its technology and overall layout is not lagging behind, but in the mobile phone as a representative of the movement of the entrance is a very early catch up late set.

However, Microsoft is trying to pass. NET Framework development platform to restore the downturn, support Android and iOS development and unified development tools and development language, it will be at a very small cost to regain the advantage of the Internet of things competition.

Huawei

Huawei's problem is not as simple as the current Liteos only supports Huawei HiSilicon CPUs and some of the co-manufacturers ' products, and does not guarantee seamless support for other vendor CPUs, nor does it provide appropriate technical support.

Previously, the intellectual thing (public number: zhidxcom) and the domestic intelligent hardware cloud services to the two teams to explore the Liteos. Their view is: For the user, Liteos does have its value, but does not solve the pain point problem, so if there are some advantages, but this benefit is not so big.

At the same time, it does not give a cloud-enabled solution, making it more responsible for the role of an underlying operating system.

Move

China Mobile's onenet cloud platform is even more difficult to forecast. On the one hand, it can be convenient for enterprises in its large "cloud" to establish their own small "cloud", on the other hand, from the actions of its partners to date "little wool", landed or have problems.

Google, Microsoft, Huawei, China Mobile, we took stock of the 4 technology giants of the IoT layout, their backgrounds, different strategies, the outlook is different. But the same is, the internet of things as a smart home, such as the cornerstone of the future development of the web, its potential has been recognized, the industry's various players have introduced their own solutions.

But who can walk farthest to climb the highest, still have to be in a race to see.

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