The Internet of Things is revolutionizing many areas of our everyday lives. From transportation to small business management, the IoT and its numerous applications are slowly becoming commonplace and inevitably necessary to keep up in today’s fast-paced world. While it may not seem like an obvious application, the field of education has much to gain from the IoT. As stated …
The IoT, Qualcomm, and the path to a smarter, more connected world – Part 3
In Part 1 of our series, we talked about how the IoT is already creating a fundamental shift in how consumers will soon think about their relationship with technology, and how Qualcomm is helping drive that future. In Part 2, we explored the four fundamental pillars of the platform thinking business model that has made technology-centric companies the new kings …
The IoT, Qualcomm, and the Path to a Smarter, More Connected World – Part 2
In Part 1, we took a quick tour of what the IoT is, how globally transformative it is likely to be in the next two decades, and what role Qualcomm is quietly playing in making the IoT a reality. For the sake of brevity, we ended right as we were about to dive into what I see as the four …
The IoT, Qualcomm, and the Path to a Smarter, More Connected World – Part 1
In business and in life, the most important discussions you will ever have may not be the ones that everyone else is having. If you have been paying extra close attention to what we choose to cover here in our insights, you may have noticed that we don’t always stick to the road most traveled when it comes to Digital …
Improving Cities One IoT Device at a Time
OK—maybe one device at a time is a bit misleading. It’s been suggested that 16 billion devices will be interconnected by the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2021. Cities are expected to spend more than $40 trillion on IoT technology in the next two decades, and companies like Cisco, IBM, Intel, GE, and Siemens all have their hands in the …
The Top Six Enterprise Network Predictions for 2017
Move over big data, here comes artificial intelligence. And hello, Internet of Things; you’ve finally made it to the party. Those are just a couple of growth areas I see for enterprise networks in 2017. With all the activity that took place in enterprise network computing in 2016, the coming year stands to bear fruit with some truly big trends …
17 Tech Trends to Watch for in 2017
Of all the “What to watch” lists gumming up your social media feeds, “Which tech trends are on the horizon” should be the one you pause long enough to read. It’s important to recognize what technology is increasingly in popularity so you can allocate the time and funds to make these trends pay off for your business. Here are my …
To Market to Millennials, Financial Institutions Must Build a Better Customer Experience
Customer preferences, especially those of millennials, are a constantly moving target. Regardless of whether we’re talking about the retail sector or the financial services industry, consumers want to receive the right information on the right platform at the right time. Fortunately, there are a wide variety of technologies available to help marketers not only deliver personalized content to their customers, …
The Artificial Intelligence Market is Growing Rapidly. Read This to Get Up to Speed.
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is on fire—the good-growth kind of fire, not the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 kind of fire. AI’s boom encompasses natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, voice recognition, and image processing. Enabled by mobile devices and cloud technology, some analysts predict the enterprise AI market alone will reach $31.5 billion by 2025. What companies are investing, …
Technology and the Shift from Data Access to Data Creation
As I sit at my computer typing this, I have access to nearly all of human knowledge. This easy access to information defines our culture today. We Google answers to questions about the world around us, from science to pop culture. We ask Siri for the nearest Indian restaurant, and we get to know new people online without ever meeting …