Increasing health care demands calls for a connected solution
Sysmex, a manufacturer of blood and urinalysis medical equipment, teamed with Thingworx to connect its health care products and bring added services to its offerings, according to a case study provided by Thingworx.
The healthcare equipment manufacturer sells...
Connected health care
You have probably used them before: the health care devices that look like bottomless cup holders you put your arm through to check blood pressure metrics at a pharmacy or even the grocery store. One of those machines, with the help of Verizon Wireless's...
The industrial "internet of things" will be fully realized when seemingly dormant objects are brought to life with networks, sensors and data analytics. That's why a case study, provided by the IoT M2M Council, on connected school "flashers" is as relevant as any other....
Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...
Background
In 2013, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy launched the PowerUp Platform to help wind developers get more power from their existing wind energy equipment. According to the company, PowerUp is a customized suite of software and hardware-enabled technologies created to increase a wind farm’s...
How the internet of things is improving public safety
A blend of industrial "internet of things; sensors and consumer devices are being used to enhance public safety and give critical visibility to law enforcement.
Here are some public safety use cases for internet of things innovations.
The cloud offers predictive...
Drones used in precision agriculture
OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group's two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data.
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“The drone data is complementary to satellite...
Drones are a capitivating IoT example
According to a report from retail research firm NPD Group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations of how...
Large sporting events such as the recently-wrapped 2016 Rio Olympics don't just strain network resources, according to Allot Communications. User behavior changes in ways that increase enterprise network risks, the company found.
Allot has been looking at security from the user behavior point of view, rather...
IBM Analytics expert discusses how proactive analytics improve cost, revenue and customer satisfaction
It used to be enough for telecom operators to monitor and manage network quality. Now, as the wireless operator space continuously hits new heights of competitiveness and customer churn can make or...
Cloud computing and big data analytics will usher in artificial intelligence era
This week Intel announced a "definitive agreement" to buy San Diego-based Nervana Systems, which specializes in deep learning, an artificial intelligence technique meant to create machine learning that mirrors human thought.
This is the...
Technology developments play a big role in transforming the Rio Olympics, whether improving result accuracy or increasing athletes’ performances. The next transformation and even greater impact are expected to come from the massive use of sensors combined with big data analytics.
Almost 20% of the...
An essential task
Dozens of companies from around the world navigate our oceans to deliver more than 90% of the world’s cargo, according to Ericsson. And Maersk Line, a shipping company based in Denmark, claims to have the biggest fleet of them all.
With more than...
The need for an oil and gas solution
Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The period has stretched on for more than a year now, with per barrel prices getting...
An industry in 'turmOil'
The oil and gas industry is riding out a violent wave that crashed crude oil prices per barrel to less than $40, down more than 60% from the high of summer 2014. The result is a favorable receipt at the gas...
CenturyLink launched a new offering at Cisco Live that leverages Wi-Fi location analytics for the enterprise in combination with Cisco access points.
The new Wi-Fi analytics service was announced at Cisco Live in Las Vegas. CenturyLink described the solution as a fully managed offering that relies on Cisco...
Companies across a wide range of verticals are moving toward real-time data analysis of information generated by both people and machines, according to a new report by OpsClarity.
A recent survey by the company found 92% of respondents in tech/telecom, retail, health care, government and...
The journey to virtualized networks and cloud services that are chained together in real time will further increase the demand for new tools that can provide highly accurate and automated proactive analytics. Customer experience and network analytics go hand-in-hand for communications service providers (CSPs)...
Brocade and Viavi have produced a joint solution designed to enable mobile operators to capture subscriber data analytics for thousands of users in near real-time to resolve quality of experience issues.
The product partnership was developed at the request of a tier-one mobile operator in the U.S., according to...
As the automotive ecosystem pushes forward with evermore-connected vehicles, new solutions – from over-the-air software updates to connected car services – are emerging from vendors to manage the vast amounts of data that accompany that connectivity.
Airbiquity recently announced a software and data management solution specifically...
Successfully leveraging mobile as part of an in-store experience is a challenge for retailers, but a new survey from DMI sheds light on some of the features that shoppers want to access via smartphone -- and highlights a highly desirable segment of engaged mobile...
Mohan Gyani, who served as president at AT&T Wireless Services, joins board at Argyle Data, which focuses on Hadoop-powered big data analytics solutions
Another former wireless carrier executive has popped up in a new location, as former AT&T executive Mohan Gyani has joined the board...
The US market set to represent more than 52% of overall revenue
Worldwide revenue for big data and business analytics is set to grow from nearly $122 billion in 2015, to more than $187 billion in 2019, an increase of more than 50% over the...
