Solid-state drive (SSD) development has proceeded at a relatively slow pace for the last few years as the high price points for these drives have kept consumers from adopting them. Enterprises that can afford the higher cost have been using SSDs extensively. However, the technology may have advanced to the point where prices will drop enough for individual consumers to …
Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) is Disrupting the Industry Thanks to IoT Growth. Here’s How to Capitalize.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is booming, and it’s already impacting everything from the public sector to employee engagement. The influx of connected devices is expected to be worth between $3.9 and $11.1 billion annually through 2025. There’s one market in particular being disrupted by the IoT explosion today: Content. Marketers have access to more channels and content than ever …
When Small Storage Gets Big
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Data storage is a vital concern for many companies. Part of real digital transformation is collecting, organizing, and using high volumes of user and customer data. When we think of enterprise storage, we might naturally assume storing massive amounts of data requires a great deal of floor …
Why Your Big Data Needs to Be Agile
When we talk about the digital transformation, we often refer to the importance of agile businesses. Enterprises willing to adapt to new technology are better poised to come out on top –but companies aren’t the only things benefiting from agility that allows them to pivot in real time. Big data, as we know it, is just getting started. The mainstream …
To Have and to Hold: Married to the Internet of Things
For several years we have been carefully observing the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). For those not familiar with the term, it refers to the connectivity of virtually every modern “smart” device that is being manufactured for the home, office, automobile … you name it. If it has a “chip” and can access Internet, then it is at …
Leading New ICT Tech and How It’s About to Rock Your World
If you’re in the technology industry like I am, you know how challenging it can be to stay up-to-date in our fast-changing niche. Even the word technology has a different meaning today than it did a few years ago. It’s no longer just about our gadgets and computers. These days, technology touches almost every aspect of our lives. This is …
New IoT Business Models Equal New Legal Troubles?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is leading to a revolution for the business of companies and still has massive potentials of growth, but such change reveals legal risks never experienced by many of them. The comment from the former CEO of Nokia during the press release of announcement of the acquisition of their smartphone division by Microsoft is very interesting. …
The IoT Creating Value for Our Cities
There’s no question the IoT is at an inflection point for enterprise organizations, as the IoT’s connectedness and data saturation has been the catalyst for both repurposing old technologies and shaping new ones. It’s clearly revolutionized how we work, but what about how we live? Most of us already know connected cars are coming (and quickly), but think bigger: Smart …
How the IoT Will Change Retail
It wasn’t too long ago that the Internet of Things (IoT) was a new term, and retailers were formulating nascent ideas and predictions on how this new technology might be implemented to serve the industry at large. A recent Retail Systems Research (RSR) report officially puts those days behind us, as 72 percent of surveyed retailers reported to be currently …
Beyond Smartphones: How IoT Is Changing Everything
While people often talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) for what it will do for connectivity in the future, what is actually changing most is the way applications are being developed to leverage the byproduct of IoT—data. Just last year, I said businesses that wanted to stay successful should plan on a connected workplace powered by IoT and that’s …