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• Why citizens should be the digital heartbeat of every smart city

  Urban leaders should put citizens at the heart of smart city strategies to meet the higher expectations and logical outcomes they expect, says Tata Consultancy Services' Seeta Hariharan. Continue Reading

• Five ways IoT is transforming the manufacturing industry

  Hitachi Vantara's Greg Knieriemen discusses five ways IoT will permanently change the manufacturing for the better, from improved operational efficiency to improving safety. Continue Reading

• Power companies plug into Salesforce IoT and AI applications

  Gathering data points in apps and then processing the data via AI creates opportunities for companies in the energy vertical to automate the service side of the customer experience. Continue Reading

• The infinite struggle of testing IoT

  Testing IoT isn't the easiest process. Sogeti's Tom van de Ven offers tips on how to approach it and create your IoT test strategy. Continue Reading

• Enterprise IoT innovation labs are killing connected product success

  Connected products and IoT systems require much more than a centralized innovation lab can deliver. BrightWolf's James Branigan explains. 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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• robotic process automation

  Robotic process automation (RPA) is the use of software with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to handle high-volume, repeatable tasks that previously required humans to perform.Continue Reading

• Intelligent disobedience can mitigate dangerous IoT situations

  As systems become more intelligent, they evolve to a point where the user or administrator should integrate them into the decision-making process.Continue Reading

• I'm dreaming of an IoT Christmas

  SAS Institute's Tamara Dull offers an IoT rendition of the Bing Crosby classic, "White Christmas," filled with IoT gadgets and holiday fun.Continue Reading

• Enterprise voice technology makes inroads in B2E, B2B2C

  Enterprise voice applications are coming, and businesses that have already deployed them are improving customer satisfaction, employee productivity and efficiency.Continue Reading

• IoT and your next checkup

  Before the internet of things can truly impact consumers' well-being, says Infor's Guy Courtin, privacy and connectivity issues must be overcome.Continue Reading

• RFID (radio frequency identification)

  RFID (radio frequency identification) is a form of wireless communication that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object, animal or...Continue Reading

• The Jetsons made the internet of things look so easy

  The Jetsons made IoT look easy -- and cool. What they never showed us, though, is the creepy or just plain wrong that sometimes accompanies the cool.Continue Reading

• Key aspects in securing the internet of things

  Geisel Software's Brian Geisel explains why prioritizing security in IoT is critical for manufacturers and consumers alike.Continue Reading

• IoT sector mergers and acquisitions: 2017 update

  James Turino of Drake Star Partners provides an update of the IoT sector mergers and acquisitions in 2017, as well as a private placement update.Continue Reading

• Prevent holiday pop-up pitfalls with IoT

  For retailers' seasonal pop-up shops to be lucrative, explains ServiceChannel's Hugues Meyrath, technologies such as AI, machine learning and IoT must be used.Continue Reading