The word disruption is thrown about a great deal nowadays – and why not? We live in exciting times with social, mobile, analytics and cloud being hailed for offering new levels of flexibility for organisations looking to do more with less, writes Marne Martin, the chief executive of ServicePower. (more…)

April 12, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

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

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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

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Event date: July 11 – 14, 2016
Las Vegas, Caesars Palace

Meet with a worldwide community of IoT thought leaders, learn how to develop and implement an IoT strategy, meet with potential partners and partners, learn from case studies and evaluate IoT products and services from the foremost IoT solutions providers. (more…)

April 6, 2016

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The Internet of Things will lead to a torrent of mobile network traffic, writes Scott Sumner, the vice president of solutions marketing at Accedian. Most carriers welcome the IoT as good news as they look to get ROI on their network investments while fuelling a transition to 5G. Carriers sorely need both in order to survive in an age of declining margins, fierce competition for subscribers, and the challenge from new communications and content providers. (more…)

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Many businesses are reaping the rewards of the connectivity that IoT provides, while many more are rapidly developing their plans to join this revolution, writes Mark Warren, the product marketing director of Perforce Software. As they do so, they are starting to appreciate the practical challenges that IoT brings: Getting products to market quickly, changing standards – or no standards, rapidly improving hardware, addressing security issues and, especially, coping with the vast amounts of data being generated. All of these challenges are putting a strain on traditional software product development and deployment processes. (more…)

April 5, 2016

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What do 50+ companies deploying connected devices believe is key to delivering ambitious IoT growth expectations?

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April 4, 2016

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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

When something is invisible, exercise caution and do all you can to reveal it and render it harmless. That’s the lesson the human race has learned from infectious micro-organisms—in many cases, the hard way. In enterprises today, writes Rob Greer, the chief marketing officer and senior vice president of products at ForeScout Technologies, where devices are constantly gaining access to networks sight unseen, fear of the invisible is certainly justifiable. But the good news is, IT administrators can put those fears to rest with currently available network access technologies that can largely “disinfect” the environment by making the invisible visible. (more…)

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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