With the number of connected devices growing at an astronomical rate – Gartner predicts that in 2016, 5.5 million new things will get connected every day, we are clearly living in the IoT era. Our smartphones have become the window that opens up a world where people, things and everything in between are connected, writes Mark Longstaff, the director of technology for EMEA at OpenMarket. (more…)
June 13, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Many predict that by 2020 there will be more than 50 billion connected devices in circulation, which equates to about seven connected devices for every person in the world, writes Richard Kirk, the senior vice president at AlienVault. The vast majority of this growth will be consumer devices, many of which will be in our most private space – the home. (more…)
June 8, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
At Mobile World Congress 2016, in Hall 8.1, the last hall in the endless Catalan event, immediately close to the IoT Pavilion, there was a section dedicated to graphene, strongly supported by the EU Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship (http://graphene-flagship.eu/) is the second largest Future and Emerging Technology Flagship programme by the European Commission aiming to bring together academia and nanotechnology industry and moving graphene from laboratories into real applications. The programme was launched in 2013 with an investment of €1bn. This substantial investment is illustrative of the importance of graphene and nanotechnology. As for the IoT vision, the graphene embraces a transformational vision that impacts all areas of society, write Dr Therese Cory, senior analyst and Saverio Romeo, prinicipal analyst at Beecham Research. (more…)
Posted by: George Malim
Had Mark Twain been reporting on the rise of the Internet of Things, he might have commented wryly that ‘the reports of its growth have been greatly exaggerated’, writes Carsten BrinkSchulte, the chief executive of Core Network Dynamics. (more…)
June 7, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
We all want to see our cities functioning better. With urban populations increasing rapidly, and 70% of the global population expected to be living in cities by 2050, we have to come up with better ways of making our cities more liveable, writes Richard Harris, solutions director for international public sector at Xerox. (more…)
June 2, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
For the first time in history, we are witnessing a massive disruption and the phenomenal adoption of getting everything connected and talking to each other, writes Subramanian Hariharan, a senior director at Mindtree. (more…)
June 1, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things is one of the most interesting technological advancements we have today. And within this spectrum, the connected car is perhaps the most exciting and advanced ‘thing’ in that ecosystem, writes Mark Hughes, the chief executive of BT Security. Connected cars have a range of wildly clever features; from intelligent driver assistance and predictive systems that help bypass traffic jams, to sensors that help track driver behaviour and reduce emissions. (more…)
May 31, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated at £12 billion a year or 0.7% of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012, writes Mark Wilkinson, the regional vice president for Northern Europe and Russia/CIS at SAS. Four years flew by and the second report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) has put the opportunity at £46 billion by 2020, or 2.2% of GDP – nearly four times the original value. (more…)
May 30, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Everyone is talking about the Internet of Things. Connected devices are gaining momentum in homes, businesses and public service infrastructure. These devices are not only creating new possibilities for how we work and communicate but fundamentally transforming every aspect of life, from automated drug administration devices to traffic lights and air sensors in buildings, writes Paul German, the vice president EMEA of Certes Networks. (more…)
May 27, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
When it comes to technological trends, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a very big thing indeed. Approximately 3.9 billion connected things were in use in 2014. Gartner expects this figure to rise to at least 25 billion by 2020. Connected devices are certainly changing the way our global economy and societies function, and they are dramatically changing the rules for IT security, writes Myles Bray, the vice president of EMEA sales at ForeScout Technologies. (more…)
May 26, 2016
Posted by: George Malim