Google’s Nest Purchase is a Bet on Internet of Customers, Not Just Internet...
Since Google announced that it would be acquiring smart smoke detector and thermostat company Nest for $3.2 billion earlier this week, the Internet has been buzzing about what this move means for the...
View ArticleWhat Do Self-Driving Cars Have to Do with BI?
Called the “Thomas Edison of our time,” Ray Kurzweil is a legendary inventor and futurist, whose many inventions include groundbreaking discoveries in speech technology. In a keynote speech to the...
View ArticleConsumers Say ‘Yes’ to Connected Cars
The Internet of Things is upon us. Wearable technology, for example, has been generating tons of buzz recently–just yesterday, Salesforce.com took its first major step into the space by launching...
View ArticleTop 10 Takeaways from the Gartner BI Summit
Held in the city of sin, this year’s Gartner Business Intelligence Summit didn’t disappoint. Synthesis was the key theme of the show, and analysts emphasized the importance of merging traditional and...
View ArticleHappy Internet of Things Day!
Apparently today is Internet of Things day, and no, you’re not alone–I didn’t know this was a thing either. Turns out this is actually the fifth year that the IoT council is celebrating the “holiday,”...
View ArticleIoT Market Will Be Worth $661.74 Billion by 2021, Report Says
The Internet of Things market will be worth $661.74 billion by 2021, according to a new report by market research firm MarketsandMarkets. The report estimates the current value of the IoT market at...
View ArticleLess Than 1/10th of Connected Devices are Adequately Secured
It’s always exciting when a company decides to smarten up an otherwise “dumb” object (such as an oven, for instance) and link it to the Internet, but according to research from IOActive, a security...
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