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Bosch was an early innovator in the Internet of Things. Bosch’s strong ties to the manufacturing, automotive and consumer products industries provided insight into the new software required to improve the productivity of connected factories, connected vehicles and indeed any connected device. Bosch quickly realized that a new category of software, called an IoT platform, would be needed to connect the millions of IoT devices with existing operational technology (OT) and enterprise IT systems.
To be a leader in IoT, Bosch made a strategic decision to adopt an IoT platform. After a strategic assessment, they realized there were three options:
Source: Bosch Software InnovationsWhy Open Source?
Bosch did not want to risk a strategic investment that relied upon a licensing agreement with a third party so an OEM option was rejected. Bosch also saw the dominance of open source software across many software infrastructure categories and realized an open source IoT platform would probably be one of the dominant IoT platforms in the next 5-7 years.
For these reasons, Bosch decided they would pursue an open source software (OSS) strategy for creating their own and their customers’ IoT platform. An OSS strategy would allow Bosch to create a modern open platform that would better compete with the proprietary IoT platforms that were beginning to come on to the market. An open platform would also allow Bosch to collaborate with other companies in the IoT ecosystem and better enable Bosch to provide a more complete solution to their IoT customers.
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