Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Edge computing vs. cloud computing: What's the difference?

  IT administrators don't need to choose between the edge and cloud, but they need to know the pros and cons of each technology to best incorporate them in business operations. Continue Reading

• Understand the best IT/OT convergence strategies

  The differences between IT and OT make convergence difficult. Admins can reconcile the two by creating a partition and prioritizing OT traffic. Continue Reading

• Connected cars and the impact of digital transformation on the auto industry

  The future of connected cars is accompanied by a need for increased connectivity. Jabil's Trevor Neumann discusses the challenges and opportunities this will have for automakers. Continue Reading

• 4 IoT monetization strategies -- and how to choose the right one for your offerings

  The internet of things is changing how products and services are delivered. Flexera's Cris Wendt discusses four popular monetization models and how each pertains to IoT. Continue Reading

• Thanks to new wireless capabilities, the future of IoT rests only on our imaginations

  By solving key developer issues and lowering barriers to entry, says Twilio's Evan Cummack, new wireless capabilities are helping industry leaders usher in a new era of IoT. Continue Reading

• IoT and streaming data are revitalizing the brick-and-mortar shopping experience

  New technologies are enhancing in-store execution, operational efficiencies and improving customer experiences more than ever before. Cloudera's Brent Biddulph discusses the benefits of IoT and ...Continue Reading

• Car lot operators benefit from IoT device that locates cars without a search party

  In this case study, Silicon Labs' Alex Koepsel explains how startup Cognosos built an IoT platform to help car lot operators track vehicle inventories, saving them time and money.Continue Reading

• How can service providers shift into the center of the smart home experience?

  While internet service providers have become an invisible brand in many households, the smart home movement presents an opportunity which Calix's Michael Weening says ISPs cannot ignore.Continue Reading

• Rapid prototyping with embedded products helps hardware developers focus on innovation

  Texas Instrument's Adrian Fernandez explains what is happening in the industry that is enabling the rapid iteration and prototyping of embedded hardware products.Continue Reading

• Is your city as smart as a 10 year old? To get smart, cities must focus on friction

  A smart city is more than just connected infrastructure. Infor's Guy Courtin discusses how using digital to reduce friction and inefficiencies will make truly smart cities a reality.Continue Reading

• Blockchain offers a new approach to customer satisfaction with the help of IoT

  Pairing blockchain with IoT is revolutionizing the customer experience, says Voxpro's Brian Hannon, namely by providing the trust needed to build customer relationships on core values of security, ...Continue Reading

• How to determine the right balance of cloud and edge for your analytics project

  Finding the right balance between edge and cloud is the key to success, says Stratus Technolgies' Jason Andersen. With right combination of edge and cloud, organizations can see real ROI and often ...Continue Reading

• IoT and the workplace: Transform spaces, improve satisfaction and productivity

  Adding IoT-enabled technologies into buildings not only transforms spaces and optimized efficiency, it also affects and organization's biggest asset: its people. Honeywell's Himanshu Khurana explains.Continue Reading

• Predictions on a silver platter: How AI Is creating more effective human interactions

  Artificial intelligence can help service providers anticipate what customers need and want before the customer even knows. Sisense's Guy Levy-Yurista examines how AI will offer high-value service.Continue Reading

• In-memory HTAP computing: Create smart IIoT applications with continuous learning

  Continuous learning systems are now attainable for a range of industrial IoT use cases thanks to in-memory HTAP computing. GridGain's Nikita Ivanov discusses.Continue Reading

• IoT inflection points you aren't thinking about and what they mean for developers

  As businesses move from IoT experimentation to real-world IoT applications, there are a number of inflection points emerging. Twilio's Chetan Chaudhary discusses what these mean for developers.Continue Reading

• How real-time location services will drive the future of IoT smart logistics

  Real-time location services is poised to bring a 'new logistics order.' Roambee's Sanjay Sharma outlines the benefits for logistics companies and their clients alike.Continue Reading

• Future of real-time enterprise IoT depends on in-memory computing powered HTAP

  IoT requires a critical technology infrastructure reinvention, which can be enabled only by HTAP powered by in-memory computing. GridGain Systems' Nikita Ivanov explains.Continue Reading

• Four keys to successful IoT product software: Using a co-development approach

  Deploying successful IoT software is much like building a house; it requires coordination and prioritization. IPS's Danny Aponte offers four steps to creating successful IoT software.Continue Reading

• Dawning of the digital security border: A new standard for wide area perimeter and border security

  Technology-based perimeter security may have a potential use case in the U.S. again thanks to low-power sensors and the new 802.16s industrial wireless standard.Continue Reading

• The role retailers should play in driving IoT security certification standards

  IoT security is a major concern, especially for retailers. JASK's Greg Martin explores the role retailers have to play in securing IoT and keeping themselves and consumers safe.Continue Reading

• The data platform is key to connected cars and the internet of automotive things

  The success of connected and autonomous cars requires a fundamental shift in the data platforms used to support them. MapR's Crystal Valentine discusses.Continue Reading

• IoT to grow out of awkward adolescence in 2018 and other trends for the new year

  It will be 2018 in which IoT grows up and offers true innovation. Infiswift's Arup Barat discusses this and more IoT trends for the coming year.Continue Reading

• Wired to wireless: The next big change in advanced metering infrastructure and connected societies

  802.11s will allow us to rethink how wireless networks are designed in individual homes and businesses and, eventually, communities and smart grids.Continue Reading