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IoT meets white van man

Kevin Ashton, the ‘father’ of the internet of things has said: “By the next century more than half the world will be vegetarian.” His point, while stirring the innards of a many carnivores, is that the world is changing rapidly and we have to adapt. Regardless of what you think is normal now, tomorrow will be very different. There will be a new normal, writes Mark Homer, the vice president of global customer transformation for field service management specialist, ServiceMax. (more…)

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January 14, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Rob Greer, ForeScout Technologies

Rob has served as chief marketing officer and senior vice president of products at ForeScout since June 2015. Prior to joining ForeScout, he served as vice president and general manager of the Network Security division at HP Software, where he was responsible for determining product strategy, delivery, customer success and overall P&L. Before that, Greer served in numerous leadership roles at Symantec, ClearApp (acquired by Oracle), SonicWALL, and Ignyte Technology, where he was founder and chief executive officer. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from San Jose State University.

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January 11, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoE will help retailers create the intelligent high street – Part 1

This year we saw a continuation in the decline of consumers visiting local high streets, writes, Sarah Eccleston, the director for enterprise Networks at Cisco UK & Ireland. November alone saw a 2.1% reduction on the previous year at what is usually expected to be one of the busier retail months, with consumers favouring the ease of online shopping and the thrill of getting themselves the best bargains from the comfort of their home. As such, the current challenge for UK retailers is all too easy to see. (more…)

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December 28, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Security and collaboration will drive IoT adoption

We recently saw the Internet Society (ISOC) calling for more standards to be adopted within the Internet of Things, writes Manfred Kube, the head of M2M segment and offer marketing at Gemalto. Releasing a whitepaper discussing the issues and challenges of IoT, the ISOC is urging vendors and users of IoT devices and systems both have a collective obligation to ensure they do not expose IoT stakeholders, and the internet itself, to potential harm. (more…)

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December 27, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Security, simplicity and wearables will be key IoT trends for 2016

Asit Goel, a senior vice president at NXP shares his predictions for the trends that will drive further development of IoT in 2016. (more…)

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December 17, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Dining out on data – operators take their share

The telecoms industry is being transformed overnight as consumers’ insatiable appetite for data and faster, better quality services continues to grow, writes Chris Mills the chief technology officer EMEA of Pivotal. (more…)

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December 16, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Suresh Srinivasa

Suresh Srinivasan is director of quality assurance for Virtusa. He is an electrical engineer and holds a masters degree in business administration, with 24+ years of experience in software testing and development.

Suresh started his career in testing from the industrial automation and industrial robotics programming and also specialized in business system software testing in multiple domains like banking, finance, logistics, healthcare and telecoms. Currently, at Virtusa he is QA practice head for the company’s various technology centres in India.

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December 9, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

1776 Challenge Cup goes to Ukraine in search of the next great idea

Just over a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend the first ever 1776 Challenge Cup in Ukraine, writes Olena Kaplan, a senior analyst with Beecham Research. (more…)

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December 1, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Ericsson and Orange launch IoT trials covering LTE and GSM

Ericsson and Orange have announced a trial of optimised, low-cost, low-complexity devices and enhanced network capabilities for Cellular IoT over GSM and LTE. (more…)

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November 27, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Bob Driver

Cambridge Wireless selected as IoTUK Boost local partner

Following a competitive application CW (Cambridge Wireless) has been chosen as one of four successful organisations that will deliver IoTUK Boost, a series of local IoT innovation challenges and rapid incubation activities taking place over the next five months. (more…)

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November 23, 2015

Posted by: George Malim