Few concepts have captured the IT community as the internet of things(IOT). Such a kidnapping generally has major elements as driving forces: Scale and Scope Scale: How about 50 billion or maybe 20 billion, all within the next dec...
It is the “largest private real estate development in the history of the United States,” and a hot bed of applied 21st century information tech. We spoke with Gerhard Karba, Chief Technology Officer for New York’s Hudson Yards pro...
The Hexoskin smart shirt from Carré Technologies has received favorable attention as a wearable, even stylish, health and fitness tracking garment. But CEO Pierre-Alexandre Fournier recently emphasized to us, “We’re a software com...
The LPWAN (low power wide area network) area is surging ahead, on virtually a global basis as there is growing interest in how the complex communications needs of the complex Internet of Things (IoT) are going to be met. One of th...
In a throwback to the French Revolution, the apps development world is increasingly experiencing the rise of “Citizen” Developers. This quaint phrase embodies a market trend that involves the growing demand for increasingly rapid ...
One of the most serious issues hanging over the Internet of Things (IoT) is: who will monetize it and how. Eric Hoffman, of mobile and cloud software house, EastBanc Technologies, recently offered an interesting presentation on mo...
Among the many exciting high-tech firms that have been founded in the last few years, VoltDB must be counted as high on the list. With fairly modest funding and a total payroll of 52 people, this in-memory, operational database ma...
Persistent Systems (PSI) has in recent years acquired properties from the likes of: Intel, HP and Citrix – companies that dwarf this Indian-based, $400 million revenue, growth company. PSI is following a multi-dimensional strategy...
The next five years will see a massive proliferation of new weather-related apps, and analytics. Weather historically has been taken for granted by consumers and businesses. However, this is changing. The annoying, even punishing,...
DAQRI, a leading AR (augmented reality) innovator, recently introduced its Smart Helmet product, billed as: “The World’s First Wearable Human Machine Interface.” We spoke with Matt Kammerait, Vice President – Innovation, of DAQRI,...
