Samsung Embraces Both Public And Private Cloud With Joyent Acquisition

Samsung Embraces Both Public And Private Cloud With Joyent Acquisition
by Patrick Moorhead on 07-20-2016 at 12:00 pm

As the mobile industry growth slows and looks to growth in IoT, companies like Samsung Electronics are looking for ways to initiate change or adapt to the new climate around them. One of the ways mobile companies are going to be profitable in the future is through offering, building and sometimes hosting those services beyond just… Read More


IoT Tutorial: Chapter7 – IoT data and IoT-BigData Convergence

IoT Tutorial: Chapter7 – IoT data and IoT-BigData Convergence
by John Soldatos on 07-06-2016 at 12:00 pm

Introduction to IoT Data and their Characteristics
Most IoT applications up to date involve the collection and processing of IoT data i.e. data stemming from IoT sources such as sensors, wearables and other internet connected devices. In the majority of cases the business benefits of an IoT application stem from the processing… Read More


IoT Tutorial: Chapter 6 – IoT at the Edge

IoT Tutorial: Chapter 6 – IoT at the Edge
by John Soldatos on 07-03-2016 at 4:00 pm

IoT and the Edge Computing Paradigm – Why Edge Computing? In previous chapters we illustrated how cloud computing enables nowadays IoT applications to benefit from its capacity, scalability, elasticity and pay-as-you-go nature. During recent years a number of IoT/cloud deployments have demonstrated the merits of integrating… Read More


Whose IoT devices were breached in 2015?

Whose IoT devices were breached in 2015?
by Bill McCabe on 06-26-2016 at 4:00 pm

IoT, as we all know, is not without issues–though we have become reliant upon it in many ways.. In 2015, there were some very viable and tangible proofs that the IoT field is fraught with real peril and that we as IoT designers, developers and companies need to be paying more attention to security. Just how many different IoT … Read More


Industry 4.0 Challenges Should Sound Familiar to Tech Companies

Industry 4.0 Challenges Should Sound Familiar to Tech Companies
by Raman Chitkara on 06-26-2016 at 7:00 am

Following a series of acquisitions, one manufacturer is planning to pivot from a business model based on hardware sales to one based on monthly fees for bundled hardware, software, service, and connectivity. Sensors, the cloud, wireless connectivity and data analytics all play a role in this new model. It is a massive undertaking… Read More


The Evolution of IoT Platforms

The Evolution of IoT Platforms
by Michael Tanner on 06-19-2016 at 12:00 pm

Hype-cycles are well known phenomena to those who pay attention to high-tech markets. Since we are probably at a peak of the early IoT hype-cycle in 2016, it’s natural to expect this latest wave of technologies to evolve just like other tech categories have in the past, with the eventual market power and market value going to a few … Read More


IoT Tutorial: Chapter 5 – IoT Clouds and Semantic Interoperability

IoT Tutorial: Chapter 5 – IoT Clouds and Semantic Interoperability
by John Soldatos on 06-15-2016 at 12:00 pm

Semantic Interoperability of IoT Data Streams: In the previous chapter of the IoT tutorial we introduced the concept of IoT and cloud computing convergence, while presenting concrete examples of IoT/cloud infrastructures, such as popular public IoT clouds (Xively.com, Thingspeak.com). These infrastructures enable the… Read More


IoT Tutorial: Chapter 4 – Internet of Things in the Clouds

IoT Tutorial: Chapter 4 – Internet of Things in the Clouds
by John Soldatos on 06-15-2016 at 7:00 am

The advent of cloud computing has acted as a catalyst for the development and deployment of scalable Internet-of-Things business models and applications. Therefore, IoT and cloud are nowadays two very closely affiliated future internet technologies, which go hand-in-hand in non-trivial IoT deployments. Furthermore, most… Read More