Case Analysis: Jasper Technologies

Jasper Technologies is a global Internet of Things Platform leader. Jasper Technologies was launched in 2004 but inevitably has become the rising star of this area in IT in recent years due to the investments and interest in the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is essentially the network of physical objects embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity which enables these objects to collect and exchange data. The Internet of Things is emerging as the next technology trend. With the development of this technology and the implementation of many more services associated with this technology, there will be a magnitude of repercussions across business spectrums. The Internet of Things has the ability to alter the
Jasper’s CEO recognised the need for these services and felt, “it was the internet of things, but it wasn’t really about things-it was about service”. Jasper originally entered the market as a mobile virtual network operator, they packaged and resold wireless capacity for the carriers as they felt the carriers “didn’t know how to service the market themselves”. Eventually Jasper began to compete with the carriers but inevitably businesses were also using Jasper. Since the original launch Jasper’s software they have created a long list of clients of over 2700. The software-as-a-service now delivers, manages and secures connections among “things”, bringing in applications and services from the internet. They route services to customers, meters them, charges for these and shows service providers analytics on how their business is doing. Jaspers technology is diverse and can be deployed in multiple areas of the business market. For example, Garmin is a manufacturer of navigation devices and they use Jasper to manage devices for particular businesses with small fleets of trucks. In total contrast you have Alarm.com who use Jasper to control the security systems they have provided to
They have an individual business approach has they focus on cellular based connected devices tied back to enterprise apps where the company can charge a recurring fee to connect to their cloud. Jasper’s platform is deeply integrated with 27 mobile operator groups, representing more than 100 mobile operator networks worldwide. The platform operates on a single base of code. This code can be configured to meet specialized enterprise needs. The enterprise needs are across multiple business models, technologies and industries. The hub for Jasper is called their Jasper Control Centre, this is where industries have deployed millions of connected devices. Jaspers approach is one that has taken the Internet of Things by storm, their globally compatible platform solution delivers visibility and real-time control for connected service businesses, support diagnostics, billing, provisioning, mobile service management and business