The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has changed our expectations of the machines we use. It is estimated that by 2020, 20 billion everyday objects will be connected to the internet. Our desire for constant interconnectedness has meant we require more from our devices. However, machine to machin

It’s that time of year again. Businesses are dusting themselves down from a turbulent, fast-paced and opportunity-rich 2018 as they start to map out the year ahead. Now is the time to take stock and prepare for another calendar cycle of relentless forward momentum. As ever, there will be challenges

How many more connected gadgets have appeared in your home this year? IoT is expanding at a phenomenal rate. Vehicles, wearable gadgets, RFID sensors and software are advancing past basic functionality and the network is growing to include even more advancements. 2019 will see such advancements beco

Anyone with any sort of experience in the technology industry will be familiar with its obsession with buzzwords. From digital transformation to big data and the Internet of Things, it is almost impossible to escape or ignore the latest buzzword. As 2018 draws to a close, we’ve certainly had our fai

The days of convenience and easement of work are upon us. There are so many things that we have to take care and make it through at the end of the day. At times, it becomes very necessary to find something that will surely take care of such daily chores in the ideal way possible. Humans are innovati

The internet of things – or IoT to the majority of us – has been a buzzword for some time now. And like AR and VR, the term is thrown around by large corporates and start-ups, all angling to get a head start on the next big thing. Until now, that’s all it’s really been – buzz. But things

With current advances in AI, Fintech, IoT, it is very easy to overlook problems in more traditional areas of our digital/ Internet lives, such as cybersecurity. Nevertheless, this constant arms race between hacking tools and digital security tools has been valid for all these years and continues to

The Internet of Things (IoT) might sound like nothing but a buzzword, but it’s much more powerful than that. Understanding the IoT is easier said than done, especially as technology keeps changing rapidly. In a world of smart devices, smartphones, and endless connectivity, how do you define the IoT?

A common statement amongst historians of the 1849 gold rush, was that the people who were most likely to make money from their endeavors were the ones who made tools for the miners, and not the actual miners themselves. As so many great industries including transportation, manufacturing, technology,

Darryl Kelly is joined by Sujit Bhatt from IBM to talk about what IoT means to IBM and their customers and how the Internet of Things (IoT) is a really exciting area to work in.They discuss the benefits, challenges and best practises customers find with IoT as well as the current trend over the next

Part two of our video series with IBM and Tech Data on the topic of Internet of Things. You can catch up on part one here.Darryl Kelly is joined by Sujit Bhatt from IBM to talk about the challenges that IBM and their customers are facing in relation to IoT. As well as highlighting best practices the

Jinkies! It seems like we are all set to create a Jetson-esque future; all thanks to IoT mobile app development. After falling into the general pit of buzzword-vagueness, Internet of Things (IoT) is seen used creatively, in hitherto unheard of sectors including the mobile realm with no signs of slow

The world consumes an enormous amount of data every single day—about 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every 24 hours, and now even more so with the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. Because of this, data centres have become a vital part of our lives.Our devices are bec

In this article, we will be using the term “Internet of Things” or “IoT” as a catch-all term to describe interconnected smart devices, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and related software/hardware technologies.The data insights and automation potential provided by Internet of Things (IoT) te

‘Susan Harris is alone in the house when, suddenly, doors lock, windows slam shut and the phone stops working. Susan is trapped by an intruder – but this is no ordinary thug. Instead, the intruder is a computer named Proteus, an artificial brain that has learned to reason. And to terrorise…’Th

Online curriculums and e-learning have already been popular and leading the change in the education sector in many parts of the globe. But the impact of technology in the education sector is no longer limited to the impact of the web. The connected ecosystem of gadgets, largely known as the Internet

When you’re shopping for new appliances and devices for your home, you’ll undoubtedly come across the term “smart home”. It’s one that’s rather popular nowadays, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. The concept of a smart home aims to give us a more convenient and more secure home to live in

The era of connected devices promises many things: by combining digital data from previously unconnected analogue systems, we can deliver new insights and innovations to improve efficiency and safety in our homes and workplaces. The first rule of innovation, however, must be to “do no harm”, which i

This year, EE and Vodafone became the first network operators to offer 5G network technology, with O2, BT Mobile and Sky Mobile set to soon follow suit. Within the next five years, we now expect to see a huge uptake in 5G subscribers worldwide, with some estimates numbering almost 2 billion.Already,

Customer experience is overtaking price and product quality as key metrics of brand differentiators and customer retention today. Retailers and organisations are keeping up with the demand for better consumer satisfaction with key technologies.But one vital technology that organisations are deployin