IoT Tech Expo North America 2018: Highlights from the Silicon Valley event
North America 2018 event welcomed 10,000+ attendees to Silicon Valley Firstly, we’d like to thank all those who attended the IoT Tech Expo North America 2018. The 2018 event took place in the heart of Silicon Valley where it hosted 23 conference streams, the largest expo floor yet, an investor zone, brand new topics and keynote speakers, in […]
IoT Tech Expo Global 2018: Highlights of the two-day event in London
Global 2018 event welcomes over 10,700 attendees to London! Firstly, we’d like to thank all those who attended the 3rd annual IoT Tech Expo Global which returned to London’s Olympia with an extended agenda, larger expo, and some brand new topics. We hope you all enjoyed the event and want to say a thank you […]
Big data for big impact – When digital technologies transform urban planning
Big Data is a valuable tool for 21st century infrastructure projects and the case of Swisscom’s smart city project illustrates how Big Data can help maximize investments, impact lives and improve cities. To complement and enrich traditional methods of gauging traffic flows, which often involve an individual person counting vehicles on the roads, Swisscom engaged in co-creation […]
Enterprise: The nexus of Smart Cities and IIoT
If smart homes and networked appliances are where IoT is most tangible and realised for the public, enterprise is where ideas get a chance to scale. We could view enterprise as the smart home writ large, or as the smart city in a microcosm – where IoT becomes IIoT. Enterprise is the new driving force […]
Is there a danger of there being too much always-on network connectivity in a property to keep it secure?
The consumer sector is becoming increasingly crowded, with new technologies making the promise that our everyday personal lives can be made easier and smarter. The ‘Connected Home’, once the thing of Science Fiction, is fast becoming Science Fact. We now have a huge range of connected devices, each with their own varying capabilities and benefits. […]
Mobility-as-a-Service: How can automotive OEMs monetize quicker with a mobile access solution in 2017?
Two years ago, Gartner predicted that “(…) 37% of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020, more than double the 16% it was in late 2015”. This is very well reflected in the automotive sector today where industry OEMs are focusing all their efforts on generating service businesses that include electric mobility, along […]
IoT Tech Expo North America: A round-up of the two day event in Silicon Valley
Now that we’ve packed the stands away and the myriad speaker sessions have emptied out, it’s time to have a look back at last week’s IoT Tech Expo in Santa Clara, California. To borrow from the strapline of the IoT Tech Expo itself, ‘Where the World Becomes the Web’, the event had the world well […]
Standard and fit for purpose
The lack of standards is often seen as a hinder for growth in the industrial IoT market. Discussion about standards is lively, but in my opinion often misguided. There is a common misconception that standards, de facto or de jure, would guarantee future proof, easy to implement and interoperable solutions for all verticals and applications […]
How Ansys has found a home in the IIoT: Simulation for predictive analytics and maintenance
Ansys, an engineering software provider based in Pennsylvania, occupies an interesting position in the IoT space.
Why Interoperability and Open Standards Matter for the IoT
There continues to be considerable discussion about the Internet of Things (IoT) and what is needed for it to achieve its potential. The reality is that IoT devices will require “more” moving forward: They will need more performance, more capability, more memory, more connectivity, more sensors, more security, etc., but with “less”— lower power consumption, […]