10 things you should know about The Internet of Things By Patrick Gray | January 10, 2013, 7:14 AM PST The Internet of Things (IoT) has gone from university classrooms and near-science fiction to a common topic in boardrooms and product planning sessions. So what are the 10 key things you need to know about the Internet of Things? 1: What is a “Thing”? The “thing” commonly referred to by the concept of the Internet of Things is any item that can contain an embedded, connected computing device. A “thing” in the IoT could be a shippin…
M2M and the Internet of Things: A guide Summary: The Internet of Things will consist primarily of machines talking to one another, with computer-connected humans observing, analysing and acting upon the resulting 'big data' explosion. Here's how the next internet revolution is shaping up. By Charles McLellan | January 9, 2013 -- 15:19 GMT (23:19 SGT) 2 Comments 0 Votes more + In its initial phase, all of the internet's IP addresses were assigned to computers of one sort or another. Some of…
Have we seen the end of Data Centre Evolution? The data centre as we know it has undergone several transformations over the last few decades and still continues to do so. Having come so far in the evolution of the data centre, something tells me that we’re still not done. With the Gartner Data Centre events taking place in London and the United States this week, I cannot help but wonder how the Data Centre has undergone several stages of evolution to command the level of importance that it currently does in any organisation that use…
Gartner Predicts Cloud, Social, Mobile, and Information Forces Will Shape 2013 According to research firm Gartner, several converging forces will influence IT in the coming year. By Dian Schaffhauser 01/10/13 Succeeding as an education IT leader in the new year will call for becoming comfortable with the undercurrents of several converging forces--cloud, social, mobile, and information--that are shaping the look of IT. That's the analysis of Gartner , which recently released its predictions for 2013 in a public webinar now av…
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