Two weeks ago, Dell and Intel released the results of a 2018 survey in which they asked medium-to-large enterprises about their readiness for digital transformation. It was the second time they'd run such a survey; the first was in 2016. They put the … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Jan. 18, 2019
Bluetooth mesh is maturing, but will commercial lighting adopt it? I am in the middle of a deep dive into Bluetooth's viability in enterprise and commercial spaces, so when I saw this article I had to look. It talks mostly about the rise of Bluetooth … [Read more...]
Let’s take a bite of the industrial IoT layer cake
I spent the first part of this week at Emerson's annual users conference, where I heard about bridging the gap between operations and information technology. This so-called OT-IT divide has been something I've covered for the last few years, but … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 31, 2018
Huawei bucks the wireless IoT trend with PLC: Whenever we talk about IoT device connectivity, it’s generally a conversation about wireless technologies such as 5G or NB-IoT. Admittedly, we tend to overlook wired options. Huawei isn’t doing that, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 4, 2018
Sierra Wireless is behind thousands of connected air compressors: The internet of things is filled with fairly esoteric things that have introduced me to entire new worlds of equipment. I've written about connected centrifuges, connected steam … [Read more...]