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• Analyzing streaming data starts with the right tools

  As IoT data becomes more complex, businesses must use next-generation technologies such as streaming analytics, graph analytics and location intelligence to increase profit and efficiency. Continue Reading

• Bring life to things to maximize your IoT investment

  CIOs can maximize their IoT investments by bringing life to things to create powerful ecosystems and build new business models, delivering positive outcomes for their customers, employees and partners. Continue Reading

• Understand IoT data management essentials

  The flood of data from IoT devices requires careful planning of infrastructure and data management, and current processes might not be up to the task. Continue Reading

• Monetizing IoT: Approaches to tie it together

  There are many possibilities for monetizing an IoT solution. You must determine how to maneuver the three monetization levers and consider how your approach might change for different layers of the ... Continue Reading

• The dos and don'ts of device management solution implementation

  Device management is essential to deploying IoT devices. There are a few best practices that you should consider, such as formulating a plan to satisfy compliant standards and being aware of vendor ... Continue Reading

• Make legacy IoT data protocols part of an IoT strategy

  IT pros implement IoT devices to create and connect data; however, the lack of one IoT standard protocol counters the ability of IoT devices to work together.Continue Reading

• What 2019's 'summer of outages' means for IoT

  2019 was a tough year for cloud service providers as outages affected big companies such as Google and Apple, and businesses must implement several preventative steps to ensure their IoT devices ...Continue Reading

• IoT requirements in a 5G world

  As 5G gains popularity, businesses must adopt new IT strategies to get the most out of IoT data, such as taking advantage of event stream processing, adding new infrastructure and using machine ...Continue Reading

• How to create a data strategy for IoT

  There is no value in IoT data if organizations don't understand how to use it properly. These five tips will help organization better analyze their IoT data and use it to improve business operations.Continue Reading

• 5 ways to facilitate the convergence of IT and OT in IoT

  Inherent differences between IT and OT teams can lead to conflict and a lack of cooperation. Learn how to align these two functions to ensure project success.Continue Reading

• Drastically simplify your IoT data pipeline

  IoT devices can quickly create a massive amount of data that seems unmanageable, but data lake engines can simplify the data pipeline and get greater value from IoT data.Continue Reading

• 3 NB-IoT use cases bring advantages -- and challenges

  Narrowband IoT applications offer advantages for smart city, farm and factory data analytics, but organizations must still tackle connectivity and security issues.Continue Reading

• IoT lays the pathway to smart cities of the future

  Smart cities have the potential to efficiently maintain themselves with minimal human input and reduce risk with the help of IoT, but leaders must be cognizant of the challenges and their solutions.Continue Reading

• How do IoT and blockchain for traceability simplify compliance?

  Organizations can use IoT sensors and blockchain to confirm their traceability systems meet compliance requirements and get through customs efficiently.Continue Reading

• ICIP IoT Training: Creating IoT value

  Organizations can create greater value in IoT products by combining innovative design, proper maintenance and improved operations beyond just connecting a device to the internet.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity risks affect IIoT fog computing

  Although fog computing can improve productivity, efficiency, and revenue, it also can put data at risk. The two-way cloud communications connect operational components via the internet in ...Continue Reading

• ISA-95 for IIoT gives architects a standard for integration

  The rapid growth of IoT technology has led to a common complaint about the lack of standards across IoT, but organizations can use the ISA-95 standard for IIoT.Continue Reading

• IoT security regulations refocus data privacy best practices

  New and old IoT regulations create a maze of rules and best practices that organizations must navigate to become more transparent about their IoT security practices.Continue Reading

• What are traceability systems for IoT asset management?

  Organizations can apply supply chain traceability to improve their IoT systems for identifying and tracking goods in any industry, such as pharmaceuticals.Continue Reading

• The emergence of autonomous irrigation technology streamlines farming operations

  As advancements in technology continues, agricultural farmers can take advantage of LoRa and automatic identification services to better automate and streamline agricultural operations.Continue Reading

• What are the challenges of IoT in space?

  Even though aging hardware is a problem all networks face at some point, satellite IoT networks boost some network challenges to a new level.Continue Reading

• Unlock the benefits of a smart building

  Smart buildings and technologies enable businesses to strategically control HVAC, security, lighting and building automation systems to better improve usage costs.Continue Reading

• Remote device management of connected robots

  Robot original equipment manufacturers and solution providers need to prioritize and build a scalable remote management solution that includes core functional features, security and additional ...Continue Reading

• IoT and AI push tech ethics to the forefront of development

  AI and IoT sensors have tied humans and machines closer than ever without much hesitation, but organizations must learn to apply ethics in technology development.Continue Reading

• IoT security policy requires comprehensive, expansive visibility

  Many IoT devices get overlooked as vulnerabilities for organizations because they are old hardware or mundane systems, such as HVAC. Plan with device visibility and network segmentation in mind to ...Continue Reading

• 3 more emerging attack surfaces need greater security

  Remote networks, applications and Active Directory accounts are three attack surfaces that organizations must remember to secure through controls and an assumed-breach posture.Continue Reading

• How to overcome IoT performance testing challenges

  IoT that interacts with things -- rather than human users -- introduces new challenges in effective testing, but IT pros can use design best practices to ensure applications will scale.Continue Reading

• Solve real-world challenges with IoT for smart cities

  IoT devices can improve the quality of life for citizens of smart cities in many ways, whether the devices save lives, manage noise pollution or decrease response time to natural disasters.Continue Reading

• 3 E's of AI: Creating explainable AI

  Organizations can use blockchain and explainable latent features to make AI understandable and push ethical, highly predictive AI technology into production more quickly.Continue Reading

• Who has control of your control systems?

  As cyberattacks become more common, securing control systems is essential. Otherwise, businesses risk exposing critical resources such as financial data to cybercriminals.Continue Reading

• IoT devices push to move the workplace to the cloud

  Organizations that incorporate more connected devices into their operations strategy must understand how to deploy, maintain and secure these devices to ensure the success of IoT devices.Continue Reading

• 3 experts discuss how to navigate the challenges of IoT

  IoT has given organizations opportunities to improve processes and predict issues from the flood of data. How will advancements and its own limitations shape the future of IoT?Continue Reading

• IoT technology helps feed the growing world population

  As a result of growing population numbers, farmers and food manufacturers are facing a need for increased food production. But IoT tech can help extend the lifecycle of equipment and boost the ...Continue Reading

• IoT data privacy forces organizations to rethink data ownership

  Now more than ever, providers of IoT devices and experiences play an integral role in addressing IoT data privacy issues and influencing outcomes, market forces and societal health.Continue Reading

• Ensure an effective IoT asset management initiative

  IoT devices have boosted the real-time tracking game for items as diverse as tools, shipping containers and vehicles, though other uses of IoT might be more profitable.Continue Reading

• Why IoT needs security regulation

  As the number of connected devices continues to grow exponentially, default passwords pose a threat to overall IoT security. Michael Green, CEO of Enzoic, discusses the repercussions of default ...Continue Reading

• When cars own the road: The future of IoT and connected vehicles

  As it stands now, automakers have an opportunity to save money and build new revenue streams by pulling vast troves of data from connected vehicles through Message Queuing Telemetry Transport and ...Continue Reading

• IoT, 5G and the need for smart streaming

  Data architecture must keep up with the changes that new technologies -- including 5G and IoT -- bring to the edge. Dheeraj Remella explains how smart streaming is essential for data processing.Continue Reading

• IoT data management requires mission-critical edge processing

  To get the most out of edge data, IT pros must know how to use machine learning algorithms to designate data to real-time or traditional cloud processes.Continue Reading

• IoT product design requires keeping people in mind

  Software and AI have changed consumers' expectations of IoT products. IoT designers must incorporate new practices in order to enhance customer experience, instead of erode it.Continue Reading

• How to make IoT data a performing asset

  Some IoT data is left to sit in data lakes, undermining performance. Co-Founder and CEO of Dremio, Tomer Shiran, discusses how organizations can migrate this unused data into analytics tools.Continue Reading

• IoT architecture layers and design change to address data deluge

  The evolution of the entire digital landscape has shifted into high gear, thanks to IoT pushing new architecture layers and topologies into organizations.Continue Reading

• Microsoft: IoT adoption in businesses is critical for success

  Findings from a Microsoft report on the state of IoT in enterprises say businesses benefit from IoT implementation and that businesses need to increase IoT adoption now.Continue Reading

• Top enterprise IoT initiatives that bring deployment success

  Practice makes perfect when it comes to successful IoT deployments, but completing initiatives in the right order will lead to greater revenue, money saved and improved processes.Continue Reading

• Managing IIoT security with cloud-based VPNs

  Securing the operational technology and IIoT devices that allow technicians to remotely access and manage machine data is critical. NCP engineering's Julian Weinberger explains how a cloud-based ...Continue Reading

• What the rise of industrial IoT means for cybersecurity

  As industrial IoT becomes widespread, warns Kudelski Security's Andrew Howard, it's critical to understand the threats connected industrial systems will face and how to mitigateContinue Reading

• Three challenges facing IT infrastructure in connected healthcare

  The increasing use of IoT in healthcare puts major strain on IT infrastructure. Vertiv's Martin Olsen discusses three of the top challenges and discusses why rethinking healthcare IT infrastructure ...Continue Reading

• IoT security and the new branch office

  IoT deployments have become the new normal in branch offices and retail spaces. However, explains Fortinet's Peter Newton, these devices expand an enterprise's attack surface. Learn how SD-branch ...Continue Reading

• Rethinking software development in the age of 5G

  While the benefits of 5G are aplenty, companies will be faced with the challenge of delivering and maintaining the new digital experiences their users expect. Eggplant's Antony Edwards offers four ...Continue Reading

• Saving this summer with IoT: Energy, water and light

  IoT and building automation sensors are critical components to reducing energy, water and light consumption in homes, offices and commercial buildings. Semtech's Marc Pegulu discusses the benefits.Continue Reading

• Evolving maintenance programs with prescriptive maintenance

  Prescriptive maintenance will be a critical piece of the fourth Industrial Revolution, allowing organizations to apply maintenance before issues arise – and while systems are still operating. ...Continue Reading

• An IoT security maturity model for IT/OT convergence

  IT/OT security is a growing threat in connected environments. IIC author Sandy Carielli offers actionable advice to bolster the defenses of your IoT-enabled organization.Continue Reading

• Secure healthcare IoT devices with network traffic analytics

  Healthcare IoT devices are of particular interest to cybercriminals, but these devices are notoriously difficult to safeguard. Bitdefender's Gavin Hill explains how network traffic analytics fills ...Continue Reading

• Capitalizing on the world's most valuable intangible asset: Data

  Intangible assets are increasingly filling corporate balance sheets, up to 80% by some accounts. Vertica's Joy King outlines why data is a key differentiator, as well as why businesses must create ...Continue Reading

• True IoT security in the energy industry requires continuous compliance

  As electric grids and utility plants become increasingly connected, it's critical to assess IoT security measures and cyber-situational awareness. Lumeta Solutions at Firemon's Reggie Best ...Continue Reading

• IoT, cloud, security and the IT professional: Transforming traditional roles

  Today's IT professionals must do and know more than they ever had to before. Arcules' Andreas Pettersson outlines why additional skills and knowledge of security, IoT, cloud and collaboration are ...Continue Reading

• How to have a safe connected cyber summer

  Fortinet's Anthony Giandomenico offers seven tips to staying safe and connected while in the office or on vacation. From safe Wi-Fi to updating devices, follow these to prevent attacks on connected ...Continue Reading

• IoT device manufacturers: It's time to secure our children's smartwatches

  The very IoT devices people turn to for security and safety are inherently insecure, though they shouldn't be. VGS' Peter Berg outlines three solutions to the very real IoT security problem.Continue Reading

• IoT battery outlook: Types of batteries for IoT devices

  An IoT deployment won't get off the ground without the proper power supply. Learn about the different types of IoT batteries, as well as some newer battery technologies and alternatives.Continue Reading

• How to mitigate the IoT attacks that are increasing at 217.5%

  Every year the IoT attacks ratio is escalating. Learn how these cyberattacks on IoT devices will continue to grow in numbers, as well as how to prevent them.Continue Reading

• Intelligent network automation holds promise for operators

  Operators must make the move from network management to intelligent network automation. Altran's Ben Pietrabella discusses how to transition to an automated network management system and the impact ...Continue Reading

• Hospitality IoT checks in to Royal Park Hotel

  By integrating smart hotel technology, one Michigan hotel hopes to revolutionize the guest experience, while optimizing business processes.Continue Reading

• 3 companies successfully monetizing IoT data

  While many companies use IoT to increase efficiencies and save money, some are revamping their business model and monetizing IoT data via subscription services and digital products.Continue Reading

• It's time to get serious about securing the internet of things

  IoT devices require a mature, proven security mechanism such as public key infrastructure. DigiCert's Dan Timpson discusses the benefits of PKI for IoT and offers the four C's to finding the best ...Continue Reading

• How do nanotechnology, virtual reality and augmented reality mix?

  Nanotechnology plays an integral role in virtual reality tech's hardware, communications and power. IEEE member Saumya Sharma outlines how the two intersect to create a more immersive end-user experience.Continue Reading

• Voice assistants, AI and the cloud: An illusion of performance and privacy

  Voice assistants often rely on the cloud for AI, which opens a number of security and privacy holes. Snips' Joseph Dureau outlines why voice assistants don't need the cloud, and discusses the ...Continue Reading

• The common misnomer about recent Nest hack reports

  It's important to note that the recent hacks on Nest devices aren't the next Mirai. In fact, says Minim's Alec Rooney, they are much different -- and easy to mitigate with one key security mechanism.Continue Reading

• Due diligence and compliance in IoT with digital twins and mirrors

  As digital twins and mirrored worlds become more commonplace, security managers must consider the risks associated with these virtualized clones. EmeSec's Maria Horton offers best practices for ...Continue Reading

• Can California legislation save the world from IoT security risks?

  IoT security legislation introduced in California aims to provide 'reasonable' security mechanisms to mitigate threats, such as default passwords. But is it enough? NSFOCUS' Guy Rosefelt discusses.Continue Reading

• Where do IoT and nanotechnology intersect?

  Nanotechnology in IoT has an effect not only on the size of the physical devices, but also the way data is processed and communicated. IEEE member Saumya Sharma discusses.Continue Reading

• Comparing IoT mesh network protocols: What's the difference?

  With so many available, how does an organization choose which IoT mesh network protocol to use? Sift through the noise and learn about four options and their benefits.Continue Reading

• Why continuous testing is the digital world's new normal

  Rolling out updates to mission-critical IoT environments offers no room for error. Eggplant's Antony Edwards explains why continuous testing in IoT using digital twins is essential.Continue Reading

• How can connected car security issues be detected and mitigated?

  IEEE senior member Alexander Wyglinski discusses why the vehicular tech industry needs to shift gears to put the brakes on connected car security threats.Continue Reading

• Securing the IoT edge

  IoT security requires a consistent and comprehensive security strategy. Fortinet's John Maddison discusses five crucial elements of IoT edge security and explains how, tied together, they build a ...Continue Reading

• Protecting the exploding attack surface: A blueprint for government agencies

  To protect the ever-expanding attack surface caused by IoT and cloud, Lumeta at Firemon's Reggie Best suggests government agencies adopt cyber-situational awareness in tandem with intent-based ...Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of IoT for utilities and their consumers?

  Saving energy and optimizing distribution are benefits of IoT for utilities. But, without consumer buy-in, IEEE senior member Shawn Chandler said, utilities' efforts are for naught.Continue Reading

• ICIP IoT training: IoT and big data analytics

  In this podcast lesson, ICIP instructor Bruce Sinclair outlines the benefits of IoT and big data analytics, exploring how they affect digital twins, the types of analytics available and more.Continue Reading

• IoT smart contracts bring opportunities and challenges

  Smart contracts for IoT are the talk of the town. But whether they're all ready for action -- legally or otherwise -- can be debated.Continue Reading

• Emerging frameworks for cross-silo IoT data models

  Having a standardized approach to understanding and interpreting IoT data is key to preventing silos. OneM2M's Chonggang Wang discusses frameworks available for IoT data modelling.Continue Reading

• Three strategies for vendor success in IoT markets

  Focusing on fewer industries to develop more comprehensive IoT systems, while removing customer barriers, can increase chances for success in this burgeoning market. Bain & Company's Ann Bosche ...Continue Reading

• Connected cars: The roles of app developers and car manufacturers are changing

  High Mobility's Kevin Valdek outlines the roles of connected car manufacturers and connected car app developers, and how these two often co-dependent groups are coming together to change the industry.Continue Reading

• Medical wearables offer new hope for diabetes patients

  The internet of healthcare things and medical wearables are offering new hope, allowing diabetes patients to not only monitor their blood levels more easily, but also save costs and prevent other ...Continue Reading

• Combatting the continued expansion of IoT threats

  IoT threats have topped the Fortinet Threat Landscape Report for the past year. FortiGuard Labs' Anthony Giandomenico offers insights into the fundamental shifts organizations must take with IoT ...Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Building blocks of an IIoT security architecture

  The following is an excerpt from 'Practical Industrial Internet of Things Security: A practitioner's guide to securing connected industries' by author Sravani Bhattacharjee and published by Packt.Continue Reading

• Top 3 enterprise IoT challenges to overcome to ensure success

  The benefits of IoT are aplenty, but not every organization is ready to deploy it yet. MOBI's Josh Garrett offers three primary challenges your organization should be ready to overcome to ensure ...Continue Reading

• Securing IoT: Whose responsibility is it?

  There's no shortage of opinions on where to place the blame for IoT security events. However, as IEEE member Kayne McGladrey explains, the onus is on both manufacturers and consumers.Continue Reading

• Overcome the cybersecurity skills gap to embrace the digital transformation power of IoT

  Securing IoT is critical, but with a major security skills shortage, recruiting talent is challenging to say the least. Fortinet's Jonathan Nguyen-Duy offers insight into finding – or cultivating – ...Continue Reading

• With an IoT digital twin, security cannot be forgotten

  While digital twins can improve the security of IoT devices and processes, it is critical to consider the security of the twins themselves when implementing one.Continue Reading

• Identity and access management is a top IoT security concern

  One of the biggest concerns in an IoT ecosystem is identity and access management – not just of humans, but also devices and applications. Ericsson's Bodil Josefsson offers key factors to consider ...Continue Reading

• Strong security can unleash the promise of the industrial internet of things

  Industrial IoT is set to make a worldwide economic impact. However, without strong security, IIoT efforts are for naught. DigiCert's Dan Timpson explains why PKI and digital certificates are key to ...Continue Reading

• How to manage IIoT authentication and protect machine identities

  To monitor and manage the data communications of authenticated remote IIoT devices, implementing enterprise-grade virtual private networks is critical. NCP Engineering's Julian Weinberger discusses.Continue Reading

• Top challenges of IoT adoption in the enterprise

  CIOs share the top IoT implementation challenges they've faced and how they're overcoming them as they move forward with their enterprise IoT initiatives.Continue Reading

• Smarter networks mean smarter students

  The success of edtech is reliant on the network powering it. Extreme Networks' Mike Leibovitz explains how integrating smart networks with AI, machine learning and IoT makes for a stronger skilled ...Continue Reading

• Why digital twins need AI-driven testing

  Digital twins are becoming a critical component of today's IoT systems. However, their added complexity requires intelligent testing driven by AI and machine learning. Eggplant's Antony Edwards ...Continue Reading

• Avoid tech's valley of death: Advanced R&D lessons on scaling IoT proofs of concept

  To scale your IoT proof of concept, says Deloitte's Helena Lisachuk, learn from the successes of advanced R&D. Here, Lisachuck explains why promising proofs die -- and what to do about it.Continue Reading

• Navigating the IoT security minefield: API security

  The growth of IoT and subsequent rise of API adoption presents a number of security challenges to enterprises. Threat X's Andrew Useckas offers five tips for designing, building and connecting ...Continue Reading

• Is IoT getting more secure?

  New survey data is showing some promising signs when it comes to IoT security, but there's still a long way to go. Gemalto's Gorav Arora outlines how IoT security is improving, where the government ...Continue Reading

• Taking back network control in the IoT era

  IoT security isn't something to worry about later – it's here today. Lumeta's Reggie Best outlines three best practices which, combined with specialized network visibility technologies, can help ...Continue Reading

• Looking ahead: Security implications of 5G and IoT

  The impact of 5G and IoT on business and networking strategies will be transformational. Yet, as Fortinet's Jonathan Nguyen-Duy explains, there are important security considerations 5G and edge ...Continue Reading

• The manifold dangers of IoT devices and their foreign platforms

  Pepper IoT's Scott Ford offers insights into how smart homes spy on their users – as well as why retailers and manufacturers are key to mitigating the danger.Continue Reading