Michael Lake is the President and CEO of Leading Cities, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and with operations in 10 countries around the world. As President and CEO, Michael establishes and develops relationships with municipal governments, businesses and universities around the world, creating a global network of partner cities dedicated to implementing Smart City solutions that […]
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Edge platforms are beginning to play a vital role in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Businesses deploying IoT solutions recognize that many optimally designed IoT solutions, especially those in the industrial vertical, take advantage of one or multiple edge components. In fact, MachNation research suggests that most IoT solutions in verticals such as manufacturing, […]
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Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, with a population of 2.4 million. The city is also one of Europe’s leading tourist destinations, attracting around 6 million people a year. Amsterdam’s oldest quarter, the medieval centre, is very small and has an incredibly complex infrastructure, with roads, tunnels, trams, metro, canals and thousands of […]
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Recycling today is a joke. Many municipal rubbish collectors just dump recycled waste in the landfill with everything else. Furthermore, because recycling is unpleasant and expensive, many first world countries ship their waste to 3rd world countries, pay them to process it, and then walk away with a clear conscience knowing it’s now someone else’s problem. Not […]
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Make sure your Connected Machine/Equipment project delivers real value – for you and your customer. You want to connect your units in the field for an enhanced customer value proposition and an improved Services business case? There are many ways how your customers benefit from connected enterprise assets. Less downtime/higher utilization, insights into usage and […]
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The number of cyberattacks, data breaches and overall business disruption caused by unsecured IoT/IIoT devices are increasing because many companies don’t know the depth and breadth of the risk exposures they face when leveraging IoT devices and other emerging technologies. IoT and IIoT are a set of business and technology innovations that offers many compelling […]
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Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices will comprise the majority of the billions of IoT devices deployed over the next decade. How will the information security market meet this onslaught of technology? The consumer market is not a useful guide for this analysis. Consumers buy in small quantities and choose to deploy information security tools piecemeal. Few […]
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When working on a new IoT project, it’s not a bad idea to start your plans with the end environment in mind. It’s clear that IoT has its benefits, whether in warehousing, supply chain, or any other industry, but the physical setting itself can make or break some applications. Also, the features of your environment […]
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Producing clean water and treating wastewater is a complex industrial process involving lots of different types of assets, for example pumps, sediment tanks, treatment units etc. Adding to the complexity is the fact that that these [units/assets] are often distributed over a wide area and are connected to the consumers through a large network infrastructure. […]
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High logistics costs, the lack of skilled labor, employee conflicts, and the complexity of the global supply chain – these and other factors encourage manufacturers to resort to distributed production. Outsourcing a part of the manufacturing operations or building a manufacturing facility closer to a regional sales market may seem a perfect way to lower […]
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Industrial manufacturing organizations are increasingly motivated to seek value through connected systems. Yet few industrial IoT success stories contain enough details for showing others the way. Furthermore, statistics like “27% more efficient” or “19% productivity increase” are rarely meaningful or transferable to other businesses and vertical applications. Fortunately, one enterprise recently sat down to share […]
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