Blogs

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

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…)

April 8, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is increasingly being viewed as the next great development of the internet, writes Robin Duke-Woolley, the founder and chief executive of Beecham Research. This has prompted many to get rather carried away with the potential size of the market opportunity, but that is another story (see for example Beecham Research urges industry to ’get real’ about IoT predictions).

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March 30, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

In the first part of this series, Bhoopathi Rapolu, the head of analytics for EMEA at Cyient,  discussed how the increasing connectivity of medical devices – or the Internet of Things (IoT) – is leading to an explosion in healthcare big data. In turn, this growing bank of data is opening up new avenues for healthcare operations, which has the potential to totally transform the way we look at healthcare. In this second and final part of the series, he explores further ways in which healthcare organisations can look to take full advantage of the IoT. (more…)

March 29, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Today more than 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas – and this is expected to grow to over 65% by 2050. Of the urban dwellers, writes Phani Pandrangi, the chief product officer of Kii, one in eight live in so-called mega cities – those with more than 10 million populations – and the rest in cities of different sizes, of which the fastest growing ones are the ones with 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants, located in Asia and Africa.   (more…)

March 28, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

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

It probably won’t have escaped your attention that the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as something of a phenomenon in the last few years, writes Bhoopathi Rapolu, the head of Analytics for EMEA at Cyient. The concept has become so popular that its impact is being felt across a huge number of industries, and healthcare is no exception. (more…)

March 23, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

As the Internet of Internet of Things continues to pervade our daily lives, a number of industries including traditional industries are beginning to adopt IoT enabled technologies to help improve customer engagement, writes Christophe Bianchi, the CEO of Feeligreen. (more…)

March 22, 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

The cloud will stay with us for another 15-20 years until the cycle changes and swings back again to enterprise, writes Ian Collard,  the managing director of IdentityMethods.co.uk. (more…)

March 18, 2016

Posted by: George Malim