We’re in the Digital Age. Mobile devices are ubiquitous, wireless networks are continuing to mature (LTE-M and 5G), and Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer just a proof of concept, as toasters, lights, door locks and refrigerators are getting their own IP addresses, talking to one another and to users. This digital interaction with […]
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Trends in Connected Home and IoT – Panel at #GSMAmobilitylive
I attended the Connected Home panel discussion at GSMA Mobility Live in Atlanta today. Panelists: Moderator: Jefferson Wang, Senior Partner, IBB Consulting Ashwin Karuhatty, Business Development, Smart Home, Amazon Alexa Darren Ford, COO, Artificial Solutions Joe Wytanis, Senior Director, Business Development, Flex Bill Keen, VP, Mobile Solutions, Digital Guest Experience & Applied Discovery, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) Joel Evans, Co-Founder and VP Cloud […]
Swift 3 – Quick and Dirty API Request to Test JSON Data in Xcode/iOS
At this point the UI is developed, we’re binding the “Pulse” text to our controller “Received Actions” graph_steps function, based on “Pulse” tap on the screen. This code is an easy way to get started with testing a new API endpoint when the data is incoming. By no means is it a “best practice”, but […]
Enterpise IoT – Considerations and Architecture, 1 of ∞
Welcome to the Internet of Things series aligning to Enterprise introduction of smart devices! Skipping the introduction to “What is IoT?”, as this has become a buzz word that has many meanings, and utilities, we will focus on the following foundation: How to select hardware, protocols, and create a hub network to stream data […]
Perficient takes leading role in SMRP 2016
A premier asset management organization, the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP), is a nonprofit society formed by practitioners to advance the reliability and physical asset management industry. To provide their 5,000+ members the opportunity to learn, mentor, and network, the SMRP hosts an annual conference. We interviewed Kevin Clark, a member of the […]
The Internet of Things – Making “Things” Come Alive
Vision of the Internet of Things We all know where we are heading. There are smart devices all around us; there are smart phones, smart cars, and machines talking to us, guiding us all around. Now, with advent of the internet and connecting daily things of our lives over telecom networks, I wouldn’t be wrong […]
What’s Next for IoT and Personalization
I was reading a short blog post by Adobe about IoT and Personalization. That got me to thinking about how different companies think about what the Internet of Things (IoT) really means. Here’s a view into Adobe: More and more brands have jumped on the IoT bandwagon. We have an excess of wearables—activity trackers, smartwatches, […]
To Space and Beyond: NASA’s Mission with Connected Data
Recently I heard an interesting story about a space mission shared by Captain Scott Kelly, an astronaut who set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, and was most recently in space for 340 days on an International Space Station mission. Capt. Kelly compared the two different information eras of […]
Join us for the Science of IoT on June 14
The Internet of Things has taken the Life Sciences industry by storm, challenging norms, the status quo, standards, barriers, and most notably, regulated constraints. IoT solutions are already dramatically impacting and improving processes around clinical trials, biotech, and pharmaceutical and device manufacturing. To examine the evolving role of IoT in the industry, IBM’s Watson IoT […]
VIDEO: Top 10 Connected Health Trends for 2016
Healthcare organizations, both providers and health plans, continue to feel the pressure to expand access to care, improve quality, and reduce costs. Increasingly empowered patients and members are intensifying this pressure through demands for price transparency, mobile access, and personalized experiences. To meet these demands, it is critical for healthcare organizations to shift their focus […]
2016 Connected Health Trends: The Patient/Consumer Data Story
If you haven’t noticed by now, 2016 is a year when the patient data story will become increasingly complex. In this 2016 trends report we have already witnessed: Increased ownership of data by patients Increase in patient generated data by way of mobile device Challenges around the security of data in the growing world of […]
2016 Connected Health Trends:Patient-Centered Activity Monitoring
Our next trend in Connected Health of 2016 takes us into the much lauded world of mobile health. This year we are most concerned with using the mobile health innovations that have been created to measure patient activity, and the ability to measure activity is growing. At the heart of telehealth’s call for “healthcare everywhere”, […]