IoT
In the driving seat: How service providers can monetize smart cities
Service providers (SPs) hold the key to successful smart city projects by managing the essential network connectivity. But there can be confusion over how best to monetize these ambitious initiatives. Urbanization is at the center of 21st century life. Just over half of the world’s population lives…
ADMS – Isn’t AMI Enough?
What is ADMS and why are utilities implementing or considering ADMS? Gartner describes ADMS as: The software platform that automates outage restoration and optimizes the performance of the distribution grid. ADMS functions being developed for electric utilities include: Fault location, isolation, a…
Now IT service providers are data brokers
Times are changing in the telecommunications industry. More people, devices and things are connected than ever before. And because of that, there’s a highly lucrative data boom. Mobile network operators and other service providers have the opportunity to go beyond their traditional roles and make th…
How the Cisco Family helped me Race Across America
What happens when the toughest bicycle race in the world meets Cisco and Internet of Things (IoT) technology? I needed to know for myself, and so a couple of years ago I suggested that the two worlds meet. I got to explain my idea to the CEO of Cisco UKI in August 2014. Twenty months later, and the…
Making the Internet of Things a reality
The term ‘Internet of Things’ means many things to many people. To some it’s the future: an ideal for the shape of things to come. To others it’s just a buzzword, an idea that’s a long way from coming true. But thanks to new technologies, the future’s a lot closer than you think. And it’s all about…
Has Internet growth peaked?
Will the Internet continue to grow at historical rates, or has growth peaked? This was the question was posed by Sanjay Patel of CableLabs to the panelists on the Bandwidth Consumption Trends panel during the August 2016 CableLabs Summer conference. I was pleased to have been invited to participate…
An Open Letter to Anyone Not Involved with Girls Power Tech
“It was an amazing day. It is so inspiring that the guidance of mentors helped me choose my career. It is unbelievable how 11 minutes helped me so much.” Can a few hours really change your life? Can an 11-minute conversation with a stranger inspire you to change your career aspirations? At Girls Po…
Why the Fortune 500 is Fast Becoming the Digital 500 – Part 2
Inspired by the annual issue of Fortune magazine that lists the world’s 500 largest companies, I wrote a blog little more than a year ago entitled “Why the Fortune 500 is Fast Becoming the Digital 500. “ At that time, Fortune editors asked CEOs of companies on the 2015 list, “What is your company’s…
Cisco and Intel: Helping Developers Innovate
As adoption in technology areas such as Software Defined Networking, Analytics, Cloud, and the Internet of Things continue to move forward, Cisco and Intel have joined together in several related fields to deliver services and solutions that help developers to innovate. While Cisco and Intel have p…
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