Insight | Empowering developers to help create and enhance our connected world
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In recent years we’ve seen traditional business models disrupted and innovative new products come onto the marketplace, making a host of businesses obsolete driven by companies exploiting mobile connectivity.
Companies like Amazon have revolutionised the way people around the world shop, with high streets struggling to cope with the proliferation of online shopping; and in less than 10 years, VOIP companies such as Skype have made fixed line telephones unnecessary, resulting in the cost of international calls for both businesses and consumers being driven down.
We have also seen how messages sent through mobile applications like WhatsApp have overtaken SMS messages worldwide in just five years and cannibalised SMS revenues generated by mobile network operators in the process. In the same time period, Dropbox and other cloud based services have given users access to their documents and photos anywhere in the world, on any device so long as it is connected to the internet. This has made the need for onsite servers for businesses redundant as emails and content are stored in the cloud too.
And it is this backdrop that represents an exciting opportunity for Inmarsat. Consumers and businesses are not only becoming more reliant on 24/7 connectivity, whether on land, at sea or in the air, but they are also taking advantage of innovative new connected products that enhance their productivity and lives.
We want to empower developers to create amazing products that work seamlessly with our networks and are staging a brand new Inmarsat Developer Conference in order to provide developers with an opportunity to learn about our new technologies and tools, as well as create new business opportunities and partnerships to make a truly connected world a reality.
Throughout the two and a half day conference, which takes place at our City Road headquarters in London from 20-22 January 2015, Inmarsat and technology enablers from our community will present the powerful tools and open technologies that developers can use to build innovative products.
On the first day of the conference we will discuss the open technologies that enable a wide range of developers to build both hardware and software solutions. You can find out how to build innovative products that take full advantage of the high speed connectivity offered by our Global Xpress network using open web APIs, and see what modules you can use to build hardware for our networks.
The second day of the conference will host a range of sessions focused on the technologies that can be used right now to build revolutionary products. Discover how you can start using Global Xpress APIs, design Global Xpress hardware, build M2M solutions, and set up dedicated bandwidth for your connected solutions. We will also be running a series of technical workshops where you can get hands on experience using tools and APIs to inspire you to build new products of your own.
After the second day you’ll understand what technologies are available to you and on the final day of the conference our business units will host their own sessions where they will present the biggest opportunities and market trends in their industries.
Find out from our Maritime, Enterprise, Aviation and Government teams how you can work with them to expand your business and build key partnerships.
The Inmarsat Developer Conference is an amazing learning and networking opportunity and I really look forward to seeing you in January.
For the past four years David Schoen has led the product innovation group within Inmarsat. Prior to joining Inmarsat he served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Technology at Iridium Communications Inc. where he was responsible for their Product Development programmes.
David has been extensively involved in the implementation of innovative technology for the mobile satellite industry for over 30 years. He holds a BS degree in Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
