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• RSA IoT Village 2018: Hacking some of the things

  Editorial Director Robert Richardson takes a seat at the lab table at the IoT Village in the Sandbox area at the 2018 RSA Conference to hack his way into some IoT devices. Continue Reading

• The IoT evolution versus IoT revolution debate in the Cognitive Age

  Is IoT an evolution or revolution? OIES Consulting's Francisco Maroto explains why it's critical to look at the Age we are living in to take part in the debate. Continue Reading

• Computer vision holds the key to disrupting TV advertising space

  The TV industry needs to move toward personalized, targeted real-time advertising and abandon the traditional way of gathering viewer analytics. EyeSight's Ran Baror explains how. Continue Reading

• Innovative, unheard of use cases of streaming analytics

  Nexsoftsys' James Warner discusses three use cases where streaming analytics has a bright future, but has not quite taken off yet. Continue Reading

• From mono to micro: Paving the way to IoT

  Microservices play a critical role in IoT, explains LeanIX's André Christ, providing the flexibility needed to capture, process and manage massive volumes of IoT data. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • IoT devices (internet of things devices)
  • MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport)
  • robotic process automation
  • RFID (radio frequency identification)

  • LPWAN (low-power wide area network)
  • smart city
  • Zigbee
  • IoT policy (Internet of Things policy)

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• The anatomy of a smart app

  How do you make IoT technology development manageable? Mendix's Johan den Haan says the answer lies in adopting a platform approach with an additional model-driven platform layer.Continue Reading

• IoT devices (internet of things devices)

  IoT devices, or any of the many things in the internet of things, are nonstandard computing devices that connect wirelessly to a network and have the ability to transmit data.Continue Reading

• Artificial intelligence at work in the workplace

  AI is making inroads in the workplace. Broadsoft's Scott Hoffpauir offers a clear-eyed look at what AI is and how it can be put to work today.Continue Reading

• Why interoperability is key to building confidence in IoT

  Creating value from IoT while ensuring a safe and satisfactory user experience is not an easy task. oneM2M's Dr. Omar Elloumi explains why interoperability between verticals and vendors is critical.Continue Reading

• How AI and IoT will interact

  To create a world of seamless exchange between people, networks, devices and applications, IoT in concert with AI is critical, says Tata Communications' Tim Sherwood.Continue Reading

• CES 2018: The five words I heard most frequently

  People Power's Stuart Sikes offers the five words he heard most frequently at CES 2018, from AI to robots, which created conversations among conference attendees.Continue Reading

• How IoT is changing insurance

  Thanks to IoT, the insurance industry is revolutionizing how it assesses risks and pricing to a model based on real-life data. Jooycar's María Paz Gillet Martín explains.Continue Reading

• What is the real state of IoT gateways?

  Intelligent gateways are a valuable addition to the IoT ecosystem, but how to deploy them -- and when not to -- is not yet widely understood. Aricent's Ben Pietrabella discusses.Continue Reading

• How to get started with IoT when there's so little standardization

  While launching an enterprise IoT project in a market of little standardization may seem daunting, Deloitte Consulting's Robert Schmid warns not to wait for a leader to emerge.Continue Reading

• My car just told me to stop texting and watch the road!

  Thanks to the miniaturization of 3D cameras and increasingly powerful AI software, says Sensible Vision's George Brostoff, interaction between people and their cars will never be the same.Continue Reading