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Inmarsat launches open
technology strategy
20 January 2015 Open technology platforms have revolutionised the technology industry, increasing levels of innovation and opening up new opportunities for developers and businesses alike. As part of the development of the next generation of the global mobile satellite technology and applications, Inmarsat will harness this culture of innovation by opening up its platforms to developers to encourage new ideas that will change the way satellite communications are implemented on land, at sea and in the air.
The new open technology
strategy, to be announced
today at the first
Inmarsat Developer
Conference
(IDC), will give the growing
Developer Community the
freedom to utilise Inmarsat
technologies to develop
innovative and bespoke
applications.
During the three-day event,
over 300 software, hardware
and application developers
will have the opportunity to
hear about Inmarsat’s
strategy – both long term
and for the coming year – as
well as meet other
companies, developers and
organisations from across
the world that are already
using Inmarsat’s
infrastructure to develop
innovative business
solutions. Delegates will
also learn how to become an
Inmarsat developer through
the Certified Application
Partner programme.
Ian Kennedy of Cisco, a key
strategic partner of
Inmarsat, will deliver the
keynote speech on
“disruptive innovation in a
hyper-connected future”. In
his speech Ian will describe
a vision of a
hyper-connected 2020, a
future where
sensors
and actuators are clustered
and organised as systems
that change the way we live
and work.
Inmarsat’s verticals –
Maritime, Enterprise,
Aviation and Government –
will feature heavily during
the event, with experts from
across each product market
area highlighting the
biggest growth areas for
satellite communications
within each specialist
sector, helping developers
to pinpoint the best ways to
utilise Inmarsat’s open
technologies.
Michele Franci, Chief
Technology Officer,
Inmarsat, said: “We
recognise the constant need
for people and things to be
connected regardless of time
or location. We have been
providing global mobile
connectivity for decades and
want to leverage this
position to facilitate the
development of new
applications, enhancing the
way in which people interact
with our technologies. Our
new open technology
approach, based on building
blocks made easily
available, will allow both
new and existing partners to
take advantage of our
cutting edge technology,
particularly Global Xpress,
as a platform on which to
build bespoke applications
in new areas. This is the
first IDC we are holding and
I personally look forward to
welcoming new developers
into our already impressive
community.”
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