Yes indeed Maciej and Jeffrey - exciting times and cool industries without a doubt! I had the honor of being one of the judges at the aforementioned IoT Innovation Grand Challenge, and I was impressed by the quality of (most) entries. I believe more is yet to come. And with the cost of innovation so much lower and the rate of change so much higher, I believe we'll see many of these incubation startups create real business value.

For example, the recent ParStream acquisition announcement by Cisco demonstrates the power of the Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence start up program - yes, ParStream was in that program, and, when the acquisition closes, ParStream will be a powerful part of Cisco's Analytics and Automation portfolio, providing value to Cisco customers.

Exciting times ahead!