The Future of Mobile and the Cloud

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1 The Future of Mobile and the Cloud in our Industry In lieu of paper evaluations for each session at the Winter Conference, all evaluations may now be taken digitally from your laptop, tablet or smartphone. Download the Winter Conference App at or go to to provide your feedback for each of the sessions you attend. For your safety, please note that emergency exits are located to the left or right of this room.

2 Presenters Gordon Whitten Executive Chairman, WOW Insites, LLC, Omaha, Nebraska Carey Gille Vice President Products, WOW Insites, LLC, Omaha, Nebraska Dixon Greenfield Technology Evangelist, WOW Insites, LLC, Omaha, Nebraska

3 Presentation Description Mobile and Cloud-based solutions are rapidly becoming the standard in many areas of our society. In our industry it is just a matter of time

4 Presentation Description It is easy to imagine mobile and cloud in every facet of our business for technicians, consultants, engineers and contractors.

5 Presentation Description The Time to Embrace it is NOW

6 Learning Outcomes How can Cloud technologies and Wireless Mobility help the Cabling Industry?? Are we being left behind?????

7 Learning Outcomes Whatcanbedonewithcloud. cloud. What can be done with Mobility. Understand the technological changes that are coming and why they matter. See practical solutions that can be adopted to leverage the power of mobile and cloud.

8 The Cloud First, what is the Cloud BIG DATA BIG COMPUTING SCALABILILI BIG

9 The Cloud Why is it important to everyone, and us. Supercomputing strength at your fingertips. Near instant access to every question s answer.

10 The Cloud Is it safe to say that anything we use or do in the cabling industry can be improved, updated or replaced? With virtually unlimited data and processing at your fingertips, what could you change?

11 Cloud Industry Trends Cloud computing allows a more efficient use of infrastructure and lowers operating costs. Source: TIA 2013 ICT Market Review and Forecast

12 The Cloud In 2012 Cloud computing rose 20.5% and will record a 16.3% increase compounded annually. Source: TIA 2013 ICT Market Review and Forecast

13 Cloud and Mobile Impact Us Today Economic Climate -GDP - Construction - Budgets - Foreign investments t Technological Advancements - Cloud computing - Intelligent / Converged Buildings - Fiber Channel over Ethernet Structured Cabling Influencers Government Initiatives - Developing infrastructure such as airports healthcare sector, education etc. - Huge IT investments Key Industries Growth - Telecom Sector Growth (Broadband, Internet, Mobile) -High Speed Networks (Video Security, Monitoring and Conferencing) - Data Center Networks Source: BSRIA 2012

14 Cloud Business Applications And use a variety of cloud business applications to meet their infrastructure needs including: Content Collaboration Monitoring Communications Finance Storage Databases

15 Lots Of Clouds Out There The services from these Clouds are vast and growing: Private Clouds owned, deployed and managed by the user. Managed Clouds owned by the customer but managed by a 3rd party hosting service such as Amazon and Secure Clouds such as Firehost. Public Clouds offered as Infrastructure-as-a-Service or Platform-as-a- Service, or Software-as-a-Service such as DropBox or Skydrive.

16 The Cloud Plus Mobile Where would we be if we couldn t Google it? How often do you map it? Or play Angry Birds and Ninja cut fruit into a million slices??? For Freeeeeeee!

17 The SMART Phone Revolution Mobility

18 Mobility To drive revenue for themselves carriers responded by supplying data over Cellular Systems. The fight is on and we all benefit from competition.

19 Mobility Smartphones weren t the only mobile revolution. Who doesn t use a laptop or tablet?

20 Mobility Or, will this be the slide to this presentation two years from now? Laptops????? Who doesn t use a Tablet?

21 Mobility Or will this be the slide to this presentation four years from now? Tablets????? Who doesn t use a holographic keyboard from their I-Phone 8s?

22 Mobility & Cloud Virtually unlimited data anywhere anytime for minimal costs. What about infrastructure cabling? Where do we fit?

23 Mobility & Cloud & Cabling The OSI model still holds. A physical layer must still be used. Will the infrastructure change?

24 Mobility & Cloud & Cabling POE (Power over Ethernet) For Network Engineers and Administrators i this is a HUGE deal! Radios still need access to a wired network and, more and more, a network that supplies power to that radio. While users are connecting wireless, other devices are finding their way onto the network. Security Systems, Telephony, Building Controls and even diode light banks (all fairly dependent on POE).

25 What Can Be Done l h fi i i Currently the rate of innovation in technology is unprecedented.

26 Imagine It! Other Industries Did Health: Healthbands BodyMedia LINK Armband Weight Management Fit Bit Wireless Activity and Sleep Wristband

27 Imagine It! Other Industries Did Media: Bluetooth Mobile Speakers A number of manufacturers including Bose, Jawbone, Logitech and Sony connect using Bluetooth to smartphones to stream personalized radio services such as Gracenote, iradio and Pandora from the cloud.

28 Imagine g It! Mobile Home Automation, Monitoring and Control All new security systems have mobile app home automation, t ti monitoring and control capabilities.

29 Imagine It! Other Industries Did Industry Cloud/Mobile Solutions Airline Food Service Automobile Connectivity Mobile Checkout Printers Mobile Medical Devices

30 Today s Process Challenges Legacy network testers have inherent limitations by their design. Legacy

31 Today s y Process Challenges g Today: Delayed and Lost Test Results. Tomorrow: Real Time Results at the Cloud!

32 Today s Process Challenges Today: Big, Expensive Equipment. Tomorrow: Initiate Tests from your Phone!

33 Today s y Process Challenges g Today: No Project Visibility / Tomorrow: Just Log in!

34 Today s y Process Challenges g Today: Managing Personnel without Data. Tomorrow: Real-Time Productivity Analytics!

35 Today s y Process Challenges g Today: Scribbles On Paper. Tomorrow: Electronic Floor Plans & Notes!

36 Today s Process Challenges Today: Retention Is A Challenge! Tomorrow: Shared Client Access to Floor Plans, Test Results, Projects!

37 The Underlying Technology For testing and troubleshooting new cabling installations i Mobile Cloud Testers provide: A multi-frequency trace tone generator for cable identification. A TDR for cable length and distance to fault. A pin-by-pin color wire-map to detect crossovers, split pairs, shorts, and opens. Certification measurements for return loss and delay skew by pair.

38 The Underlying Technology For active network troubleshooting Mobile Cloud Testers offer the latest testing features including: 10/100/1000 Mb/s bandwidth connection speeds. Full and Half Duplex testing through network switches. Network Ping and Traceroute. Access DHCPto return or assign IP addresses. IPv4/IPv6 and PoE/PoE+ voltage.

39 Other Coming Trends Imagine Every Kind of Testing Device Being Cloud Connected? OTDRs Air Flow Meters RF Power Meters Spectrum Analyzers Digital Multimeters Electrical Receptacle Testers Bluetooth and WLAN Testers Grounding and Bonding Testers

40 Facilities Management Possibilities Testing and documentation possibilities for: Electrical systems. Fire suppression and barrier systems. Low voltage lighting systems. HVAC systems. Material handling systems. Sound and multi-media systems.

41 Improve The Way You Work How similar technology solutions can forever improve the way you work. Real time results Project Visibility Global access Secure storage Increased Profits Greater Customer Retention Save cost, labor and time

42 Summary Powerful Mobile Cloud Technology is radically changing the way we perform network testing; revolutionizing project management, security and information sharing while significantly improving customer retention and profitability. =

43 Summary Embrace Cloud and Mobile solutions. Innovate your business and look for new opportunities with this explosive technology.

44 Summary Are you ready?

45 Questions & Answers

46 Thank You Gordon Whitten Carey Gille Dixon Greenfield WOW INSITES, LLC W. Center Road, Suite 80, Omaha, NE

47 The Future of Mobile and the Cloud in our Industry In lieu of paper evaluations for each session at the Winter Conference, all evaluations may now be taken digitally from your laptop, tablet or smartphone. Download the Winter Conference App at or go to to provide your feedback for each of the sessions you attend.