Wearables bling. Engineers can build just about anything even if there is no market for the item — welcome to the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). If you haven’t heard, let me be the first to share the news that wearable IoT is all the rage at CES in Las Vegas this week. Did you know that every little bangle and bauble can be connected via Bluetooth, WiFi or mobile technology? It’s true. So why […]
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Let’s talk about operator alliances and one in particular I think is going to be successful. Seems to me operator alliances are a good idea to help propel the IoT ecosystem. Why? We’re at an early stage of IoT development and we have a lot to learn from each other. Operator alliances help enterprises deploy multi-country solutions more simply. If an enterprise needs to work with more than one operator, it is helpful to know […]
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IoT for SMBs. Deploying an IoT solution isn’t for the weak of spirit. Most of the high-profile Internet of things (IoT) deployments are with large multi-national corporations. This isn’t surprising, as it generally takes 4-6 technology partners to plan, test, deploy and manage one IoT solution. There’s a lot of custom development of applications, testing of platforms, unique specification of devices and analysis of communications implications. But we are entering a new era for IoT; […]
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Cisco has jumped into the Internet of things (IoT) waters with both feet. In 2013 it highlighted its research, solution development and partnership efforts around the Internet of Everything (IoE) with an announcement that the IoE has a USD14 trillion worldwide economic value (i.e., profit boost for global business). In October, 2013 Cisco hosted a technology and partner event in Barcelona called the IoT World Forum. Cisco brings considerable expertise and resources to the IoT […]
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Key take away: The Industrial Internet of things (IoT) is a huge area of growth worldwide, but especially in Asia, Germany, the Nordic countries and North America. There are a lot of electro-mechanical components that are waiting to speak and they have volumes of information to provide that can make manufacturing processes and products much more efficient. Proof points: There have been three recent announcements that suggest the Industrial IoT is blooming. First, AT&T announced […]
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