IoT Agenda

January 2018

Industrial Internet of Things (IoT)

Shielding valuable IIoT data with VPNs
Guest Contributor Julian Weinberger - NCP engineering 31 Jan 2018

NCP engineering's Julian Weinberger explores the benefits of IIoT and smart factories, as well as the security risks which can be mitigated by a centrally managed VPN.

How IoT can provide greater value to the agriculture industry
Guest Contributor Karina Popova - LINK Mobility GmbH 17 Jan 2018

Karina Popova explains the benefits IoT can provide to farmers, as well as the challenges of adopting connected technologies in the agriculture industry.

IoT technology trends to watch in 2018
Guest Contributor Mitch Maiman - Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS) 04 Jan 2018

IPS' Mitch Maiman discusses IoT technology trends he expects in 2018, from improved security through blockchain to outdoor IoT growth to more wearables.

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Leaders discuss challenges, strategies for women in IT

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14 tips for CIOs managing shadow IT activities

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Top 2020 IT priorities hold fast amid COVID-19; spending takes hit

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Guide to preventing coronavirus phishing and ransomware

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Supply chain attack hits 26 open source projects on GitHub

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Top 3 advantages of smart cards -- and potential disadvantages

As smart card adoption increases, it is prudent to take a closer look at how this technology can improve data security. Here, ...

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5 things to know about MU-MIMO technology in Wi-Fi networks

'Multiuser multiple input, multiple output' might not roll off the tongue, but MU-MIMO technology is increasingly important in ...

5 principles of the network change management process

Network change management includes five basic principles, including risk analysis and peer review. These best practices can help ...

Small vendors that stand out in network automation

When incumbent vendors fall short, enterprises should consider these small vendors for new approaches to analytics and network ...

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Traditional vs. converged vs. hyper-converged infrastructure setups

HCI clusters, converged infrastructure and rack servers all offer benefits for a data center. Still, figuring out which is easier...

IBM layoffs target services, marketing employees

IBM layoffs under newly appointed CEO Arvind Krishna largely affect its Global Technology Services and marketing groups.

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Couchbase sees a blurring line between cloud NoSQL and SQL

Matt Cain, president and CEO of Couchbase, explains why NoSQL is part of digital transformation efforts, as his company prepares ...

Apache Pulsar joins Kafka in Splunk Data Stream Processor

Splunk is integrating open source Apache Kafka capabilities alongside Apache Pulsar support to better enable its latest Data ...

Benefits of a data catalog and why you need one

Data catalogs help across enterprises, from breaking down data silos to ensuring data privacy. A new book from Technics ...