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Applications and innovations in the Internet of Things (IoT)

hackerearth

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated devices that have unique identifiers and can autonomously transfer data over a network. IHS Technology predicts that there will be over 30 billion IoT devices in use by 2020 and over 75 billion by 2025. Smart home technology is also known as home automation or domotics.

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Five Technology Trends Driving Manufacturing (Are you on Board?)

Daniel Burrus

New manufacturing plants will utilize the latest technologies in an effort to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Due to the fact that technology-driven exponential change affects everything, manufacturing businesses must always keep up. . Five Tech Trends Impacting the Manufacturing Industry.

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How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis

Harvard Business Review

In addition, the costs of producing materials, manufacturing goods, and providing services is rising due to labor costs. For small to medium enterprises, this means margins may be squeezed to the point to where they can no longer compete in today’s hyper-competitive global marketplace.

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How to create business models for 5G - and other disruptive technologies

The BMI Lab Blog

Sometimes, companies approach us with requests like “I have developed a new technology but how do I build a business around it?” or “Our technology is superior to our competitors’ – why don’t our customers see that?”. It is considered to be part of the internet of things (IoT). Then I encourage you to keep on reading.

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Innovate or Die: Bold Action, Connected Minds, and a Leadership Team with Vision

eZassi

Kodak – A late adaptor to digital photography, but a recent resurgence in technologies they’ve always mastered- new age imaging, printing and sought-after chemical production. Check out the full list of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design competition of last year’s winners. There’s No Debate, You Must Innovate.

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Trends First, Solutions Second

IdeaScale

This also means that organizations need to be trend tracking so that they can always include these signals as part of their initial review of existing information that informs their solution seeking. To review key emerging trends that are impacting your business, download our infographic on the subject.

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Technology leads, innovation exploitation is lagging

Paul Hobcraft

I recall reading that up to now, each digital technology change was a separate era of change, to absorb and adapt towards, yet today we are facing something seemingly different, a collision, a whole mash-up of disparate technologies and systems, that seem to be heading for such an explosion of change, a post-digital transformation.