Robin Scarborough, partner and managing director at Market Gravity, explains how the Internet of Things can enhance customer experiences, drive business growth and highlights the risks for those that don’t evolve. (more…)
March 25, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The automobile industry is further down the IoT road than many others, writes Cesare Garlati, the chief security strategist at the prpl Foundation. Smart sensors control a range of functions inside automobiles from emissions to the in-vehicle entertainment system, brakes and even steering on some advanced models. (more…)
March 21, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Event date: April 26 – 27 2016
Amba Hotel Marble Arch, London
Ovum’s 5th Annual Smart to Future Cities & Urban IoT 2016 Summit is the ONLY city-centric event in Europe that guarantees face to face time with the entire smart city decision making unit. (more…)
March 16, 2016
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The Internet of Things is without question the buzzword in ICT. The 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain took this to a new level, writes Brian Partridge, the research vice president at 451 Research. The high level prioritisation that IoT holds among major ICT suppliers would have the uninitiated believing that IoT is accelerating everywhere. Of course it’s not, as anyone with P&L responsibilities attached to IoT growth in 2015 would attest. (more…)
March 2, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Adoption of the Internet of Things is proceeding quickly and although most people don’t yet have a smart refrigerator or toaster in their home, smart has taken off in certain market segments, writes Christian Fredrikson, the chief executive of F-Secure. TVs, fitness tracking devices, home monitoring systems and personal wearable devices are all hot products for connectivity, and it’s only a matter of time before other segments follow. Gartner tells us that by 2020, 25 billion devices will be connected. (more…)
March 1, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
A technology revolution is underway in which sensors, networks, and analytics software connects physical objects and infrastructure to computing systems, writes Stephen Chadwick, the managing director for EuroNorth at Dassault Systèmes. (more…)
February 23, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Smart home and consumer applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) are seen as huge growth markets. Numerous related products and solutions already exist today however, although these solutions achieve enormous comfort and security gains as well as energy savings, an important component is missing: the user acceptance. The convergence of standards and technologies resulting in seamlessly connected, worldwide solutions will change this situation, write Graham Martin, the chairman of the EnOcean Alliance, and Tobin Richardson, the resident and CEO of the ZigBee Alliance. (more…)
January 25, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
One of the many sizable challenges in healthcare today is ensuring patients are taking care of themselves: taking their medication on time, getting enough sleep, doing what the doctor has advised, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, writes Mathew Kuruvilla, the chief innovation officer of Ness Software Engineering Services. (more…)
January 22, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Stuart Wilson, the vice president for EMEA at Alteryx, highlights how the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to propel businesses to discover geospatial analytics all over again this year. (more…)
January 15, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Long ago, in a cellular galaxy not too far away this ubiquitous device was specified by ETSI and in 1991 the first batch were produced by G&D. It provides secure, authenticated access for billions of people globally to cellular networks. It is of course the dear old SIM card. This invention has been an enabler for the growth of mobile telephony but has it done the same for M2M? And will it do so for the IoT in the future, asks David Parker, the senior analyst with Beecham Research. (more…)
January 12, 2016
Posted by: George Malim