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This Executive Report examines the current status and possible applications of the IoT in business, industry, and government. We also consider technologies for managing sensors and other data associated with IoT applications as well as issues that could possibly limit the growth and acceptance of the IoT.
Cisco calls it the "Internet of Everything." For GE, it's the "Industrial Internet." But the generic name used by most people is the "Internet of Things (IoT)." All these terms refer to the same concept: the use of electronic sensors -- supported by social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (SMAC) technologies -- to enable a multitude of connected devices and machines, and a subsequent deluge of data, both of which lead to a host of new opportunities in
The truest driver of our reliance on deterministic methods is the fact that our operations are too far from being Lean. So what does that look like and how do we get there? This Update provides a pictorial explanation of probabilistic decision-making methods, their uses, and how to start "Leaning" the operation to improve the quality of the data that makes probabilistic decision-making methods possible.
You have no doubt heard by now about Flash Boys, the new book by Michael Lewis.
The latest industry development concerning the advancement of the IOT is the recent formation of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) by AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM, and Intel. This not-for-profit group (with an open membership) is important for several reasons.
DevOps falls fairly easily within existing models of enterprise governance, such as ITIL and CMMI. It does not require a new team or a new organization. DevOps does require, however, a new way of looking at things along with a careful review of how governance requirements can be adequately served within the new environment.
"I cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced." So admitted new GM CEO Mary Barra this week in her testimony to the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, which is looking into why it has taken over a decade to recall GM automobiles that were sold with a now-acknowle
