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The Analytics Value Chain - The Key to Delivering Value in IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) is about the digitization of physical assets including sensors, devices, machines, gateways, and the network. It creates possibilities for significant value creation and new revenue generating business models via data democratization and ubiquitous analytics across IoT networks. The explosion of data in all forms in IoT requires a more robust and broader lens in order to enable smarter timely actions and better outcomes. Business operations become the key driver of IoT applications and projects. Business operations, IT, and data scientists need advanced analytics tools incorporating predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and machine learning for rapid development and innovation to divine timely value out of IoT networks. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dr. Dale Skeen, ... (more)

IoT for Product Development | @ThingsExpo #IoT #M2M #API #Microservices

Manufacturers' Opportunity - What the Internet of Things Means for Product Development For manufacturers, the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a jumping-off point for innovation, jobs, and revenue creation. But to adequately seize the opportunity, manufacturers must design devices that are interconnected, can continually sense their environment and process huge amounts of data. As a first step, manufacturers must embrace a new product development ecosystem in order to support these products. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Diego Tamburini, Manufacturing Industry Strategist at ... (more)

WebRTC + Internet of Things | @ThingsExpo #IoT #RTC #M2M #WebRTC

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Can call centers hang up the phones for good? Intuitive Solutions did. WebRTC enabled this contact center provider to eliminate antiquated telephony and desktop phone infrastructure with a pure web-based solution, allowing them to expand beyond brick-and-mortar confines to a home-based agent model. It also ensured scalability and better service for customers, including MUY! Companies, one of the country's largest franchise restaurant companies with 232 Pizza Hut locations. This is one example of WebRTC adoption today, but the potential is limitless wh... (more)

Cloud Computing + Things By @Kevin_Jackson | @ThingsExpo #IoT #M2M

Cloud Computing + Things = ‘Information Excellence,’ Not IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) has quickly become the next "be all to end all" in information technology. Touted as how cloud computing will connect everyday things together, it is also feared as the real- life instantiation of The Terminator's Skynet, where sentient robot team with an omnipresent and all-knowing entity that uses technology to control, and ultimately destroy, all of humanity. Not there yet Lucky for the humans among us, the technical capabilities of both cloud computing and IoT are way behind these Orwel... (more)

Intuit to Present at @ThingsExpo | #IoT #API #BigData #InternetOfThings

The Emergence of the Quantified Small Business Sensors and effectors of IoT are solving problems in new ways, but small businesses have been slow to join the quantified world. They'll need information from IoT using applications as varied as the businesses themselves. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Roger Meike, Distinguished Engineer, Director of Technology Innovation at Intuit, will show how IoT manufacturers can use open standards, public APIs and custom apps to enable the Quantified Small Business. He will use a Raspberry Pi to connect sensors to web services, and cloud int... (more)

Internet of Things Software Delivery | @ThingsExpo #IoT #API #Microservices

Connected Teams, Connected Code, and the Connected Device: The Challenges of IoT Software Delivery Developing software for the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with its own set of challenges. Security, privacy, and unified standards are a few key issues. In addition, each IoT product is comprised of (at least) three separate application components: the software embedded in the device, the back-end service, and the mobile application for the end user's controls. Each component is developed by a different team, using different technologies and practices, and deployed to a different ... (more)

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SYS-CON Events announced today that TechTarget has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. TechTarget storage websites are the best online information resource for news, tips and expert advice for the storage, backup and disaster recovery markets.
Harbinger Systems, a global company providing software technology services, today announced that it is participating as a Speaker and an Exhibitor at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley from November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Managed by SYS-CON Events, the 17th International Cloud Expo brings the world of Cloud Computing, Big Data/analytics, Internet of Things and DevOps on one platform. “Participating as a speaker and an exhibitor for the third consecutive year makes this e...
Bsquare's Director of Products, Dave McCarthy, will deliver a presentation from the main stage of the fourth annual @ThingsExpo, addressing the audience of IoT and cloud executives, vendors, media and analysts on "The Business Case for IoT." Bsquare will also demonstrate how its business-oriented IoT platform, DataVTM, adds intelligence and connectivity to remote corporate assets, and then utilizes the data generated to improve business outcomes such as uptime, asset utilization, warranty and ma...
In his session at 17th Cloud Expo, Oleg Lola, CEO at MobiDev, will provide insights based on his experience of helping dozens of companies to launch their products. He will also discuss: How to get expert feedback on the idea How to use cloud in complex projects When you should get the project started How to elaborate product requirements The importance of UI design for the success of the product How much resources are needed to develop an MVP for cloud How to prepare for the product lau...
Contextual Analytics of various threat data provides a deeper understanding of a given threat and enables identification of unknown threat vectors. In his session at @ThingsExpo, David Dufour, Head of Security Architecture, IoT, Webroot, Inc., will discuss how through the use of Big Data analytics and deep data correlation across different threat types, it is possible to gain a better understanding of where, how and to what level of danger a malicious actor poses to an organization, and to det...
Deep Information Sciences, the company that reimagined MySQL for the New Economy in the cloud, today announced that Chad Jones, its Chief Strategy Officer, will be a featured speaker at Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 3 – 5, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. In his session, “How Databases Can Stop Playing Catch-Up with the IoT” on November 4 at 8:30am, Jones will share tips on how to accelerate IoT initiatives and harness truly big IoT data by applying machine learning to the database c...
Agema Systems, a provider of high performance Next-Gen Open Networking platform, invites network and virtualization professionals to attend Agema portfolio of 1G/10G/25G/40G and 100G product introduction at Cloud Expo® 2015, November 3-5 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Agema will introduce high-speed, high-performance open networking white box switching platforms that enable networking professionals to transform legacy packet networks, reducing CAPEX and OPEX. While at Agema exhibit booth...
Webair, a leading provider of Cloud Hosting, Colocation and Managed solutions, today announces that its Chief Technology Officer, Sagi Brody, will speak at Cloud Expo 2015 Silicon Valley, to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Cloud Expo 2015 Silicon Valley is a world-class conference that brings together thought-leaders and cutting edge practitioners in the cloud / utility computing, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Software-Defined Da...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Chris Matthieu, Director of IoT Engineering at Citrix and co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, will keynote at the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. His keynote "How We Built and Scaled an IoT Platform and Business" will focus on building an IoT platform and company. He will provide a behind-the-scenes look at Octoblu’s platform, business, and pivots along the way (i...
In his General Session at DevOps Summit, Asaf Yigal, Co-Founder & VP of Product at Logz.io, will explore the value of Kibana 4 for log analysis and will give a real live, hands-on tutorial on how to set up Kibana 4 and get the most out of Apache log files. He will examine three use cases: IT operations, business intelligence, and security and compliance. This is a hands-on session that will require participants to bring their own laptops, and we will provide the rest.
Father business cycles and digital consumers are forcing enterprises to respond faster to customer needs and competitive demands. Successful integration of DevOps and Agile development will be key for business success in today’s digital economy. In his session at DevOps Summit, Pradeep Prabhu, Co-Founder & CEO of Cloudmunch, he will cover the critical practices that enterprises should consider to seamlessly integrate Agile and DevOps processes, barriers to implementing this in the enterprise, ...
CloudCamp, where adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas, is being held on Tuesday, November 3, from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm at the 17th Cloud Expo, November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CloudCamp will be led by Dave Nielsen of CloudCamp. This CloudCamp is focused on these Open Cloud platforms and open source applications that run on top of them. This event is a way for us to learn about what is happening in the Open Cloud ecosystem. We invite yo...
The broad selection of hardware, the rapid evolution of operating systems and the time-to-market for mobile apps has been so rapid that new challenges for developers and engineers arise every day. Security, testing, hosting, and other metrics have to be considered through the process. In his session at Big Data Expo, Walter Maguire, Chief Field Technologist, HP Big Data Group, at Hewlett-Packard, will discuss the challenges faced by developers and a composite Big Data applications builder, foc...
Automating AWS environments is important for all businesses as it simplifies creation and setup of cloud resources, facilitates otherwise complex processes, and streamlines management. The benefits of automation are clear: accelerate execution, reduce human error and unwanted consequences, and increase the enterprise’s ability to rapidly adapt, all while reducing the overall cost of IT operations. In his session at 17th Cloud Expo, Patrick McClory, Director of Automation and DevOps at Datapipe...
The cloud promises agility for companies wanting to utilize it for Big Data, but it can be challenging to understand all the new options and approaches – from IaaS and PaaS to newer services like HaaS and BDaaS. It’s an important concept to understand as more than half of enterprises plan to use the cloud for Big Data. In her session at 17th Cloud Expo, Hannah Smalltree, a director with Cazena, will discuss the emerging technology categories for Big Data and the cloud, and hear important consi...
The revocation of Safe Harbor has radically affected data sovereignty strategy in the cloud. In his session at 17th Cloud Expo, Jeff Miller, Product Management at Cavirin Systems, will discuss how to assess these changes across your own cloud strategy, and how you can mitigate risks previously covered under the agreement.
Developing software for the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with its own set of challenges. Security, privacy, and unified standards are a few key issues. In addition, each IoT product is comprised of (at least) three separate application components: the software embedded in the device, the back-end service, and the mobile application for the end user’s controls. Each component is developed by a different team, using different technologies and practices, and deployed to a different stack/target –...
Most people haven’t heard the word, “gamification,” even though they probably, and perhaps unwittingly, participate in it every day. Gamification is “the process of adding games or game-like elements to something (as a task) so as to encourage participation.” Further, gamification is about bringing game mechanics – rules, constructs, processes, and methods – into the real world in an effort to engage people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Endo, owner and engagement manager of Intrepid D...
We all know that data growth is exploding and storage budgets are shrinking. Instead of showing you charts on about how much data there is, in her session at 17th Cloud Expo, Barbara Murphy, Vice President of Marketing at HGST, will show you how to capture all of your data in one place. After you have your data under control, you can then analyze it in one place, saving time and resources. See how HGST has used these solutions to gain more value out of the information we have – and capitaliz...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Ericsson has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 17th Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Ericsson strives to connect everyone, wherever they may be. Because by being connected, people can take part in the emerging global collaboration that is the Networked Society – a society in which every person and every industry is empowered to reach their full potential.