As is the case with so many industries in the current climate, digital is taking over. The demand for real-time information, sourced quickly, easily and where necessary reported in a way that allows for instantaneous analysis is changing the world, and not just in business but also sport. (more…)
August 9, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
It has been predicted that an incredible six billion people will have a smartphone by 2020. In our pocket, we possess a supercomputer, millions of times more powerful than all of NASA’s combined computing capability during the Apollo space missions, writes Simon Skellon, the vice president of sales at Mitel. (more…)
July 25, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
In the second part of his blog, Neil Oliver, the technical marketing manager at Accutronics, continues to examine how IoT advances are impacting the health and healthcare of users. (more…)
July 15, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
A couple of years ago, Quirky, a highly touted invention startup, created a connected Egg Minder,writes Gordon Hui, the vice president of strategy at Smart Design. (more…)
June 27, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is gearing up to dramatically alter various industrial sectors of the economy including manufacturing, healthcare, energy and transportation amongst others, which together account for nearly two-thirds of the global GDP, writes Sukamal Banerjee, the executive vice president of engineering and R&D services at HCL Technologies. (more…)
June 22, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Many predict that by 2020 there will be more than 50 billion connected devices in circulation, which equates to about seven connected devices for every person in the world, writes Richard Kirk, the senior vice president at AlienVault. The vast majority of this growth will be consumer devices, many of which will be in our most private space – the home. (more…)
June 8, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The difficulty when creating something new is that there is no template to follow, writes Narayan Menon, the CTO of XCellAir. No flat pack manual that takes you through the trickier parts step by step. (more…)
May 10, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The security and privacy implications for the automotive industry are growing as cars increasingly become computers on wheels, writes Art Dahnert a consultant at Cigital. (more…)
May 3, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Cast your mind back to the winter of 2014. The UK was at a complete standstill because of unexpected snow. Thousands of cars were left on the side of roads as the public was forced to trudge home in the freezing cold, the thought of being back in their home with the central heating on full blast the only thought encouraging them to keep on walking, writes Martin Woolley, the Bluetooth SIG technical programme manager. Alas! Nearly half way home they realised that they forgot to set the timer for the heating. If only they could set the timer remotely. (more…)
April 29, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos earlier this year the theme was the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a theme that the founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, had a great deal of investment in, both as an engineer and as a German, writes Dirk Paessler, the chief executive of Paessler. (more…)
April 20, 2016
Posted by: George Malim