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As the IT Management Program closes its doors to Barcelona and prepares for Amsterdam, the IT Roaming Reporters finish off the last drops of coffee in our mugs. We take stock of all we’ve achieved in the past six days: we published four videos from 180GB worth of film, conducted more than 30 intervi…

It’s hard to ignore the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT). Even if you’re one of those holdouts that doesn’t own consumer IoT devices such as a smart speaker, internet-connected thermostat, or a smart watch, industrial IoT (IIoT) devices—a subset of the IoT landscape—are already playing a par…

In the kitchen, you strive to use the highest-quality ingredients possible. But you don’t typically serve one or two ingredients on a plate. Instead, you build a plan for what to serve and how to combine the ingredients to achieve the desired results. Unless you’re a culinary whiz, you probably want…

The utilities industry is under tremendous pressure to integrate new energy sources and consumption models, improve service reliability, optimize operations, and lower costs — all while reducing cybersecurity risk. That’s nearly impossible to achieve with the status quo. But with a comprehensive arc…

IoT discussions have moved from counting the number of connected devices to use cases and value creation for each industry. Organizations in transportation, public sector, energy and manufacturing industries are looking to translate IoT edge data into meaningful information and derive business value…

The number one reason that the organizations I talk to are so eager to digitize their environments? Data. There is so much rich data at the edge of the network – at that IoT edge. Organizations want to leverage that data to gain a competitive advantage – including utility operators such as Finland’s…

You can tell it’s raining by sticking your head out the door; but what’s the likelihood of it stopping in the next hour? What’s the temperature and relative humidity? Suddenly the need for analytics is apparent. Without it, the chance of getting soaked on any given day would dramatically increase. A…

Deploying a security patch to address a new vulnerability. Performing critical software updates or conducting network performance tests. As enterprises try to expand the scope of deployment from carpeted areas to outdoor environments – for example, a financial or retail institution, operating in tho…

The world of IoT continues to grow as our more than 70,000 customers take their deployments to the next level. Whether or not you are attending Cisco Live in Barcelona on January 27th – 30th, you will want to tune in. Cisco will be making a lot of announcements, and addressing these three IoT trends…