{"568521":{"#nid":"568521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Amazon Web Services Joins Georgia Tech\u2019s Internet of Things Research Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) has added Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to its growing list of members and launched four new working groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAWS is the most recent company to sign on to the research center, which now includes the following members from around the world:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAirWatch by VMware (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAmazon Web Services (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAT\u0026amp;T (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrambles (Australia)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECisco (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECorning (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFlex (formerly Flextronics) (Singapore)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIBM (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInfor (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMerial [Sanofi] (France)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESamsung (South Korea)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStanley Black and Decker (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUSAA (U.S.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWipro (India)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are pleased to welcome AWS to the board of CDAIT,\u201d said Jeff Evans, chairman of CDAIT\u2019s Executive Advisory Board (EAB). \u201cAWS is the latest company to place a high value on Georgia Tech\u2019s breadth of expertise and depth of experience in technological research in the fields that impact the Internet of Things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmazon Web Services will be represented on the CDAIT EAB by Mark Ryland, chief solutions architect, World Wide Public Sector Team, AWS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are delighted to join Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies to further explore the huge potential of IoT technologies,\u201d said Ryland. \u201cThis is a focus area for us, as our customers are eager to unlock that potential. The AWS Cloud plays a key role in easily and securely connecting devices, managing their state and providing analytics on the potentially massive amounts of data they produce, with automatic scaling to meet any customer\u2019s needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECDAIT has also launched four new working groups tackling education, chaired by Margaret Loper of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI); startup ecosystem, chaired by Tech Square Ventures\u2019 Blake Patton; thought leadership, chaired by Cisco\u2019s Scott Puopolo; and research, chaired by Kenji Takeuchi of Flex.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese new groups are busy pulling together deliverables that will move the needle in the Internet of Things space worldwide,\u201d said Alain Louchez, managing director of CDAIT. \u201cOur vision of the center has always been focused on effective collaboration between university and industry, and we are extremely pleased with our progress in this regard.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Advisory Board is scheduled to meet Dec. 7, 2016, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout CDAIT \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECDAIT (pronounced \u0022sedate\u0022) is a global, non-profit, partner-funded center located in Atlanta that fosters interdisciplinary research and education while driving general awareness about the Internet of Things. It aims at efficiently identifying, understanding and solving for its sponsors challenges and problems that may arise along the whole IoT value chain. CDAIT bridges sponsors with Georgia Tech faculty and researchers as well as industry members with similar interests. To learn more about CDAIT, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdait.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.cdait.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) has added Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to its growing list of members and launched four new working groups. AWS is the most recent company to sign on to the research center, which now includes 14 members from around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies has expanded to include Amazon Web Services."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-08-25 17:33:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:26","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"149551":{"id":"149551","type":"image","title":"Centergy One Building","body":null,"created":"1449178763","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:39:23","changed":"1475894782","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:22","alt":"Centergy One Building","file":{"fid":"195149","name":"centergy_one_building.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/centergy_one_building_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/centergy_one_building_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43040,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/centergy_one_building_0.jpg?itok=NlsDPU7D"}}},"media_ids":["149551"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cdait.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"79601","name":"Alain Louchez"},{"id":"81501","name":"Amazon"},{"id":"110301","name":"CDAIT"},{"id":"68951","name":"Internet of Things"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}