WebRTC Potential for Edge Computing Scenarios Recently, WebRTC has a lot of eyes from market. The use cases of WebRTC are expanding - video chat, online education, online health care etc. Not only for human-to-human communication, but also IoT use cases such as machine to human use cases can be seen recently. One of the typical use-case is remote camera monitoring. With WebRTC, people can have interoperability and flexibility for deploying monitoring service. However, the benefit of WebRTC for IoT is not only its convenience and interoperability. It has lots of potential to address current issues around IoT - security, connectivity and so on - based on P2P technology. It will become a key-component especially in edge computing use cases, in his view. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Kensaku Komatsu, a research and development engineer at NTT Communications, will provi... (more)

[session] How to Architect an IoT Solution | @ThingsExpo @BlueMetalInc #AI #DX #IoT #Analytics

How to Architect an IoT Solution Recently, IoT seems emerging as a solution vehicle for data analytics on real-world scenarios from setting a room temperature setting to predicting a component failure of an aircraft. Compared with developing an application or deploying a cloud service, is an IoT solution unique? If so, how? How does a typical IoT solution architecture consist? And what are the essential components and how are they relevant to each other? How does the security play out? What are the best practices in formulating an IoT solution? These are all the topics which this presentation will cover. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Yung Chou, a Cloud Architect at BlueMetal, an Insight company, will delineate a structured approach for architecting an IoT solution. Those who assume technical leadership in developing, operating, assessing and advising IT solutions w... (more)

10 Secrets of @CloudExpo's #DigitalTransformation Sponsors | #AI #DX #IoT #DevOps #FinTech

Ten Tips on How to Maximize Your @CloudExpo and @ThingsExpo Sponsorship Benefits @CloudExpo and @ThingsExpo, two of the most important technology events in the world, have hosted hundreds of sponsors and exhibitors since their launch 10 years ago. In this blog post, I provide 10 tips on how our sponsors and exhibitors can maximize their participation at our events. But before reading my top 10 tips for our sponsors and exhibitors, please take a moment and watch this brief Sandy Carter video. "Cloud Expo was really the event to connect with thought leaders, innovators, business folks who are interested in what the cloud can bring to their business. You know really how it allows them to bring the transformation of the business process." Sandy Carter 1) Sponsor and exhibit in both New York and Silicon Valley Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo New York and Silicon Valley pr... (more)

The Rules of #DigitalTransformation for Start-Ups | @ThingsExpo #BigData #AI #DX #IoT #SmartCities

I have had the opportunity to work for and around a good many start-ups during the course of my career.  Often the start-up founders would simply define a problem, develop a solution and launch a company.  The marketing department would then do their very best to identify the individuals in each target company that experienced the problem and had a budget to fix it. This was always a challenging task, that has become even harder today. Today, start-ups must not only identify a problem that needs solving, but they must compete against "digital transformation" initiatives in both the business and IT organizations that are trying to reduce complexity through the elimination of applications, customized software solutions, IT systems, multiple instances of ERPs and vendors. The goal of many organizations today is to simplify the IT environment, and to make business proce... (more)

DXWorldExpo to Sponsor @CloudExpo | #AI #DX #IoT #FinTech #SmartCities #DigitalTransformation

SYS-CON Events announced today that DXWorldExpo has been named "Global Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Key to IT Business Digital Transformation is the key issue driving the global enterprise IT business. Digital Transformation is most prominent among Global 2000 enterprises and government institutions. Global 2000 Global 2000 companies have more than US$40 trillion in annual revenue - more than 50% of the world's entire GDP. The Global 2000 spends a total of US$2.4 trillion annually on enterprise IT. The average Global 2000 company has US$11 billion in annual revenue. The average Global 2000 company spends more than $600 million annually on enterprise IT. Governments throughout the world spend another US$500 billion on IT - much of it ... (more)

Brain Change and #DigitalTransformation | @ThingsExpo #IoT #API #AI #DX #SmartCities

The renowned military strategist John Boyd taught that people and institutions collect favorite philosophies, strategies, theories and ideologies over a period of time, and then try to align the future to fit them.  The problem with this is the future is rarely like the past, and trying to fit new data into old paradigms often forces us to perform irrational mental gymnastics, which leaves us farther from the truth. Our resistance to change and unwillingness to question our beliefs in the face of mounting evidence, leads us to analytical and execution failure. A more productive habit would be to continuously review our mental constructs to find out how to modify our interpretations to align with new evidence.  This action, however, goes against our human nature that seeks stability and resists change.  We see the consequences of these challenges weekly as we read a... (more)

Announcing @App2Cloud_USA to Exhibit at @CloudExpo | #Docker #Containers #CloudNative

SYS-CON Events announced today that App2Cloud will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct. 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. App2Cloud is an online Platform, specializing in migrating legacy applications to any Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). By providing an online solution (https://www.app2cloud.io), companies can upload their traditional applications to get, few days later, clean and standard containers. App2Cloud covers all the current cloud platforms and technologies including Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, and others. For more information, visit https://www.app2cloud.io. 21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, w... (more)

[slides] #IoT for #DigitalTransformation | @ThingsExpo @Ocean9Inc #BigData

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here The ‘Known Unknown' of Big Data in IoT: How Big Will Your Data Grow and By When? IoT is at the core or many Digital Transformation initiatives with the goal of re-inventing a company's business model. We all agree that collecting relevant IoT data will result in massive amounts of data needing to be stored. However, with the rapid development of IoT devices and ongoing business model transformation, we are not able to predict the volume and growth of IoT data. And with the lack of IoT history, traditional methods of IT and infrastructure planning based on the past do not apply either. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In his session at @ThingsExpo, Swen Conrad, CEO of Ocean9, Inc., discussed key cloud concepts and how they enable your successful IoT initiative providing flexibility and elasticity to your IT infra... (more)

Industry 4.0 and #DigitalTransformation | @ThingsExpo #AI #IoT #M2M #BigData #Analytics #SmartCities

It seems as if the whole world wants to talk about Industry 4.0 (or Industrie 4.0 if you prefer the European spelling). Industry 4.0 is embodied by two main buzz worthy topics known as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data / Advanced Analytics. What Is Industry 4.0? The "4.0" references what many consider to be the fourth major industrial revolution. The first being the utilization of machines, the second involving assembly lines and mass production, the third employing automation, and now the fourth: cyber physical systems (machines communicating with one another). That modest single digit pales in comparison to the other numbers that are bantered about when talking about Industry 4.0. Most estimate that there will be 22.5 Billion IoT devices by 2021 - or roughly three for every one person on earth. Along with that is the prediction that $4.8 trillion will be ... (more)

Datera to Exhibit at @CloudExpo | @DateraInc #Cloud #Serverless #DataCenter

SYS-CON Events announced today that Datera will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Datera offers a radically new approach to data management, where innovative software makes data infrastructure invisible, elastic and able to perform at the highest level. It eliminates hardware lock-in and gives IT organizations the choice to source x86 server nodes, with business model options that best align to their goals. Datera delivers enterprise-class performance combined with the simplicity and agility of hyperscale clouds - all on-premises in a private cloud infrastructure. This is the dawn of the data era. For more information, please visit http://datera.io/. 21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara C... (more)

Connected Government and #IoT | @ThingsExpo @Wipro #AI #DX #SmartCities

IoT in connected Government helps to deliver better citizen services and provides transparency. It helps in delivering contextual and personalized service to citizens, enhances the security, and improves the quality of life. The reference architecture provides guidance for the development of government systems, solutions and application architecture. A reference architecture provides a common framework and allows the design to follow the consistent definitions for the system of interest, its decompositions and design patterns. The vision of any Connected Government in the digital era is "To develop connected and intelligent IoT based systems to contribute to government's economy, improving citizen satisfaction, safe society, environment sustainability, city management and global need." In Connected Government, IoT-based applications provides many benefits, which i... (more)