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If you’re in Boston, hope you’ll come to EntreTech Tuesday!
Just got off a conference call with the participants in what’s shaping up to be a great panel on the Internet of Things at Northeastern University’s EntreTech Forum series, Tuesday night in Waltham.
In addition to moi, the participants will be:
old friend Chris Rezendes, my partner-in-crime with the IoT Meetup series and CEO of INEX Advisors, […]
Meeting Usman Haque: a shared vision for the IoT
We had our second successful Boston/New England IoT Meetup last night, with some great speakers (more about them later). Thanks to my co-organizer, Chris Rezendes of INEX Advisors, for putting together a great program!
For me, the high point was getting to meet one of the IoT’s real pioneers: Usman Haque, who created Pachube, now Cosm, […]
survey: M2M natural evolution of “consumerization of IT”
A new survey of worldwide IT decision makers (ITDMs as the acronym goes…) by Harris Interactive for SAP includes some pretty convincing reminders that the Internet of Things (in this case the emphasis is on M2M) is as much about empowering people as it is about things.
“..most ITDMs in all six countries view M2M as the […]
Check out the Electric Imp blog!
I referred to Electric Imp in a recent post about how GE really gets what I think will be a hallmark of the Internet of Things: collaboration.
After noting that they’d re-Tweeted my tweet about the post I just checked out the Electric Imp blog. They’re doing some verrry kewl stuff. Checkitout.
PS: I love their goal: […]
I’m quoted in optimistic projection on the Internet of Things
Julie Bort of Business Insider has just written a very optimistic report on the Internet of Things’ potential, and quoted me, particularly on my contention that the IoT’s greatest potential to change our lives may be in giving everyone within an organization near-real time, simultaneous access to the information they need to make decisions, do […]
#IoT Gets New Consortium. Huzzah!
I find it personally distressing that there’s no umbrella organization advocating for the #IoT and building public awareness of its existence. Even more, a robust association would promote contact among #IoT companies, which I’m confident would result in more synergistic apps and collaborations (one indicator of the potential? Runkeeper now has more than 100 partners […]
Building a connected health ecosystem
(Liveblogging from Center for Connected Health Symposium)
*Halle Tecco, Rock Health non-profit @ intersection of health & technology, incubator.
*Amir Nashat, Polaris Ventures, 20-30% of investments in health care area
*Naomi Fried, in charge of encouraging innovation @ Boston Children’s. Working on telehealth
*Michael Balmouth, Edison Ventures. Looking for revenue-producing companies.
*Halle — they’ve physically located startups right in midst […]
Open data more valuable than big data for small & medium biz
Here’s something counterintuitive given all the hoopla about big data: Gartner reports that open data may be more valuable for small and medium-sized businesses than big data is.
The article points out that there are a variety of techniques, especially APIs, that may allow easy sharing of data among employees, supply-chain partners, and customers.
It’s all about […]
W. David Stephenson
W. David Stephenson, principal of Stephenson Strategies, has built an international reputation as creative Internet of Things (IoT) consultant, thought leader and journalist.
He particularly focuses on a paradigm shift to “circular companies,” away from traditional hierarchies and linear processes, to a new model in which everyone — supply chain, manufacturing, product design, marketing, distribution networks, and […]
