Internet Of Things Will Replace Mobile Phones As Most Connected Device In 2018
Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and devices are expected to exceed mobile phones as the largest category of connected devices in 2018, growing at a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2015 to 2021. By 2021 there will be 9B mobile subscriptions, 7.7B mobile broadband subscriptions, and 6.3B smartphone subscriptions. Worldwide smartphone subscriptions will […]
Is the IoT hype justified? Will it change everything, or is it a passing fad?
All the buzz in tech these days is about the Internet of Things. Is the hype justified? Will it change everything, or is it a passing fad? Tl; dr. It depends, yes, and no. In that order. To expand a little on that: Is the hype justified? It depends on where it is being used, and what […]
10 Ways Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing
Bottom line: Every manufacturer has the potential to integrate machine learning into their operations and become more competitive by gaining predictive insights into production. Machine learning’s core technologies align well with the complex problems manufacturers face daily. From striving to keep supply chains operating efficiently to producing customized, built- to-order products on time, machine learning […]
Internet of Things, Machine Learning & Robotics Are High Priorities For Developers In 2016
56.4% of developers are building robotics apps today. 45% of developers say that Internet of Things (IoT) development is critical to their overall digital strategy. 27.4% of all developers are building apps in the cloud today. 24.7% are using machine learning for development projects. These and many other insights are from the Evans Data Corporation […]
The Internet of Things – trends for the telecoms, data centre, and utility industries
I gave the closing keynote at an event in Orlando last week on the topic of The Impact of the Internet of Things on Telcos, Data Centres, and Utilities. The slides by themselves can be a little hard to grok, so I’ll go through them below. I should note at the outset that while many […]
HfS adds a new twist to Digital and IoT coverage with Oliver Marks
Oliver Marks is Research Vice President, Digital and Internet of Things, HfS (Click for bio) You may have seen we’ve been busy expanding our research team to make sure we can help executives pull all the right value levers to take their enterprises into the As-a-Service Economy. In the old days we put a lot of […]
Can blockchain and the Internet of Things mitigate supply chain reputation risk?
Supply chains are complex, unwieldy beasts, which are notoriously hard to tame, but a solution could be in the offing, using Blockchain, and Internet or Things technologies. “Mommy, I want to be a supply chain manager when I grow up”, said no-one. Ever. Supply chain management has to be one of the most thankless jobs […]
Libelium launches its IoT Marketplace to make Internet of Things projects as painless as possible
In a time when Spain’s economy is in the doldrums, it is nice to see some good news coming out of the Iberian peninsula, especially in the Internet of Things (IoT) space – technology’s new hotness! Libelium, an IoT hardware and software provider based in the North of Spain, and recently profiled in a Financial […]
Using the Internet of Things to keep people safe
At the 2014 SAP TechEd && d-code event in Las Vegas, I spoke to Dr Severin Kezeu of SK Solutions. His company has developed an Internet of Things based safety technology which has been deployed on building sites throughout the world. What it does is to send in realtime, the positions of all vehicles, and […]
IBM acquires Weather.com for Cloud, AI (aaS), and IoT
IBM has announced the completion of the acquisition The Weather Company’s B2B, mobile and cloud-based web-properties, weather.com, Weather Underground, The Weather Company brand and WSI, its global business-to-business brand. At first blush this may not seem like an obvious pairing, but the Weather Company’s products are not just their free apps for your smartphone, they […]
