Big IoT will address the interoperability gap by defining a generic, unified Web API for smart object platforms, called the BIG IoT API.

The establishment of a marketplace where platform, application, and service providers can monetize their assets will introduce an incentive to grant access to formerly closed systems and lower market entry barriers for developers.

Partners: Siemens AG (Germany), Bosch Software Innovations GmbH (Germany), Atos IT Solutions & Services GmbH (Austria), Seat (Spain), Vodafone Italia (Italy), Aalborg University (Denmark), Clausthal University of Technology (Germany), CSI Piemonte (Italy), Econais AE (Greece), National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), Wolfsburg AG (Germany), VMZ Berlin BmbH (Germany)