IoE

Connecting parents and children with the Internet of Everything

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Overnight trips when both of my kids were younger were hard. Wishing them goodnight over the phone. Sending postcards. But I always wished there was a way to stay connected with them while I was away. I read an interesting article on GigaOM by Stacey Higginbotham entitled, Hey parents! The internet of things might just […]

Securing the Internet of Everything: An Architectural View

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As a follow up to my introductory blog on Securing the Internet of Everything, I would like to discuss further the security implications that will comprise proposed framework. As the applications of the IoT/M2M affect our daily lives, whether it is in the Industrial Control, Transportation, Smartgrid or Healthcare, it becomes imperative to ensure a secure […]

May 31, 2013

MANUFACTURING

Cisco Messages on Hannover Messe Part 3 – That knowing look between ODVA and Cisco

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Adrienne Meyer, ODVA, Manager of Member Services and Guy Denis, Business Development Manager at Cisco Systems, explain the value and integration that Cisco brings to ODVA for the past decade at Hannover Messe 2013. Here is the third and final installment from the recent Cisco presence at Hanover Messe presence. The first installment can be […]

What an Orchestra and a Mobile Device have in Common

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Orchestras are often used as metaphors for all sorts of things--organizational structure, planning sessions and even families. Have you been to the symphony recently? Musicians sit in a regimented ordering...

May 30, 2013

MANUFACTURING

Messages on Hannover Messe Part 2 – Rudolph Maly and 4th Industrial Revolution

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Rudolph Maly, Head of Cisco Connected Industries for EMEAR, talks about the 2013 Hannover Messe event in Germany and says “Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution!” Here is the second installment from the recent Cisco presence at Hannover Messe presence. The first installment can be viewed here: Cisco Messages on Hannover Messe Part 1, Guy […]

Demystifying IPv6

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Version 6 of the Internet protocol (IPv6) is a key enabler of the Internet of Everything (IoE). People, data, and things all need IP addresses to connect to the Internet. But we’ve already run out of IP addresses under IPv4, which dictates almost all (98.5 percent) of Internet traffic today. Even with all of the […]

Connected Millennials Entering the Workforce

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Earlier this year, CNN reported that the U.S. jobless rate fell to its lowest level since 2008. Positive job growth—and having the talent to fulfill these job openings—is great news for employers, jobseekers, and the economy as a whole. As the academic year comes to an end, college graduates around the world are getting ready […]

Collaboration in the New Age of Convergence

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I was in the grocery store when I realized that something new was going on: our entrance into the era of computing that I call convergence — the convergence of man and machine – is already changing the face of collaboration. In the recent past, collaboration did a great job of connecting people to people […]

Summary: Securing the Internet of Everything: An Introduction

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I recently kicked off a series about security and the Internet of Everything, a pivotal topic that starts with the roots of IoE, IoT and M2M, which I explore in more depth in the first post. Machine-to-Machine connections make up a huge portion of the Internet of Things, both general concepts for the network infrastructures […]