From M2M to IoT: Old industries have to learn new tricks
The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not.
The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not.
The Internet of Things is still too hard. Even some of its biggest backers say so.
As the Internet of Things expands from the industrial environment to the home, more people will interact with connected devices. Expect the voice commands familiar to entertainment system and smartphone users to become the 'interface' for these smart devices.
When Google Apps arrived in 2006, it stood on the cutting edge of Web-hosted email and collaboration suites for businesses, a bold pioneer clearing a path in the new, wild frontier of enterprise Cloud computing.
Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds.
The Swiss healthcare system is facing a crisis. Fifty-seven percent of its general practitioners are over the age of 55, and new doctors coming up through the system are increasingly choosing to go into specialist roles, so there are not enough new GPs to compensate for the number of retirements that will take place over the next ten years.
From software defined networking challenges to killing Cius and corporate restricting moves, it was a busy year for Cisco.
The Cisco Cius business tablet, announced in late June, appears loaded with features to impress mobile workers from the corporation to the classroom.