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• Benefits and challenges of IT/OT convergence

  Overcome IT/OT convergence challenges, such as different perspectives and areas of concern, to realize cost savings, as well as performance and productivity gains. Continue Reading

• IoT trends to keep an eye on in 2024 and beyond

  Supply chain issues have affected IoT's growth, but moves toward 5G and more intelligent data analysis capabilities could help IoT gain traction in 2024. Continue Reading

• Top 10 IoT business models for 2024

  Organizations can incorporate IoT in their business models to generate additional revenue streams in several different ways, including the pay-per-usage and data-driven models. Continue Reading

• IoT data powers the metaverse

  One of the promises of the metaverse is the ability to create simulations that can test outcomes and improve human life. IoT data feeds those digital twins. Continue Reading

• An introduction to IoT penetration testing

  IoT systems are complex, and that makes checking for vulnerabilities a challenge. Penetration testing is one way to ensure your IoT architecture is safe from cyber attacks. Continue Reading

• Top 12 most commonly used IoT protocols and standards

  Not every IoT communication protocol is right for every deployment or device. Consider the power and security requirements before choosing one protocol over another.Continue Reading

• Ultimate IoT implementation guide for businesses

  IoT can offer many benefits to the enterprise, but it can be a challenge to implement. Learn the requirements and use best practices for a successful deployment.Continue Reading

• How to select the right IoT database architecture

  Understanding the core components of IoT databases is essential when it comes to choosing the one that's best for a particular IoT initiative.Continue Reading

• Top 12 IoT applications and examples in business

  IoT use cases can vary greatly based on the industry and organization, but several business applications of the technology are gaining momentum.Continue Reading

• Top advantages and disadvantages of IoT in business

  Although the use of IoT in businesses is becoming increasingly popular because of the insights it provides, the technology comes with its own risks and challenges.Continue Reading

• Key considerations for setting up an IoMT network

  Strong IoMT networks ensure that patient data can be safely and reliably sent to healthcare professionals, which can improve patient outcomes and decrease costs.Continue Reading

• Why IT admins should care about IoT in the enterprise

  IoT will proliferate through the enterprise the same way that BYOD took over, so IT admins should be prepared.Continue Reading

• How IoT helps environmental, social and governance goals

  Organizations must address sustainability concerns as IoT device use grows. Cloud optimization, smart buildings and predictive maintenance can help meet ESG goals.Continue Reading

• Features to look for in IoT monitoring tools

  IoT monitoring software can help IT administrators track and manage the IoT devices connected to their network. Strong options have automation and enable remote access.Continue Reading

• IoT and cryptocurrency could enable micropayments

  Cryptocurrency and IoT could support micropayments that enable organizations to share IoT data, but there are some barriers that crypto protocols must overcome first.Continue Reading

• Explore the relationship between IoT governance and privacy

  Emerging industry standards and regulations -- coupled with technologies like AI -- will underscore the importance of IoT governance and privacy in the years to come.Continue Reading

• Select the right IIoT monitoring tool

  With the right monitoring software, organizations can automate and optimize their IIoT deployments. Tools from vendors such as Exosite, Kepware, AWS and Plex can help.Continue Reading

• 4 key elements of successful IoT device onboarding

  To streamline IoT device installation and setup, IT administrators should factor in data storage, automation and the correct IoT management software.Continue Reading

• Can legacy systems work as industrial IoT hardware?

  Legacy hardware still has a large presence on manufacturing floors. It's possible to update some of that hardware to support IIoT deployments, but that process can be a challenge.Continue Reading

• An overview of IoT sensor types and challenges

  IT teams responsible for IoT deployments must understand the different types of IoT sensors, how they work and what challenges they bring to the table.Continue Reading

• How edge computing can ease IoT adoption

  IoT brings helpful insights to organizations, despite concerns around ROI, skill availability and upgrades. Edge computing offerings are one way to address these challenges.Continue Reading

• How 5G in healthcare can help IoT, wearables adoption

  The combination of IoT devices and 5G can expand the use of healthcare devices for more connected, smarter patient care. 5G can also help with security and interoperability concerns.Continue Reading

• A guide to networks for IoT healthcare devices

  Healthcare IoT use cases are growing -- and admins must know what networks can support these devices. Familiarize yourself with protocols that provide connectivity and security.Continue Reading

• A look at 4 surprising IoT use cases

  IoT can bring data and efficient operations to almost any industry -- including farming, healthcare and food service. Read more about what uses cases are available.Continue Reading

• Private 5G networks bring benefits to IoT and edge

  A private 5G network offers more speed and security measures and requires less power than its public counterpart. Learn about its use cases and how to address implementation challenges.Continue Reading

• Select the right OS for IoT devices

  IoT OSes are designed to support devices with minimal power and storage resources. Learn about the sector's available OSes and how they might best suit your devices and use cases.Continue Reading

• ESIMs offer security, manufacturing benefits for IoT

  Common in consumer devices, eSIMs may offer IoT enterprise users a way to increase security and lower manufacturing costs across multiple device types.Continue Reading

• IoT technology can advance environmental monitoring

  LPWAN and IoT sensors help manufacturers, developers and organizations address environmental climate concerns with connected applications and streams of real-time data.Continue Reading

• A look at effective voice user interface design

  As smart device technology matures, designers must ensure that voice user interfaces integrate new DSP and speaker technology for a better user experience.Continue Reading

• IoT brings resource gains, sustainability to agriculture

  Sensors, LoRa and LoRaWAN bring benefits to famers across the globe -- and in a variety of use cases. Read about how this technology can optimize resources and improve crop yield.Continue Reading

• A look at smart energy security measures

  IoT energy meters and sensors make buildings and power grids more efficient and cost-effective but require encryption, network security and access control for safe operation.Continue Reading

• IoT tech helps local governments address sustainability

  Smart cities can make infrastructure management more efficient and improve residential life. Smart meters, thermostats and IoT-based utilities make implementation easier.Continue Reading

• IIoT brings business opportunities and security concerns

  IoT is now a part of many industrial sectors to help optimize operations and support digital workflows. But companies must be aware of security issues IIoT can pose.Continue Reading

• Simplify zero-trust implementation for IoT security

  Zero-trust policies reduce the possibility of costly cyber attacks. Defining user access, boosting network security and using endpoint management tools can streamline adoption.Continue Reading

• Analytics software unlocks the benefits of IoT data collection

  IoT data is useless if it can't provide operational insights. Analytics offerings should be device-flexible and have visualization features to make data useful to stakeholders.Continue Reading

• IoT data provides a foundation for smart city use cases

  Smart cities can make residents' lives easier through real-time traffic information and public safety alerts. But governments should be aware of how to effectively manage use cases.Continue Reading

• Future of IoT offers mixed bag of opportunity, shortages

  Here are four trends to consider as the technology melds into the metaverse and Web 3.0, while also battling lingering chip shortages and security concerns.Continue Reading

• 8 IoT SaaS platform providers help streamline adoption

  IoT SaaS providers help simplify the complexity and expense of deploying IoT by offering platforms with features such as scalability, real-time data capture and machine learning.Continue Reading

• Demystifying the unspoken plurality of edge

  If you ask different people, you'll receive different answers about edge technology. Acquaint yourself with the different use cases and deployment options that fall under the edge umbrella.Continue Reading

• Orchestrate a safer world with IoT and data convergence

  IoT data has the potential to make businesses more secure and proactive against threats. But a successful deployment requires the right combination of data and software.Continue Reading

• Enable IoT technology security with IoT software engineering

  IoT software engineering and QA testing are crucial to building IoT devices. Ensure you don't miss any of these five main systems and connectivity tests.Continue Reading

• 5 ways IoT can improve manufacturing downtime

  Downtime is expensive and disruptive to manufacturing companies. IoT can help managers use real-time data and reports to catch issues before they happen.Continue Reading

• Surpass competition with user experience-centered IoT devices

  End-to-end testing brings many product and process components together. Address customer experience, and put your products ahead of the competition.Continue Reading

• Developing private 5G network strategy for Industry 4.0

  If manufacturers can set up the right network option from the start, they will ensure support for future Industry 4.0 investments, such as autonomous robots.Continue Reading

• The risks of silent patching and why it must end

  Silently patching vulnerabilities within TCP/IP software is a detrimental, yet common habit among security vendors that hinders the security posture of the cybersecurity community.Continue Reading

• Guard your network with IoT software security

  IoT software security can present a challenge for IT admins and may call for specialized tools such as extended detection and response platforms.Continue Reading

• IoT and mobile app development transform the future of UX

  An increased focus on IoT development, deployment and management has shaped current mobile app development trends to adopt IoT-specific needs for future connected experiences.Continue Reading

• IoT security needs zero trust to face new botnet trends

  The growing threat of botnets that target IoT devices means that organizations must extend their perimeter access controls, including the use of zero trust.Continue Reading

• 4 advanced IoT security best practices to boost your defense

  IT admins must go beyond standard security practices for IoT deployments and adopt more complex protections, such as machine learning threat detection, to ensure security.Continue Reading

• IoT developers can't afford to ignore third-party code

  IoT developers must adopt best practices -- such as regular updates -- for incorporating third-party code into IoT devices and addressing potential vulnerabilities.Continue Reading

• Empowering the military and first responders with IoT

  Tactical edge computing will serve as the foundation for the internet of military things, which will become a national imperative to prevent first responder casualties.Continue Reading

• The future of farming: IoT wearables and data in animal care

  Farmers and pet owners alike could benefit from the use of IoT in animal healthcare. With monitoring and machine learning models, veterinarians can treat animals more effectively.Continue Reading

• Get started with IoT mobile apps for enterprise use

  Managing an ever-growing fleet of IoT devices can be a challenge for many enterprises, but IoT mobile apps have given greater flexibility and simplified the process.Continue Reading

• 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

• IoT device security implications for the future

  IoT security has always been a concern for consumers and manufacturers, but future trends in automotive IoT, 5G and smart homes will call for stronger security measures.Continue Reading

• The value of IoT at the edge

  The edge gives organizations a straightforward way to set up an IoT project and gain rapid insights to build cost-effective, data-led strategies.Continue Reading

• Geographic information systems transform digital twins

  Digital twins built with geographic information systems create a powerful tool that analyzes data to examine component relationships and simplify system complexity.Continue Reading

• Agriculture IoT promotes sustainable practices

  Agricultural organizations can adopt IoT in their farming practices to not only optimize their production, but also to improve their sustainability with precision agriculture.Continue Reading

• Navigate IoT regulations at local and global levels

  In an increasingly connected world, organizations must know what national and international IoT regulations affect them and prove their security level with certifications.Continue Reading

• Why move to an all-IP IoT

  With more connected devices, organizations must contend with the limited address space of IPv4. IPv6 can assist with more address space, interoperability and easier development.Continue Reading

• Digital transformation helps organizations fight crime

  Organizations can implement IoT technology -- including video surveillance cameras, electronic locks and seismic detectors -- to protect their machines from physical attacks.Continue Reading

• An intelligent edge: A game changer for IoT

  Edge computing drives value in IoT deployments, but only if organizations can overcome the challenges of creating data-driven, low-latency architecture.Continue Reading

• Top 5 industrial IoT use cases

  As more organizations embrace IIoT, the technology will lead to more innovation and further improvements in use cases such as predictive maintenance and workplace analytics.Continue Reading

• What will IoT 2.0 look like?

  Many IoT projects have failed to progress beyond the experimental stage because of cost and complexity, but IoT 2.0 will bring highly scalable and adaptable deployments.Continue Reading

• Using blockchain to improve security for IoT devices

  Network and device security and data integration make protecting IoT deployments difficult. Organizations can achieve better security with random neural networks and blockchain.Continue Reading

• Why can't IoT get out of its own way?

  Most IoT projects don't make it past proof of concept, but some have proven successful. Explore three examples that showcase how IoT can improve processes and lives.Continue Reading

• Delivering on the promise of IoT

  Machine learning used with IoT can save both money and human effort in many use cases, such as automatically changing a thermostat based on the fluctuating cost of energy.Continue Reading

• IoT data will power a spatial computing revolution

  IoT data, when applied with augmented reality, can change the way workers do their jobs in the field to improve accuracy, efficiency and safety.Continue Reading

• Why 5G won't dethrone Wi-Fi 6 anytime soon at the edge

  While 5G is sure to unlock some exciting use cases for edge deployments, it is impractical to believe it will ever fully replace Wi-Fi when it comes to connectivity at the edge.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity executive order 2021 pushes IoT security

  Although President Biden's executive order focuses on cybersecurity in general, it calls for public education and a consumer labeling program for IoT device security.Continue Reading

• IoT data in the cloud and on the edge

  With more data generated at the edge, transferring it all to the cloud may not be a feasible option. That's where edge cloud comes in.Continue Reading

• Fact vs. fiction: Today's IoT security challenges

  Organizations must first understand the specific challenges that come with IoT security, including the lack of standardization and the physical vulnerabilities of devices.Continue Reading

• IoT and responsibility: Use digital for good

  As organizations continue to transform after the COVID-19 pandemic, tech leaders have the responsibility to use IoT to improve sustainability and critical services.Continue Reading

• IoT security: Development and defense

  As the risks of connected devices increase, organizations must evaluate and strengthen their product protections with training, pen testing and device maintenance plans.Continue Reading

• Start artificial intelligence for IoT in bite-size pieces

  IoT practitioners must follow clear steps to implement an AI analytics process if they want to create an AI application with IoT that improves their deployment's performance.Continue Reading

• Scaling Industry 4.0 with AI, IoT sensors and hybrid cloud

  To get the most value from any industrial process, organizations must have the technology to collect IoT data, analyze that data with AI and do so in real time.Continue Reading

• Develop IoT artificial intelligence holistically to prosper

  Author Michael Roshak explores the difficulties of AI design for IoT, the considerations organizations must know about the process and what is exciting about AI and IoT.Continue Reading

• Understand the role of IT/OT convergence in oil and gas

  The oil and gas industry can benefit from the operational insights that IT/OT convergence provides. Predictive maintenance, in particular, helps improve safety and control costs.Continue Reading

• How to secure IoT devices and protect them from cyber attacks

  With just a handful of security measures, organizations and workers can prevent hackers from infiltrating IoT devices and protect user privacy.Continue Reading

• How wearables, IoT and data paint healthcare's bright future

  With the right IoT systems and architecture, IoT and AI will improve healthcare services with data from consumer wearables and the collective medical professional knowledge base.Continue Reading

• Poor data planning causes manufacturers' IIoT projects to fail

  Organizations must understand and implement strategies with a data-first focus for industrial IoT to make it past proof-of-concept phase and ensure success.Continue Reading

• Don't believe the passwordless hype

  Truly passwordless systems don't exist yet because most systems default to passwords when other authentication methods fail, such as biometric readers.Continue Reading

• Ace your wireless regulatory compliance tests today

  With the growing use of wireless IoT technology, device designers must take care to navigate the complexity of regulatory compliance testing and certification.Continue Reading

• Securing the future of IoT

  If organizations don't get IoT security right, the potential for hackers to control sensitive personal, commercial or national information could have devastating consequences.Continue Reading

• Achieve IoT interoperability with market knowledge, strategy

  Organizations embarking on IoT projects will find it easier to say 'IoT interoperability' than to ensure it; they must consider tools and partners to overcome compatibility issues.Continue Reading

• Testing IoT for interoperability, security and reliability

  IoT developers may miss some basic security and performance measures for IoT devices in the rush to push products out to customers, which is why testing before release is critical.Continue Reading

• How 5G will augment Wi-Fi in 3 industries

  Despite the 5G hype, Wi-Fi and 5G together will play an important role in enterprise use cases, including remote patient care and smart manufacturing.Continue Reading

• Design your IoT device battery life

  IoT engineers have several tactics they can use to extend the battery life of devices, such as energy harvesting, power saver mode and efficient hardware design.Continue Reading

• What you need to know about IoT system integration

  'E pluribus unum' could serve as the motto for IoT integration, the art of creating one system out of many components. CIOs can tap an external specialist to move in that direction.Continue Reading

• Know when to use cloudless IoT or stick to the cloud

  Despite the cloud serving as a touchstone of 21st-century computing, organizations have set up a growing number of IoT implementations without cloud connectivity.Continue Reading

• Common application layer protocols in IoT explained

  IoT doesn't exist without connectivity, but those connections would not be possible without the right application layer protocols in IoT.Continue Reading

• IoT applications to improve senior care

  The growth and reliability of long range, low power IoT technology will create a safer and improved way of life, particularly for seniors and patients.Continue Reading

• Determine which of 4 IoT wireless networks fit your use case

  Any organization planning an IoT deployment must meet connectivity requirements, such as range and data rates, that determine the best IoT wireless network for their applications.Continue Reading

• IoT interoperability standards complicate IoT adoption

  IoT interoperability has complicated IoT adoption, but organizations must navigate the selection of competing standards, such as IP or MQTT, to get the most from IoT deployments.Continue Reading

• New IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Law is a start, not a final solution

  Even though the new IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Law takes a step towards better connected device protections, organizations still have many cybersecurity challenges to tackle.Continue Reading

• Consider IoT TPM security to augment existing protection

  Organizations can upgrade their devices to include TPMs that serve as passive security on the host system, simplify device maintenance and enhance overall security.Continue Reading

• Everything you need to know about IoT connectivity options

  Organizations have a multitude of IoT connectivity options to meet their needs, whether that includes a connection on the move or through dense walls and obstacles.Continue Reading

• Focus the role of data analytics in IoT on actionable insights

  Organizations might find it easier to use the limitations of their IoT data analysis project to guide its creation, such as connectivity or battery power.Continue Reading

• How businesses can become more resilient and competitive in 2021

  Organizations must make themselves future ready and adapt their business plans to take advantage of the seamless access IoT technology provides to crucial business data.Continue Reading

• 5 components of IoT streaming architecture

  Software architects must create the basic IoT streaming architecture model for event flows before they can add unique features to their IoT applications.Continue Reading