Using OSGi to Connect Things with IoT Applications - Member Webinar

Anyone using OSGi for IoT or interested in learning more about how OSGi and specifically Gateways powered by OSGi can be used to deliver joined up IoT solutions should find the 30 minute Bosch Webinar on Aug 29, 2017 at 1pm CDT of interest.

Titled "Connecting things with IoT applications - How gateways can build the bridge", Bosch Software Innovations have lots of real world experience with many millions of OSGi based gateways out in the field supporting everyday solutions that users and customers just take for granted.

Attendees of the webinar will learn about the important role OSGi has in the delivery of these stable, evolvable and easily maintainable IoT gateway solutions. Furthermore you will gain an understanding of:

• The pros and cons of gateway- and non-gateway-based IoT solutions
• Benefits of using gateways as mediators between devices and IoT applications
• Real-world use cases for gateway-based IoT solutions
• The role of OSGi in connectivity projects

You can find out more and register to attend the live webinar or receive access to the post event recording by visiting the event website.

China Bound in March 2017 / 2017年3月中国事件记

中文发布稿 / Chinese version

The OSGi Alliance has a couple of exciting activities taking place in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in China at the end of March:

• CCSA Workshop (Attendance open to members only)
• OSGi Developer Outreach Event (Public attendance - open to all)

CCSA Hosts Workshop with OSGi Alliance - Guangzhou, China

The OSGi Alliance is honored to be invited to a workshop with the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) on Tuesday, 28 March, in China. The workshop is intended to explore how CCSA and the Alliance may be able to cooperate on their standards endeavors. This workshop is open to OSGi Alliance and CCSA members only.

The CCSA is a Chinese professional standards organization with the responsibility for developing communications technology standards. The organization was founded on 18 December 2002, by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The CCSA participates in standards development internationally. In 2004, it became an organizational partner of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and is an organizational partner of 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2. In 2011, it signed a collaboration agreement with the IEEE, and it is recognized by and participates in the standardization activities of the International Telecommunication Union. 

If you are an OSGi Alliance member and are interested in attending please contact us via email to secure a place,

OSGi Alliance Developer Event - Shenzhen, China

We are pleased to announce the first OSGi Alliance Developer event for China.  You are invited to join us for an evening of OSGi on Tuesday, 28 March, from 19:00-21:30 in Shenzhen, China. Whether you are an individual or part of a team in a large company, or whether you are new to the  technology or an experienced expert, we hope you can join us.  

Huawei to host the OSGi Alliance
Developer Event March 28.

OSGi Alliance Board Director Kai Hackbarth will formally open the event, followed by presentations and use cases from Huawei, Liferay and Bosch, covering topics ranging from OSGi and IoT and the IoT Expert Group, to developing with OSGi and Bndtools. 

The OSGi Alliance appreciates Huawei’s support in hosting the event at its R&D center in Shenzhen. We thank Huawei, Liferay, Bosch and the China OSGi Users’ Forum for arranging the event agenda and speakers. We extend our thanks also to the Shenzhen JUG for its support in promoting the event to the local development community.

Registration is essential and ID will be required to access the meeting. Full details of the event and how to register can be found at the event website.   Please note that the meeting will be conducted in Chinese.

If you have any questions, please contact the OSGi Alliance marketing team.

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3月底，OSGi联盟将在中国广州和深圳举办两场精彩活动：

• CCSA专题讨论会（仅限会员参与）
• OSGi联盟开发者会议（对所有人开放）

CCSA与OSGi联盟将在中国广州联合举办专题讨论会 － 中国，广州

OSGi联盟很荣幸能够参加中国通信标准化协会（CCSA）于3月28日星期二在中国举办的专题讨论会。此次专题讨论会将探讨CCSA与OSGi联盟如何在标准化工作方面进行合作。该会议只对OSGi联盟以及CCSA的会员开放。

CCSA是中国专业的标准化组织，致力于通信技术标准的研究工作。该组织由中国工业和信息化部于2002年12月18日建立。

CCSA也参与了国际标准开发工作。2004年，CCSA成为了3GPP和3GPP2的组织成员。2011年，CCSA加入并参与国际电信联盟开展的标准化活动。

欢迎对本次CCSA专题讨论会感兴趣的OSGi联盟会员，通过邮件联系我们报名参加讨论会。(OSGi Marketing)

OSGi开发者会议将在中国深圳举办

我们很高兴地宣布中国将举办第一届OSGi开发者会议。我们邀请您参加此次在中国深圳举办的OSGi联盟活动，时间为3月28日星期二晚上19:30-21:30。无论您是个人还是公司团队的一员，无论您是该技术领域的新手还是有经验的专家，我们都欢迎您的参加。

Huawei to host the OSGi Alliance
Developer Event March 28.

此次会议将由OSGi联盟董事Kai Hackbarth宣布会议开幕，接下来是由华为、Liferay和Bosch代

表发表演讲，演讲主题涵盖的范围包括OSGi、物联网、物联网专家组以及OSGi、Bndtools的发展。

OSGi联盟非常感谢华为为举办本次会议给予的大力支持，同时感谢华为、Liferay、Bosch和中国OSGi用户协会协助安排会议参与者和演讲者。我们还要感谢深圳Java用户组在当地发展社区宣传推广此次会议。

参加此次会议需要注册并提供相应ID。 可在该会议网站上查看此次会议的全部信息以及注册流程。(https://yoopay.cn/event/osgidevevent2017)  温馨提示：会议中的语言会用中文.

如果您有任何问题，请同OSGi联盟市场部联系。(OSGi Marketing)

OSGi at CeBIT 2017

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to be returning to CeBIT again this year between Monday March 20 to Friday March 24.

We will be showcasing the popular OSGi IoT Demo which uses a number of different OSGi open source projects, and commercial products from OSGi Alliance members (Bosch, Eclipse, Eurotech, imec, Makewave, Paremus and Skelmir) to manage and control the operation of LEGO^® trains. This really is a great example of the interoperability of the OSGi specifications and demonstration of how an IoT ecosystem can be created using OSGi technology.

You can find us on Stand C62 in the IoT / M2M Pavilion located in Hall 12 [Map].

Be sure to stop by and say hello . You will also be able to find out more about what we are doing in the demo and broader OSGi activities. You can also take the opportunity to interact with the sensors and RFID tags in the demo to see the affect they have on the LEGO^® trains running around the track.

A number of the OSGi IoT and Enterprise Expert Group members will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about OSGi and its use in IoT and also Enterprise and Cloud.  We would also be pleased to discuss with you about how you can get involved and contribute to new specifications and also join the OSGi Alliance.

IoT Expert Conference Keynote Presentation

Kai Hackbarth, from Bosch, an OSGi Alliance Board Member, will be making a keynote presentation on behalf of the OSGi Alliance on Thursday March 23 at 1.40pm.

 'How OSGi can help to build open IoT ecosystems ?"

IoT is already revolutionising our lives at home, in the car, at work and many other places. With predictions of 20+ billion devices and beyond the IoT impact has only just begun. To support this phenomenal growth and change whats needed is an open modular and service based platform that can support an evolving and dynamic ecosystem. We will look at how OSGi specifications make this a reality, and explore use cases that prove its deliverable today. Further details are available online.

Complimentary Tickets to CeBIT

If you would like to attend CeBIT, and (of course) come and see us or watch the OSGi Keynote we have some complimentary tickets available.  Please contact the OSGi marketing team to request your ticket.

Hope to see you in Hanover March 20 to 24.

OSGi and IoT in Berlin March 15-16

Interested in OSGi? Interested in IoT? Then read on.....

Bosch is holding two events in Berlin between March 15 to 16 this year and you can join them to find out more about their IoT activities and get involved with some of their OSGi IoT solutions in the Connected Manufacturing Hack Challenge.

Bosch ConnectedExperience 2017 featuring the IoT Hackathon and Connected Manufacturing Hack Challenge is taking place from 15 to 16 March with a pre-meeting from 18.30hrs on 14 March.

As one of over 500 developers attending the ConnectedExperience you will get the opportunity to take part in four IoT Hack Hhallenges (Connected Mobility, Connected Manufacturing, Connected Building & City and Open Hack Challenge). You can find more information about the event and how to register at http://bcw.bosch-si.com/berlin/hackathon.

Bosch ConnectedWorld 2017 conference is taking place from 15 to 16 March offering more than 150 speakers across 5 stages with a mixture of keynotes, break out sessions, demos and case studies. This is a business conference focused on IoT. You can find out more about the conference agenda and how to register at http://bcw.bosch-si.com/berlin/conference.

OSGi Alliance members should contact Kai Hackbath who can provide special access codes to secure you a free spot at the Hackathon or a discount for the conference ticket.

IoT Week Belgrade - May 31 - June 2, 2016

IoT Week Belgrade is taking place next week from May 31 to June 2 and we are pleased to be a partner of this event that has representatives from industry and academia from across the globe.

Kai Hackbath, from ProSyst / Bosch, and the Co-Chair of the OSGi Residential Expert Group, will be making a Keynote presentation on:

Is Industrial IoT a disruptive innovation in manufacturing?

The 3 day conference will cover IoT topics from a business and research perspective.  Key areas being discussed include:

• Smart cities
• Agriculture
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Privacy Protection

You can find further details and register for the conference at http://iot-week.eu.

OSGi IoT Developer Hack Challenge with Bosch

OSGi Alliance Strategic Member, Bosch, is organising a Hack Challenge for developers that will include the opportunity to experiment with OSGi technology to implement industrial IoT solutions for the Bosch Power Tool range of products.

The Hack Challenge is free to attend and participate and it will take place at the Bosch ConnectedExperience event which is being held at Café Moskau, in Berlin between March 8 to 9, 2016.

To participate developers should register online.

Developers who attend the Connected Power Tools Hack Challenge will get the opportunity to work with the most advanced Power Tools from Bosch Rexroth as well as additional equipment to solve real world problems. These challenges include locating tools, supporting the worker in using these advanced tools, and building new sales and maintenance services for the users. The Bosch IoT Suite, which includes the ProSyst mBS OSGi Framework, can be used to build new and disruptive IoT applications in this area.

For further information please see the Hack Challenge website or contact Kai Hackbath from ProSyst (Bosch).

Good luck!