As a former network planner, I have to tell you the world in flux is hard to watch. It was not a surprise to me that the Wall Street Journal found Google Fiber’s had troubles and struggles in deployment, to the point where they were rethinking their solution and need to be in the business. […]
Gemalto Takes Security in NB-IoT a level further with Huawei’s HiSilicon
If there is a trend I am getting to see right now, it’s the fact that IoT is gaining Scalability by being integrated into the silica, Reach with Huawei’s Narrowband IoT modules, and Security thanks to Gemalto. I spoke with Andreas Haegele about the partnership with Huawei’s HiSilicon semiconductor company. The partnership is aimed at […]
When Bad Things Happen to Good People in Business
Recently some friends lost their jobs in what I would call purges. Like Russian history these purges have more to do with being on the wrong side of a power play at the top. Promises are made to find synergy and grow revenue at the top. The next thing the people underneath the losers in […]
Dead Monopoly vs. Modern Myopia: AT&T + Time Warner
Okay for those who don’t know, I am a bell head through and through. So my viewpoint is a skewed. If this were a regulatory rant, I would rage on that we have existing laws that date back to 19th century (1890s) and uses the terms “telephonic and telegraphic” as to what they are regulating. […]
Blackbox Delivering the Intelligence on the Edge
To most of us, Primary Research is better than secondary research and getting information right from the source is the preferred choice. When it comes IoT, the drive to cloud seems to ignore this principle. Blackbox has done some primary research about how enterprises are viewing digital transformation and they have revealed that 60% of […]
Elon Musk Wins his Bet, but Australia Hasn’t Won Yet!
When Elon Musk got called out on a Tesla boast that he could bring a battery storage system that could stop the power outage that occurred in South Australia, he was challenged by Mike Cannon-Brooks to show he was serious. Elon Musk responded by saying he would deliver 100 MW battery on –line in 100 […]
Glass Rules: The Importance of Global Fiber for the Internet
My (step) daughter is one of the smartest millennials I know, and I only mention she is a step daughter to show that she does not have my genes to slow her down. She is visiting from the tech company she works for in Europe. She showed me how her RSA tokens came to cell […]
Augury: Machines Talk and Talk. Do People Listen?
Sometime Big Data, should be labeled as Too Big Data, at least when it comes to human comprehension. One of the problems with IoT adoption is the fact that people get in the way of understanding their own results. In previous a previous survey by James Brehm and Associates in cooperation with IoT Evolution we […]
Globetouch Looking to be the Twilio of Telematics
I had the chance to interview Riccardo Di Blasio the CEO of Globetouch and no relation to the Mayor of NYC. Globetouch is global MVNO with relationships that provide coverage to over 180 countries around the world with over 40 agreements. However, they have gone beyond the agreements to make API interfaces to enable services […]
Are Analysts Ever Held Accountable, or Those that Listened to Them?
I may be guilty here, so let me start with my own apology. A few years ago the predictions were that we would 50B IoT devices in the market by 2020, it’s clear now that analyst firm was wrong. Today we have the more conservative view being expressed that will be up to 20B and […]
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