We as an industry have not fully developed IoT cyber security requirements. Cyber security is a massive business focused on preventing problems before they occur, identifying problems after they occur, tracing problems to their sources and plugging holes when found. Cyber security often feels like an intersection where the movies of Hollywood and the very real world collide. On 6 February, 2014, CSG International launched Invotas, a new software and services business unit focused on enterprise security solutions. This is a very interesting play for a company that […]
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CLIENT RESEARCH click here. KPN has launched MySafeGuard, one of the first IoT healthcare solutions for KPN. For us this is an indication of a refined segmentation and solution strategy being executed by the Netherlands-based operator. KPN has had an ongoing, strong effort to bring IoT/M2M solutions to the market to fill unmet customer demand.
Continue readingMore TagCisco IOx framework speeds IoT ecosystem development
Today Cisco announced IOx, a framework that accelerates the building, testing and deployment of IoT solutions using Cisco and third-party technology. This is an important development because Cisco, the dominant networking provider, is focusing tremendous resources in making IoT a reality while recognizing the need to encourage other industry participants – particularly application developers – to more readily advance their solutions. What does Cisco’s IOx framework facilitate? Faster and simpler IoT application development. IOx provides both […]
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I’m excited to participate on the SAP Coffee Break with Game Changers radio show on 22 January, 2014 at 11:15am EST (4:15pm GMT). I’ll be discussing my hottest IoT predictions for 2014. I’m sure we’ll have plenty of time to talk about the Industrial Internet, buying centers for IoT solutions and IoT productization. This is my second participation on the top-notch SAP radio show produced and hosted by the fabulous Bonnie D. Graham. Bonnie does a […]
Continue readingMore TagGoogle and NEST validate the power of the Industrial Internet
Google and NEST. Yesterday we learned 3.2 billion reasons why the Industrial Internet is a topic we must follow. As I wrote at the beginning of 2014, the Industrial Internet is one of my three IoT hot topics for the year. Why is the Industrial Internet a critically important issue: 1. The Industrial Internet may not be as sexy as the latest smart watch, but there’s huge amount of money to make from devices, applications, […]
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