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Latest Blogs from Internet of Things Journal
By Kevin Benedict  The renowned military strategist John Boyd taught that people and institutions collect favorite philosophies, strategies, theories and ideologies over a period of time, and then try to align the future to fit them. The problem with this is the future is rarely like the past, and tryin... Aug. 27, 2017 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,090 | By Pat Romanski  When shopping for a new data processing platform for IoT solutions, many development teams want to be able to test-drive options before making a choice. Yet when evaluating an IoT solution, it’s simply not feasible to do so at scale with physical devices. Building a sensor simulator is... Aug. 27, 2017 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,915 | By Liz McMillan  To get the most out of their data, successful companies are not focusing on queries and data lakes, they are actively integrating analytics into their operations with a data-first application development approach. Real-time adjustments to improve revenues, reduce costs, or mitigate ris... Aug. 27, 2017 04:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,153 | By Kevin Benedict  Increasingly, in a world of compressed times and distances, humans will be the inventors, designers and managers of digital systems and processes, rather than the operators. Operations will be measured in milliseconds, an inhumane speed where only the machines can deliver.
Professor ... Aug. 26, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,114 | By Elizabeth White  Everything run by electricity will eventually be connected to the Internet. Get ahead of the Internet of Things revolution and join Akvelon expert and IoT industry leader, Sergey Grebnov, in his session at @ThingsExpo, for an educational dive into the world of managing your home, workp... Aug. 25, 2017 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 6,464 | By Pat Romanski  When shopping for a new data processing platform for IoT solutions, many development teams want to be able to test-drive options before making a choice. Yet when evaluating an IoT solution, it’s simply not feasible to do so at scale with physical devices. Building a sensor simulator is... Aug. 25, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,837 | By William Schmarzo  In the blog “From Autonomous to Smart: Importance of Artificial Intelligence,” we discussed the two critical artificial intelligence (AI) challenges in creating “smart” edge devices: Artificial Intelligence Challenge #1: How do the Artificial Intelligence algorithms handle the unexpec... Aug. 25, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,126 | By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that Datera, that offers a radically new data management architecture, has been named "Exhibitor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo ®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Date... Aug. 23, 2017 09:15 PM EDT Reads: 4,237 | By William Schmarzo  We all probably remember the movie (“Jurassic Park”), even if we don’t remember this exact scene: Dr. Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum is explaining Chaos Theory to Dr. Ellie Sattler, played by Laura Dern.
Dr. Malcolm is explaining how random, seemingly negligible events can disrupt e... Aug. 23, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,779 | By Pat Romanski  Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 21st Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.
The I... Aug. 22, 2017 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 6,169 | By Liz McMillan  Recently, IoT seems emerging as a solution vehicle for data analytics on real-world scenarios from setting a room temperature setting to predicting a component failure of an aircraft. Compared with developing an application or deploying a cloud service, is an IoT solution unique? If so... Aug. 21, 2017 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,116 | By Kevin Benedict  I have had the opportunity to work for and around a good many start-ups during the course of my career. Often the start-up founders would simply define a problem, develop a solution and launch a company. The marketing department would then do their very best to identify the individuals... Aug. 21, 2017 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,838 | By Elizabeth White  In the enterprise today, connected IoT devices are everywhere – both inside and outside corporate environments. The need to identify, manage, control and secure a quickly growing web of connections and outside devices is making the already challenging task of security even more importa... Aug. 19, 2017 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 5,466 | By Liz McMillan  With tough new regulations coming to Europe on data privacy in May 2018, Calligo will explain why in reality the effect is global and transforms how you consider critical data. EU GDPR fundamentally rewrites the rules for cloud, Big Data and IoT. In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Adam... Aug. 17, 2017 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,967 | By Peter Silva In this Lightboard Lesson, I describe how F5 Silverline Cloud-based Platform can help mitigate DDoS and other application attacks both on-prem and in the cloud with the Hybrid Signaling iApp. Learn how both on-premises and the cloud can work together to create a composite defense again... Jul. 19, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 337 | By Peter Silva In this Lightboard, I light up some lessons on BIG-IP Access Policy Manager. BIG-IP APM provides granular access controls to discreet applications and networks supporting 2FA and federated identity management. You can also check out Chase’s written article What is BIG-IP APM? ps Jul. 26, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 333 | By Elizabeth White  In his session at @ThingsExpo, Sudarshan Krishnamurthi, a Senior Manager, Business Strategy, at Cisco Systems, discussed how IT and operational technology (OT) work together, as opposed to being in separate siloes as once was traditional. Attendees learned how to fully leverage the pow... Aug. 17, 2017 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 5,234 | By Liz McMillan  Blockchain is a shared, secure record of exchange that establishes trust, accountability and transparency across supply chain networks. Supported by the Linux Foundation's open source, open-standards based Hyperledger Project, Blockchain has the potential to improve regulatory complian... Aug. 17, 2017 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,963 | By Kevin Benedict  The winning trinity in competitive decision-making includes people, ideas and things according to the renowned military strategist John Boyd. Although competitive decision-making is not yet an Olympic sport, it affects us all. Leaders (people) must become trained experts at using digi... Aug. 16, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,787 | By William Schmarzo  It’s hard to get into the world of the Internet of Things (IOT) without eventually talking about Digital Twins. I was first exposed to the concept of Digital Twins when working with GE. Great concept. But are Digital Twins only relevant to physical machines such as wind turbines, jet e... Aug. 16, 2017 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,497 | By Pat Romanski  "The Striim platform is a full end-to-end streaming integration and analytics platform that is middleware that covers a lot of different use cases," explained Steve Wilkes, Founder and CTO at Striim, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Ce... Aug. 15, 2017 10:45 PM EDT Reads: 4,827 | By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that IBM has been named “Diamond Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st Cloud Expo, which will take place on October 31 through November 2nd 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Aug. 15, 2017 09:45 PM EDT Reads: 6,305 | By Carmen Gonzalez  The best way to leverage your Cloud Expo presence as a sponsor and exhibitor is to plan your news announcements around our events. The press covering Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo will have access to these releases and will amplify your news announcements. More than two dozen Cloud compan... Aug. 14, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 6,300 | By Glenn Graney  It seems as if the whole world wants to talk about Industry 4.0 (or Industrie 4.0 if you prefer the European spelling). Industry 4.0 is embodied by two main buzz worthy topics known as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data / Advanced Analytics. The "4.0" references what many consid... Aug. 10, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,603 | By Shelly Palmer  Back, by popular demand, a reprise of my 8 Hottest Tech Trends of 1776. Enjoy!
A little more than 241 years ago, our forefathers used the best technology available to inspire colonial proto-Americans to revolt against King George. At that time, the “best” technology available was the ... Aug. 8, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,594 | By Kevin Benedict  I came across the brilliant blog site of Futurist Frank Diana this week. In one of his most recent articles he discusses the concept of combinatorial nature. He states, "We are seeing exponential convergence across the areas of science, technology, economics, society, ethics, and pol... Aug. 5, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,194 | By Karyn Jeffery  For any business to be successful, it must enable talent to focus on the innovation that will drive new value. As digital literacy and dexterity grows, people are increasingly agnostic about devices – they want to be able to access their personalized workspace and services anywhere, at... Aug. 2, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,852 | By Peter Silva Hot off Cloud Month, let’s look at how to deploy BIG-IP Virtual Edition on the Google Cloud Platform. This is a simple single-NIC, single IP deployment, which means that both management traffic and data traffic are going through the same NIC and are accessible with the same IP address.... Jul. 11, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 443 | By Peter Silva Is it the end of June already? At least it ended on a Friday and we can close out DevCentral’s Cloud Month followed by the weekend! First, huge thanks to our Cloud Month authors: Suzanne, Hitesh, Greg, Marty and Lori. Each delivered an informative series (23 articles in all!) from thei... Jun. 30, 2017 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 432 | By William Schmarzo  A recent BusinessWeek article titled “America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever” summarizes the epidemic that retailers are facing today (see Figure 1).
Retailers are closing stores at a record path and the driving force behind the acceleration in store closings is Amazo... Jul. 23, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,023 | By Pat Romanski  "MobiDev is a Ukraine-based software development company. We do mobile development, and we're specialists in that. But we do full stack software development for entrepreneurs, for emerging companies, and for enterprise ventures," explained Alan Winters, U.S. Head of Business Developmen... Jul. 19, 2017 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,558 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Datanami has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Datanami is a communication channel dedicated to providing ins... Jul. 18, 2017 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,913 | By Liz McMillan  In this presentation, Striim CTO and founder Steve Wilkes will discuss practical strategies for counteracting fraud and cyberattacks by leveraging real-time streaming analytics. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Steve Wilkes, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Striim, will provide a ... Jul. 14, 2017 06:15 PM EDT Reads: 4,375 | By William Schmarzo  Many organizations are associating data monetization with selling their data. But selling data is not a trivial task, especially for organizations whose primary business relies on its data. Organizations new to selling data need to be concerned with privacy and Personally Identifiable ... Jul. 13, 2017 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 5,734 | By Patrick Hubbard  In the hybrid IT era, complexity is the name of the game. In fact, according to the recent SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2017, IT professionals report the number one challenge of hybrid IT is increased infrastructure complexity. Accelerating complexity is just one challenge in how hybrid... Jul. 13, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,038 | By Liz McMillan  Artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks. We’re in the midst of a wave of excitement around AI such as hasn’t been seen for a few decades. But those previous periods of inflated expectations led to troughs of disappointment. Will this time be different?
Most likely. ... Jul. 10, 2017 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,309 | By Elizabeth White  Amazon started as an online bookseller 20 years ago. Since then, it has evolved into a technology juggernaut that has disrupted multiple markets and industries and touches many aspects of our lives. It is a relentless technology and business model innovator driving disruption throughou... Jul. 8, 2017 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 6,540 | By Dana Gardner  The next BriefingsDirect security insights discussion examines the relationship between security and virtualization. We will now delve into how adaptive companies are finding ways to leverage their virtualization environments to become more resilient, more intelligent, and how they can... Jul. 6, 2017 11:33 AM EDT Reads: 207 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Conference Guru has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
A valuable conference experience generates new contac... Jul. 6, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,955 | By Elizabeth White  When growing capacity and power in the data center, the architectural trade-offs between server scale-up vs. scale-out continue to be debated. Both approaches are valid: scale-out adds multiple, smaller servers running in a distributed computing model, while scale-up adds fewer, more p... Jul. 4, 2017 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,652 |
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