Blogs by: George Malim

Although the term big data has been around for years, its promise continues to fascinate people around the world, writes Martin Howell, the director of external affairs at Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS). It’s a promise to transform lives, improve services, make communities more efficient and children safer. There are thousands of projects underway that aim to do just that in a multitude of ways, from identifying buildings most prone to catastrophic fires in New York, to helping crime reduction in London. (more…)

Authors by: George Malim

Martin Howell is director of external affairs at Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS).

Authors by: George Malim

Leaon Adato is the head geek at SolarWinds.

Blogs by: George Malim

From flat networks where everything was interconnected, to hierarchical models with enhanced security, to a borderless world – enterprise network architecture has certainly evolved, writes Leon Adato, the head geek at SolarWinds. Though, one network metric has remained a priority despite this evolution – bandwidth. (more…)

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Scott Sumner is vice president of solutions marketing at Accedian.

Blogs by: George Malim

The Internet of Things will lead to a torrent of mobile network traffic, writes Scott Sumner, the vice president of solutions marketing at Accedian. Most carriers welcome the IoT as good news as they look to get ROI on their network investments while fuelling a transition to 5G. Carriers sorely need both in order to survive in an age of declining margins, fierce competition for subscribers, and the challenge from new communications and content providers. (more…)

Blogs by: George Malim

Many businesses are reaping the rewards of the connectivity that IoT provides, while many more are rapidly developing their plans to join this revolution, writes Mark Warren, the product marketing director of Perforce Software. As they do so, they are starting to appreciate the practical challenges that IoT brings: Getting products to market quickly, changing standards – or no standards, rapidly improving hardware, addressing security issues and, especially, coping with the vast amounts of data being generated. All of these challenges are putting a strain on traditional software product development and deployment processes. (more…)

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Mark Warren is product marketing director for Perforce Software. The version management and code collaboration portfolio from Perforce Software is used by thousands of customers, including Salesforce.com, NVIDIA, Samsung, and EA Games. Warren has more than two decades’ experience in the software industry with roles as a provider and consumer of advanced development tools.

Blogs by: George Malim

The latest industrial revolution – Industry 4.0 for those keeping count – conjures images of drones delivering parcels, self-driving cars, smart robotics and 3D printing, wrties Mark Armstrong the vice president and managing director for EMEA at Progress. The SmartThings Living Future report created by a group of academics and futurologists recently launched its vision of the future depicting 3D printed homes, downloadable food and underwater cities. But like Marty McFly’s hoverboard which really should have but never did come to pass, technologies can only develop as fast as their previous incarnations allow: they need to be built on solid foundations. (more…)

Beecham Research by: George Malim

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is increasingly being viewed as the next great development of the internet, writes Robin Duke-Woolley, the founder and chief executive of Beecham Research. This has prompted many to get rather carried away with the potential size of the market opportunity, but that is another story (see for example Beecham Research urges industry to ’get real’ about IoT predictions).

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