Low Power Satellite IoT
Space, the final frontier. For low power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, perhaps the next frontier. We are in a New Space Age. Lower costs and new services are the big drivers, including new rockets and CubeSats. Even now, a terrestrial LoRaWAN...
IoT’s Lesser Known Power: “Good Enough” Data Accuracy
The Internet of Things (IoT) is all about data, insights, and action. Commonly, this is taken to mean that the goal should be the “best” data, which will presumably lead to better insights, action, and benefits. This is a fallacy. Why? Because...
The Digital Twin
People are slowly moving on from thinking about the Internet of Things (IoT) in terms of a new way of describing machine-to-machine connectivity. As with all step-changes, new technologies are first contextualised within the existing frames of reference....
Proprietary data sets as gold mines
If data is the new gold, then for some IoT startups building proprietary data sets could be the gold mine. I’m a big proponent of open data but that’s for non-personal data held by government. Tax payers or rate payers fund the collection,...
Enterprise IoT: Getting Started
In the previous blog post, digital reimagination of the business to drive customer value was identified as the number one characteristic of IoT Leaders. Fundamental change leads to innovation and substantial value creation. Just what is digital reimagination?...
IoT For Businesses and Government Bodies
In 2015, 26 companies globally spent US$ 1 billion or more each on Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. While most people in companies and government bodies read and set aside for the future the “hype” of IoT, there are some that are putting...
The Science of IoT Product Management
Source: Episode 67 of the IoT-Inc Podcast (recommended listening) Hardware is still hard. And yet, hardware is only one part of an IoT product or service. There is software and connectivity. Then there is data storage, processing and analytics. Most importantly,...
Smart Homes
I had an interesting discussion with a person interested in at-home assisted living for the elderly. With our ageing population, that’s an area where IoT can make a big social and economic impact.
IoT Ecosystem: all opportunities are not the same
Both established companies and start-ups are eyeing opportunities in the IoT ecosystem. The nature of the opportunities and, importantly, the economics of each opportunity, vary quite a bit. Choosing the ‘right’ opportunity requires a fit...
Decentralised electricity- ideal use case for IoT + blockchain
New Zealand’s electricity market- regulation, generation, administration, market clearing, transmission, distribution, metering and retail- are structured on centralised generation. Regulations drive business strategy and behaviour with incumbents...