Posts Tagged ‘IoT’

TREND #10: POSITION BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE THE EVERYDAY USE OF DATA SCIENCE The Internet of Things (IoT) has been growing significantly as consumers and businesses recognize the benefits of connecting devices to the Internet. Gartner, Inc. forecasts that there will be 25 billion “connected things” by 2020. Healthcare organizations are also beginning to […]

Expect spending on the “Internet of Things” to soar over the next three years, with the majority of that spending to occur in Asia and the Pacific. That is the forecast from market researcher International Data Corp., which has announced the findings of its most recent Internet of Things Spending Guide. By 2019, IDC says, […]

It is hard to believe we are in December already! Where has 2015 gone? We are still entrenched in the transformation of healthcare and it will be interesting to witness the continued evolution in 2016. One area that will continue to be a focal point for healthcare organizations is analytics and the ability to transform […]

On a call with Microsoft this morning, they referenced this public case study. I thought it was a really nice example of using a multitude of Azure services to innovate their business – Machine Learning, Mobile Services, IoT Hubs, and Dynamics AX. Check out the video below and the full description here – https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=12792

The second day, called “Day 1” here at I Love APIs begins the speaker series for Strategy, Developer, and IT forums. What is I Love APIs? Go here for a run down of the conference by Alexandra Haefele: How to Get the Most Out of the I Love APIs 2015 Conference 10:30 AM A late start to […]

In case you missed it, AzureCon, a one-day virtual conference, was held today. There were 4 keynote speeches from different VP’s at Microsoft and 55 break-out sessions on various Azure topics. A really great idea to do this all virtually and it lived up to the hype! There were a number of key announcements, new services, and updates […]

Exciting news in the world of IoT! Back in August, Microsoft announced the preview build for the Windows IoT Core operating system for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition for Windows targeted towards small, embedded devices that may or may not have screens. For devices with screens, […]

Perficient has been covering broad digital transformation trends for a while, and the Consumer Markets team here at Perficient wanted to highlight how the principles of digital transformation apply specifically to brands and retailers. In the last entry in our “Digital Transformation in Retail” series, we outlined the underlying drivers to explain why digital transformation […]

Andrew Bean of Salesforce had an interesting session on how the Internet of Things will play with monitoring almost everything and the implications with law enforcement. Here’s the abstract: By 2020, there will be approximately 30 billion connected sensing devices surrounding us. The ability to monitor every aspect of our lives will be unprecendeted. This […]

Data visualization and prediction tools are becoming more and more consumable, so that we’re seeing use cases that reach beyond complex business scenarios into the arena of sports. As fans gear up for fantasy football season, there’s a new array of data analysis and visualization tools to help optimize draft picks or lineups. Tools were […]

The Cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two of the most exciting areas of computer science right now. The Internet of Things (IoT) is all about small devices with sensors and other components that can both gather data from and interact with the real world. The Cloud is the platform perfect for aggregating together […]

If you have already played with Sway (member of Office 365) then I bet you’re in love with it, and if you have not yet then you’re going to love this. I thought of presenting a recap of the conference in the form of a Sway publicly available here. Sway is an app that lets […]