A World of Connected Fleets - M2M meets the API Economy (Service Delivery Innovation Summit, London,...

A World of Connected FleetsM2M meets the API Economy

Toralf Richter

@ToralfRichter :: tomtom.com/telematics2

Part 1The API Economy

16 Sept 2014


Platforms at Large :: Software Is Eating the World …

Digitally Transform or Perish

SaaS and Platforms

APIs Are the Teeth

Digital Transformation, Software as a Service, and the API Economy

16 Sept 2014


The API Economy :: It’s Like Sailing Good Hope

Openness & Best-of-Breed

Creativity & Reuse

New Paradigms, Some Already Visible Progress, and Lot’s of Adventures Ahead

16 Sept 2014


High-Level View :: The Magnitude of the Transformation

Taxis vs. Uber

Machine breakers did not stop industrialization either

Fierce Reactions Betray That Some Changes May Be Quite Fundamental

16 Sept 2014


Part 2Platform Strategy and API Portfolio for a World of Connected

Fleets

16 Sept 2014


Connecting Fleets :: The WEBFLEET® PlatformFleet Management for Operational and Non-Operational Fleets

• in-vehicle hardware

• 2 data centers, in-house engineering

• 15+ major mobile carriers

• sales: 25+ countries, active: 60+

• top 3 of fleet telematics (ABI)

• the .connect product family of APIs and developer toolkits

• developer program (DCPP) & 3rd party portfolio (AppCenter)

Details

> 30,000

customersunits online

> 400,000

> 1.5 million

hours driven

> 65 million

km driven

> 11.5 millionliter fuel

> 500 million

positions

A Business Day in WEBFLEET (July 2014)

16 Sept 2014


WEBFLEET.connect :: The Fleet Management APIThe Starting Point - Connecting Fleets with Custom Systems and Partner Applications

• Base Product: WEBFLEET® SaaS

• Introduced: 2004

• Monetization: Indirect

• Type: Web API (ReSTish and SOAP protocol flavors)

• Productized: yes

• Circulation: Public (documentation, examples) with Access Control (API key and credentials required)

• Eco-System: mid-size (between LSUD and SSKD)

• Audience: business integration, mobile app and web developers (external and internal)

• Use Cases: Route Optimization, ERP and SCM, job dispatch / workflow; TomTom Telematics Mobile Apps; special purpose FMS web appsAnd many more …

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LINK.connect :: Taking the Platform into the VehicleEnabling End-to-End Integration Between Back-Office and Vehicles

• Base Product: TomTom LINK black box


• Eco-System: small to mid-size

• Circulation: Public (documentation, examples), In-vehicle Bluetooth® interface has access control (pairing PIN, device identification)

• Use Cases: in-vehicle sensors (temperature, tire pressure, light, movement, …), inputs ( barcode / RFID, driver ID), outputs (printers), equipment control (salt dispensers, …)

• Monetization: direct & indirect

• Type: Bluetooth interface (SPP)

• Audience: IHVs, SIs, solution providers

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WEBFLEET®

TomTom LINK100

OBD.connect :: 3rd Parties Create the End ProductA Platform Approach to Entering the Non-Operational Fleet Market

OBD.connect SDK

End Product

Customer Specific App

Recorded Data

RT Data & Status

Configuration & SW Updates

Recorded Data

Configuration & SW Updates

Platform

API

Specialized API

Customer or 3rd

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• Base Product: LINK 100• Monetization: indirect• Type: SDK (Smartphone)• Audience: mobile developers• Introduced: 2014• Productized: yes• Circulation: semi-public • Eco-System: small (emerging)

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PRO.connect :: Customizable Driver Terminals

• Android-based open device platform concept, restricted to TomTom Telematics application distribution (made for business, not for play)

• the SDK combines TomTom Telematics fleet management functionality and general TomTom navigation and map access

• Scenarios are standalone apps (on-device and using) and applications that combine on-device functionality with WEBFLEET or 3rd party APIs

• Use cases: Daily Vehicle Checks / Duty of Care (UK), barcode, digital signature capture

Deploy and Run Custom Fleet Management Apps with the New PRO8 Series

• Base Product: PRO 8 series

• Introduced: 2014 (just ending beta)

• Monetization: indirect and direct

• Type: SDK (Android based)

• Audience: mobile developers


• Exposure: public

• Eco-System: small (emerging)

• Circulation: public (with identification)

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Questions?

Toralf Richter

Senior Manager Engineering

tomtom.com/telematics

[email protected]

@ToralfRichter

http://www.linkedin.com/in/toralfrichter dutchopenhackathon.com

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