Zoos are fascinating places. In just a few acres you can encounter all kinds of interesting, rare and exotic animals from different parts of the world and from different ends of the food chain. But, what keeps the tigers from eating the zebras or even the visitors? Segmentation. Walls, fences, cages and other barriers that […]
How Open Source Software Is Defining the Future of Mobile Connectivity
Mobile operators face intense pressure to deliver more data, faster connectivity, better coverage and more functionality to end users who are (unfortunately) more demanding than ever. Increasingly, these end users will not be people as we know them but rather Internet of Things (IoT) devices. IDC has projected that by 2025, 60% of the world’s […]
Data: the New Currency That Accelerates Business
The amount of data created every day is staggering: 2.5 quintillion (that’s 18 zeros) bytes, to be exact. And that number is growing exponentially, thanks to mass deployments of internet of things (IoT) networks and devices. Cisco Systems estimates that by the end of 2019, IoT will generate more than 500 zettabytes of data per […]
Building a Services and IoT Platform with DevOps, Part 2
BCG’s latest IoT market research finds that predictive maintenance, automated inventory and self-optimizing production are some of the top use cases driving the need to build internet of things (IoT) platforms by 2020. As we think of building IoT solutions, it’s important to have a deep understanding of the business-level considerations and architectural design-level considerations […]