Sensity: Lighting As A Key Component Of IoT
Continuing our examination of business cases for the IoT (Internet of Things), we became interested in Sensity, a company expert in embedding IoT capabilities in outdoor LED lighting. How big a...
View ArticleMoven: Smart Financial App For Smartwatches
Moven, provider of a leading mobile-first, financial management app, is one of those early in exploring the efficacy of smartwatches. We spoke with CTO, Bob Savino, about Moven’s progress. Regarding...
View Article“Internet Of Things” – Identifying The Real Issues
We’ve always had difficulty with the term “Internet of Things” (IoT). We believe it is an in-apt phrase, a misnomer for a massive amount of developments that stem from what was commonly called...
View ArticleApple Titan: Are Cars The Ultimate Mobile Cloud Devices?
Recent reporting by the Wall Street Journal has confirmed Apple’s plans to develop an electric car and the vast resources being poured into the company’s Titan auto project. While many speculate about...
View ArticleMovimento: From Connected Cars To “Software Enabled Cars”
“It’s all about the Journey of Software in the car, rather than the ‘connected’ or ‘smart’ or ‘autonomous’ car,” Mahbubul Alam, CTO of Movimento, told us in a recent interview. Consulting firm McKinsey...
View ArticleMocana: Mobile Security For “Emerging Endpoints”
Mobile “emerging endpoints” offer “a massive opportunity,” John Aisien, President and COO of mobile security provider Mocana, recently told us. Emerging endpoints include the exploding proliferation of...
View ArticleMesh Networks Outlook – An Industry Veteran’s Input
Tareq Hoque is a true veteran of the mesh industry, having started back in 2002 with Firetide (now part of Unicom Global), which introduced the Hot Point mesh access gear. While his current company,...
View ArticleCertainSafe – Big Growth Prospects in IoT Security
CertainSafe, which has been offering security solutions since 2009, holds promise of becoming a leader in IoT (Internet of Things) security. Based on its micro-tokenization technology, the company has...
View ArticleDAQRI: Augmented Reality (AR) Enters The Real World
DAQRI, a leading AR (augmented reality) innovator, recently introduced its Smart Helmet product, billed as: “The World’s First Wearable Human Machine Interface.” We spoke with Matt Kammerait, Vice...
View ArticleMobile Weather’s Big Growth Potential
The next five years will see a massive proliferation of new weather-related apps, and analytics. Weather historically has been taken for granted by consumers and businesses. However, this is changing....
View ArticlePersistent Systems “DNA” behind Cloud, Mobile, IoT & Digital Transformation
Persistent Systems (PSI) has in recent years acquired properties from the likes of: Intel, HP and Citrix – companies that dwarf this Indian-based, $400 million revenue, growth company. PSI is following...
View ArticleVoltDB: Fast Data and Faster IoT
Among the many exciting high-tech firms that have been founded in the last few years, VoltDB must be counted as high on the list. With fairly modest funding and a total payroll of 52 people, this...
View ArticleMonetizing The IoT – New Approaches: EastBanc Technologies
One of the most serious issues hanging over the Internet of Things (IoT) is: who will monetize it and how. Eric Hoffman, of mobile and cloud software house, EastBanc Technologies, recently offered an...
View ArticleCitizen App Developers – Low Code, No Code & IoT: Kintone Corp.
In a throwback to the French Revolution, the apps development world is increasingly experiencing the rise of “Citizen” Developers. This quaint phrase embodies a market trend that involves the growing...
View ArticleLPWAN’s Life & Death Struggle: Ingenu’s Answer
The LPWAN (low power wide area network) area is surging ahead, on virtually a global basis as there is growing interest in how the complex communications needs of the complex Internet of Things (IoT)...
View ArticleWearing the Hexoskin Smart Shirt for Health & Fitness Monitoring: Carré...
The Hexoskin smart shirt from Carré Technologies has received favorable attention as a wearable, even stylish, health and fitness tracking garment. But CEO Pierre-Alexandre Fournier recently emphasized...
View ArticleHudson Yards NYC: Luxury Living 2.0 with Integrated Info Tech
It is the “largest private real estate development in the history of the United States,” and a hot bed of applied 21st century information tech. We spoke with Gerhard Karba, Chief Technology Officer...
View ArticleIOT: Hype Holds Intelligence For Ransom
Few concepts have captured the IT community as the internet of things(IOT). Such a kidnapping generally has major elements as driving forces: Scale and Scope Scale: How about 50 billion or maybe 20...
View ArticleIs 5G The Answer for Autonomous Vehicles?
A webinar recently tossed out this question: “5G: The new fuel for the connected car?” A critical issue, for connected (and autonomous) vehicles, and the entire IoT, is the wireless networks that these...
View ArticleRideCell’s Path from Ride Share to Autonomous Vehicles
RideCell is dealing with a number of the cross-currents leading to development of autonomous vehicles. It has gained considerable attention because it provides the software platform for BMW’s ReachNow...
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