Blockchain smart port case: container release in the port of Antwerp
The number of smart port projects with a blockchain technology component keeps increasing. In several ports and port cities, such as Hamburg to name just one, blockchain has become part of the broader smart port approach. Different smart port projects across the globe can have different goals or priorities but IoT, advanced big data (collection, […]
LiFi standardization: LiFi as the IEEE starts working on standardization
It is still early days for LiFi and it will remain a matter of niche applications for quite some time. However, the attention for LiFi, the market and LiFi use cases all increase. Moreover, new chips with LiFi are ahead and several evolutions at the same time open opportunities for more applications. End 2017 the […]
Inside the French law requiring parental approval for children to join Facebook
France is about to pass legislation requiring parental approval for children under the age of 16 years who want to join Facebook and other social platforms (and thus share their personal data). What that means and what the fact that it is global news means. December 13, 2017. Big news about draft legislation in France […]
Give your salespeople the tools to sell – sales success with Nancy Nardin
Buying behavior has changed. Marketing has changed. Sales has changed. Customer-centricity is revisited as customers continue to change and increasingly feel overwhelmed. However, has sales adapted enough to overcome commercial challenges? How has the collaboration between sales and marketing evolved since the early days of CRM and Sales Force Automation? How has technology changed the […]
The dangerous GDPR compliance disconnect: between perception and reality
There is clearly a compliance disconnect regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): a gap between the degree in which executives think they are GDPR compliant (and will be by May 2018) and the actual degree in which they are (and are preparing). This GDPR compliance disconnect exists on all (strategic) levels: from the crucial […]
MachNation MIT-E: hands-on IoT platform test data for buyers
The IoT platform market grows and evolves fast. With a forecasted $3.0 billion IoT platform market in 2018 and enterprises effectively preparing and taking decisions on the IoT platform that suits them best, independent test data to compare IoT platforms lack. MachNation MIT-E (MachNation IoT Test Environment) offers a solution. One of the crucial components of […]
Preparing an IoT project or IoT application? Check if you need a privacy assessment now
With the ongoing growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and ever more large-scale IoT projects come far more data. As tackled previously this deluge of IoT data has an impact on IT infrastructure and the shift towards the edge as in edge computing and in the several layers of the IoT stack, including IoT […]
Vision 2030: IoT, data and connectivity for sustainability
Can technologies – and the will to leverage them – lead to a more sustainable future and, if so, how? It’s one of the questions addressed in a report by Wipro Digital and and Forum for the Future. A broader look at sustainability and technology, spiced with some takeaways from the report, entitled ‘Vision 2030: […]
Digital twin technology and simulation: benefits, usage and predictions
Digital twin technology goes back since quite some time. As mentioned in a previous article on digital twins, the concept of having virtual or digital representations for physical products or assets as we know it now was born at the beginning of this millennium. If you take into account what NASA did as explained on […]
Digital transformation 2018: convergence and a more interconnected DX approach
A large number of organizations have digital transformation at the top of their agenda for 2018 and beyond. It’s what many surveys tell us, what we hear when talking with executives and when working with companies – and it’s of course not the first time. In this article we kick off a digital transformation 2018 […]
Alastria: the first national multi-sector blockchain ecosystem in the world
Spain’s multi-sector Alastria consortium brings together banks, telecom providers, energy companies, universities, smart city organizations, developers and more for the world’s first regulated national network based on blockchain with an initial focus on digital identity. It seems as if there is a new blockchain initiative virtually every day as we approach the end of 2018. […]
Samsung b.IoT – the next gen AI and IoT smart building system?
Since early October 2017 there has been speculation about the nascent launch of an IoT and AI smart building management system for commercial buildings by Samsung Electronics, Samsung b.IoT. It wasn’t really clear yet if with the platform the company wants to roll out a brand new building management system or an AI-powered IoT building system with limited […]
