By Ajay Rane – With so much on their plate, public safety officials need as much help as they can when it comes to providing services to citizens. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can aid public officials by giving important … Continue reading →
By Karl Bode – There’s really no escaping the internet of broken things. On any given day, Americans connect thousands of internet-enabled devices to the internet, despite repeated warnings from cybersecurity experts that such devices often lack even the most rudimentary privacy and … Continue reading →
By Andrew Meola – The Internet of Things (IoT) will fundamentally change all industries, from agriculture to transportation to healthcare. In the next few decades, nearly everything in our world will become connected. But with that increased connectivity comes several concerns. For example, the IoT … Continue reading →
By Irving Wladawsky-Berger – The Internet of Things has been a long time coming. Ubiquitous or pervasive computing, which is computing happening anytime and anywhere, dates to the 1990s, when devices and wireless networks were nowhere near where they are today. The … Continue reading →
The Internet of Things is a network of smart machines and technologies that can collect and analyze data to improve decision-making and performance. Often, analytics take place through cloud computing, whereby data points are transmitted to remote servers. But this … Continue reading →
By LILY HAY NEWMAN – Internet-connected gadgets like light bulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That’s partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and outsourcing of problematic parts. But it’s also partly due to the lack … Continue reading →
By Simon Chandler – It might sound like the stuff of dystopian science fiction, but connecting workers and employees through the Internet of Things (IoT) will provide a significant boost to workplace productivity and safety. Even now, startups and major … Continue reading →
By David Davies – Sometimes a technological revolution can begin and it’s only when it has achieved significant traction that it enters the landscape of the mainstream media. Such has been the case with the internet of things (IoT), which is … Continue reading →
Tim Nottoli, Walsh Construction’s chief information officer, has seen Google’s Nest and Amazon’s Ring cameras brought onto the company’s construction sites and has dealt with every type of sensor used properly and improperly on the company’s network. But recently, he … Continue reading →
Not all Internet of Things projects succeed, but businesses seem to be more quickly discovering what does and doesn’t work. A new global study found that the majority (56%) of unsuccessful IoT projects were determined within months, so that organizations … Continue reading →