Internet of Everything (IOE)
Big Data: Not Just Big, but Fast and Smart, Too
I am attending South Korea’s Big Data Forum in Seoul, and one question here is, “How big is Big Data?” My friend and colleague Dave Evans has pointed out that by the end of this year, more data will be created every 10 minutes than in the entire history of the world up to 2008. Now, that’s big! Much…
The Internet of Everything: Where Technology and Innovation Meet To Make the World a Better Place
What will the future be like? As depicted in today’s popular movies and books, the future is either one of bright promise—where the world’s greatest problems have been solved by technology and greater human enlightenment—or it’s a dystopian world where today’s problems have only gotten worse, techno…
My IoE World: Starting the Day Fit and Connected
Introduction It’s mind-boggling to see the speed at which people, process, data, and things are becoming more and more connected. The Internet of Everything (IoE) world is already happening. But what does that world really look and feel like in our daily lives? How are our everyday experiences cha…
Secure BYOD for Midsize Businesses
The Internet of Everything will connect 50 billion things by 2020. Your midsize business needs to stay ahead of potential security risks. Are you ready? Previously, I wrote about the importance of driving success for midsize businesses. Today I am focusing on security and BYOD for midsize companies…
From Information to Innovation: The New CIO in an Internet of Everything World
In my role at Cisco, I have taken interest in understanding how we, as people, are driving the need for innovative technology to fuel change in our world. As we find new ways to interact as consumers or communicators, we demand that technology keep pace – to be fast and to adapt. Today’s Chief Inf…
The Internet of Everything Including Security
It’s one thing to say that by 2020 the world will host 50 Billion Internet Protocol-connected devices. It’s even more amazing that the planet’s number of Internet-connected devices already exceeds the human population. So how do we secure tens of billions of devices when we know that the vast majori…
There’s No Place Like (a Connected) Home
It doesn’t take long to realize it’s going to be one of those days. You drag out of bed, bleary-eyed after a bad night’s sleep in a stuffy, overheated room. Desperately in need of a caffeine jolt, you then discover that you’re out of coffee. You turn on the TV but are too harried to take in the morn…
Can the IoE Revolutionize Alternative Medicine?
The other week I found myself chatting with a fellow healthcare (and Cisco) enthusiast on Twitter about alternative medicine and I experienced an Aha! moment – alternative medicine may soon have an entirely new face if it’s driven by consumer adoption of advanced (and in many cases, currently availa…
Sci-Fi Turned Real Life: 5 ‘Spooky’ Innovations in Science and Technology
Happy Halloween from all of us at Cisco! To celebrate, here’s a fun list of the top 5 ‘spookiest’ tech innovations –those inspired by sci-fi, made real life through incredible advances in STEM research and the growing connections in the Internet of Everything: 1. The Bionic Man: Not quite Steve Aus…