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Usership vs Ownership: would you rent your car to a neighbour?

What’s the fastest car on the road? A rental car. And it is exactly this adage that presents one of the biggest barriers to the successful application of peer-to-peer car sharing. (more…)

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January 26, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Can customer service management keep up with IoT and the rise of connected devices?

For many people “the best service is no service,” yet getting to the nirvana of eliminating the reasons why customers call is a challenge. Today’s customer service teams are buried under manual workloads, and the volume of incoming cases is increasing, (more…)

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January 25, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Digital twins: The fast track to increased productivity

Digital twins are not a new thing. Companies have been using a virtual representation of a physical asset for years, but it’s only with the Internet of Things that they’ve become truly accessible and cost-effective. (more…)

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January 24, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Regulations and running time: Making driverless cars mainstream

As we saw at CES recently, developments in connected and driverless cars and trucks are undoubtedly both a rapidly evolving area and an exciting prospect, garnering serious media attention. (more…)

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January 23, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

There’s a fragmented choice of wireless technologies for low power, wide area IoT

The telecom industry is good at generating confusion, says freelance IoT and communications writer, Bob Emmerson. LTE Cat-1 services are being launched in the States but not NB-IoT (LTE Cat NB1 is the official term), which only arrives in 2018. (more…)

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January 20, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

The power of persistent security – protect your business from cyber attacks

It’s difficult to think of a phrase in the past year that brings more of a feeling of dread to an organisation than ‘cyber-attack’. Add the word ‘advanced’ to this and it all seems much more of a hopeless task of trying to defend against it. (more…)

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January 19, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Building the business case for mobile banking security

As part of the smartphone and smart device revolution, mobile banking has become a popular method for people to manage their finances. The benefits of mobile banking are two-fold: users can bank in a more convenient manner and banks can use smartphones as a way to better engage with their customers. (more…)

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Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Building change in the construction industry

The IoT era looks set to bring significant changes to industries which have, typically, been slower to embrace disruptive technologies. One such sector is construction, in which IoT technologies have the potential to not only improve efficiencies at key stages of the design and build of structures, (more…)

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January 17, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Why force sensing has the power to revolutionise human-machine interfaces

The first time I set foot on a Boeing 777, I was blown away. Not by the advanced aero engineering all around me, but by the fact that every seat had its own TV screen. (more…)

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January 16, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

The impact of wearables and connected devices for developers – Part 2

Clearly, wearable and connected devices hold tremendous promise for enterprises. However, while building apps for these devices can present challenges for developers and designers, the advantages significantly outweigh the disadvantages. (more…)

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January 13, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil