Event date: June 21 – 22 2016
The Crystal, London, UK
To ensure a unique delegate experienceand to reflect the growth in Connected Living opportunities, Smart Home World 2016 moves to one of the world’s most sustainable buildings and high-tech conference venues. The Crystal on the Royal Victoria Dock will play host to the event. Showcase your services, solutions and alliances in a venue synonymous with the ethos of sustainable cities. (more…)
April 13, 2016
Posted by: IoT global network
The word disruption is thrown about a great deal nowadays – and why not? We live in exciting times with social, mobile, analytics and cloud being hailed for offering new levels of flexibility for organisations looking to do more with less, writes Marne Martin, the chief executive of ServicePower. (more…)
April 12, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to rapidly transform the workplace, writes Simon Heron, the CTO of Redscan. Companies that are investing in new technologies have started to experience improvements in business efficiency and competitiveness. As the IoT expands, protecting a company’s data and intellectual property (IP) will become more important than ever. (more…)
April 11, 2016
Posted 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…)
April 8, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Martin Howell is director of external affairs at Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS).
Posted 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…)
Posted 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…)
April 6, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Event date: 29-30 June 2016
London Olympia
Insurance Telematics 16 is the only event to focus on how to unlock embedded telematics data to define connected insurance strategies. The event will provide insurance leaders with key access to a wide range of vehicle and original equipment manufacturers, with a focus on forming and developing the relationships needed to drive success providing the next generation of Unified Business Identifier (UBI) products. (more…)
April 5, 2016
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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…)
Posted 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…)
April 4, 2016
Posted by: George Malim