It's almost hard to believe that then Google, now Alphabet, bought Nest in January, 2014 when looking at Nest's evolving product line since then. There's been very little notable Google influence. With several new hardware products announced today, … [Read More...]
Why do enterprises want IoT?
Connected cars, workers and buildings offer almost complete visibility into business operations. But for the most successful companies, the process starts with a use case. One executive at a prominent company doing IoT deployment told me, "When … [Read More...]
SecureRF is bringing crypto to the embedded world
SecureRF makes software that gets embedded onto microprocessors that allows them to perform impressive feats of security in milliseconds, not minutes. Since security is one of the current challenges faced by the internet of things, a solution that … [Read More...]
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Chamberlain plans to charge for IFTTT, Google Home integrations
Chamberlain, the maker of the MyQ garage door opener and enterprise access products, will this week start charging for select smart home integrations, including IFTTT. Chamberlain will charge … [Read More...]
How to fix the fragmented smart home without standards
Last week I went to San Diego to visit Qualcomm and to attend CEDIA, a trade show for professional AV and home automation installers. The narrative flowing through both events was that the internet of … [Read More...]
Why is enterprise IoT trending down? Business understanding of IoT benefits
Over the weekend, I read an interesting CompTIA article based on a survey of 500 businesses regarding planning for modern IT architectures. Much of the content didn't surprise me: IT planning has been … [Read More...]
IoT News of the Week, September 15, 2017
Forget pacemakers, now the latest insecure medical device is an infusion pump: Earlier this month we learned that some pacemakers were hacked, requiring updates and doctor's visits for 465,000 … [Read More...]
Where was Apple’s IoT stuff and blockchain for the electrical grid
This week on the Internet of Things Podcast Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel I discuss the Apple news (or lack of it), a dangerous security flaw in Bluetooth that looks really bad for the internet … [Read More...]