In an effort to increase the pace of talent development in IoT skills, FAVORIOT’s Training Partner, MyDuino, conducted a 2-days Train-the-Trainer IoT Workshop for Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) on 3-4 November 2017.

APU and FAVORIOT have signed an MOA to build IoT talent and collaborate in R&D recently.  See photos of the Workshop below (credit to MyDuino.com)

You can contact our FAVORIOT IoT Training Partner, MyInvent (MyDuino.com) for FAVORIOT IoT Workshop. Telephone 03-5523 5321 or contact En. Mohamad Ariffin Zulkifli at 017-787 5232 if you require training at your Institution/University/College.

FAVORIOT offered a very affordable pricing plan as shown below:

The Beginner Plan is very suitable for University students who have been assigned or chose IoT project as their Final Year Project. A single device such as Raspberry Pi or Arduino that collects from several connected sensors can stream to the IoT platform. A simple dashboard is provided to visualize the measurements. This plan is also suitable for an individual developer or hobbyist that would like to familiarize with IoT platform, conduct self-learning or participate in IoT Hackathons. At RM 8.33 (or less than USD 2.00) per month, you can become the next Generation-IoT and on your way to be one of the rare talents in the job market today!

The Startup Plan is perfect for Freelancers or SMEs or Startups to provide IoT solution for a medium size project up to 150 devices. In fact, they can also create multiple projects or applications but limited to the total number of 150 devices.

The Business Plan is great for developing big commercial IoT project. It can support up to 300 devices for many smart applications. However, if a company requires connecting thousands of devices, they may contact/email their customised requirements to sales@favoriot.com

Kuala Lumpur (Oct. 30, 2017) – FAVORIOT and Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) exchanged the MOA documents in a simple ceremony at Prof. Ron Edwards, Vice Chancellor’s Office in APU New Campus.

The purpose of this Memorandum of Agreement is to set to:

• building industry capable talent for IoT industry
• supporting the collaborative research in industry relevance areas
• exploring research funds for R&D in the identified areas

Specifically, both parties will cooperate to develop

• APU curriculum development – introduce FAVORIOT’S IoT platform to APU’s IoT specialism students as a tool to demonstrate the usage of IoT.
• FAVORIOT’s IoT solutions – APU student community can be the testing ground for any FAVORIOT’s IoT solutions.
• APU can support in providing internship students to FAVORIOT if required and jointly work on providing industry related final year projects for APU students.

Dr. Mazlan said, “FAVORIOT is a leading IoT player in Malaysia and wishes to see the IoT eco-system grow faster to support Malaysia’s 4th Industrial Revolution mission. With our expertise, we will provide consultation on APU curriculum development and offer FAVORIOT IoT middleware platform to be used by APU staff and students for the projects. Although we have our own Smart Health solution for the Senior Citizen called favorwatch, we also wish to see more IoT talents that we called Generation-IoT to create more innovative IoT solutions”

FAVORIOT has unique expertise and experience in the following areas:

• Internet of Things Sensing as a Service to various sectors with the focus on Smart City and Smart Health
• Internet of Things Platform for various vertical solutions

APU has unique expertise and experience in the following areas:

• Build the talent pipeline by identifying high potentials and accelerate their growth
• Design, develop and execute courses based on new and innovative technology trends

You are likely benefitting from The Internet of Things (IoT) today, whether you’re familiar with the term. If your phone automatically connects to your home, or if you have a smartwatch counting your steps, congratulations! You have adopted one small piece of a very large IoT pie, even if you haven’t adopted the name yet.

IoT may sound like a business buzzword, but it’s a real technological revolution that will impact everything we do. It’s the next Internet Tsunami of new possibility that is destined to change the face of technology, as we know it.

IoT represents a massive wave of technical innovation. Highly valuable companies will be built and new ecosystems will emerge from bridging the offline world with the online into one gigantic new sensor network.  Our limited understanding of the possibilities hinders our ability to see future applications for any new technology. Mainstream adoption of desktop computers and the Internet didn’t take hold until they became affordable and usable. When that occurred, fantastic and creative innovation ensued. We are on the cusp of that tipping point with the Internet of Things.

IoT matters because it will create new industries, new companies, new jobs, and new economic growth. It will transform existing segments of our economy: retail, farming, industrial, logistics, cities, and the environment. It will turn your smartphone into the command center and gateway for both digital and physical objects in your life. You will live and work smarter, not harder – and what we are seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg.

A very important concept within IoT is the “last 100 meters connectivity” concept, which refers to the low-power wireless devices that operate in the short-range of 100 meters. These are the devices that represent the growth in IoT.  In fact, 90% of the market share will be in the small things that are in the short range of 50 m to 100 m. The “last 100 meters connectivity” presents a huge potential since today most of these devices are not yet connected to the Internet.

Due to the heterogeneous nature of IoT service i.e. sensors, connectivity, protocols, middleware, and analytics, how do we ensure we can provide a ubiquitous IoT solution?

You can register for the FORUM HERE.