Internet of Everything (IOE)

January 13, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The Last Traffic Jam and Other Lasts the Internet of Everything will Make Possible

2 min read

By 2030, an average American household is expected to incur traffic-related costs of $2,301 per year, a 33 percent increase compared to 2013. In fact, the annual price of traffic in the U.S. and Europe will soar to $293 billion by 2030, a rise of nearly 50 percent from 2013. Additionally, traffic conditions around the […]

January 13, 2015

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Making the Last Traffic Jam a Reality

3 min read

Traffic jams aren’t just stressful—they’re expensive. A recent study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research revealed that in 2013 traffic jams cost the U.S. $124 billion. By 2030, they estimate the annual price of traffic in the U.S. and Europe will soar to $293 billion. Can we turn this around? I think so. […]

January 12, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

In Retail, Insight Is Currency, and Context Is King

3 min read

Today’s retailers face a rising tide of change, disruption, and challenges, all driven by technology. As their business landscape is upended, many are struggling to adapt to changing consumer behaviors,...

January 9, 2015

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

How Trinity Leeds is changing the future of retail with IoE

2 min read

Shopping centres have been around for thousands of years, supposedly starting in Ancient Rome. The basic concept of a shopping centre has not changed much since then; a large building, or multiple buildings connected, which contain a variety of retail stores, services and restaurants. However, we at Land Securities, a commercial property group based in […]

January 7, 2015

DATA CENTER

How To Gain an Edge by Taking Data Analytics to the Edge

4 min read

In Part 1 of this blog series, I talked about how data integration provides a critical foundation for capturing actionable insights that generate improved outcomes. Now, in Part 2, I’ll focus on the two other challenges that must be met to extract value from data: 1) automating the collection of data, and 2) analyzing the […]

Cisco Partner Case Study in Oil and Gas – Canadian Natural Resources by Provist

2 min read

Cisco partner Provista IP Communications* provided a solution to Canadian Natural Resources that delivered a flexible off-shore wireless network supplying data mobility whilst remaining secure and manageable. When you search for case studies in Oil and Gas there are lots that cover the carpeted areas of organizations – office areas mainly, but fewer that actually […]

December 23, 2014

MANUFACTURING

2015 Manufacturing Industry Predictions

6 min read

What’s new and trending for the industry? Well, predictions for the upcoming year as a motif is certainly not new but is definitely trending, considering the deluge of pundits concentrating...

December 22, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Artificial Intelligence, Linking People and Things on the Hong Kong Subway

1 min read

Connecting Dark Assets: An ongoing series on how the Internet of Everything is transforming the ways in which we live, work, play, and learn. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is all about connecting people, process, data, and things in innovative ways. And if you think that’s just a nice vision for the future, look no […]

December 16, 2014

DATA CENTER

Why Data Integration Provides the Critical Foundation for Capturing Actionable Insights

3 min read

We all know that Big Data is getting bigger. And, the gap between the amount of data with hidden value and the amount of value that is actually extracted keeps widening. In fact, according to IDC, less than 1 percent of the world’s data is currently being analyzed. What good is data if it doesn’t […]