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Internet of Things: Cooperation Between Industry and Government

By Dick Weisinger

The British government recently published a detailed report about the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on government, something that they’re calling the ‘second digital revolution’.  The report is called the Blackett Review, named after the Nobel Prize winner…

Internet of Things (IoT): Driving a Revolution in Digital Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vision of a world where almost any kind of object can and many will carry some kind of transmitter to send and receive data from the internet.  Think sensors and smart appliances everywhere,…

Internet of Things (IoT): Which IT Businesses Will Benefit?

By Dick Weisinger

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to usher in big opportunities for IT businesses. Gartner estimates that the number of devices connected to the internet will increase dramatically by 2020 to reach 30 billion devices.  The IT hardware, services…

Internet of Things (IoT): Billions of Things, Trillions of Dollars

By Dick Weisinger

By 2020 expect there to be a lot of devices connected to the internet — with the emphasis here on ‘a lot’.  Analysts and businesses can’t quite decide, but the number will be very big. Last year, Gartner predicted by 2020 there…

Big Data Analytics and IoT: Glassbeam Harnesses Spark

By Dick Weisinger

Glassbeam announced today the integration of their Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform called SCALAR with Apache Spark. Glassbeam is a five-year old machine data analytics company that has built a cloud-based analytics platform specifically designed for analyzing large amounts of…