Ireland in ITEA

The ITEA Board recognises the important role that ESNA is playing in the Internet of things with business-oriented wireless-sensor network applications using a standard architecture and proof-of-concept implementations. ESNA offers an impressive balance between advanced technological innovation – including the world’s smallest implementation of IPV6 and optimisation of radio communications between devices to reduce energy use – and a business-oriented approach to defining applications. Exploitation includes the GAIA sensor node for precision agriculture in Spain, a spin-off to target energy monitoring and management in construction and ABB’s use of sensors in process control.

The ITEA 2 Board was impressed by the results of the Agile software-engineering project. By using 64 industrial case studies, the consortia proved that the Agile software-engineering methodology can lead to massive improvements. This methodology resulted in high-quality software developed in shorter times for lower costs then was ever possible before with traditional software-engineering techniques. Several partners and their customers were convinced of the benefits and have already introduced the method in their organisations.