Hello and thanks for reading. I cam across an interesting article from AdAge (click here to read) where they covered 5 questions that a retailer should ask before deploying IoT. Here are the 5 points, and some thoughts on each …. 1. What is your end goal? The main point to get across here […]
October 2018
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How Wal-Mart is “really” listening to their customers
Hello and thanks for reading. Having started out my career in the world of technology working at a call centre, I can verify that when they say, “calls may be recorded”, they really are. We had to sit through grueling coaching sessions to review how our calls went on a regular basis. It appears that […]
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Should IoT grow a conscious?
Hello and thanks for reading. For a relatively new technology, IoT sure has done a great job in creating (or increasing) controversy. Its ability to gather information in new ways has enabled many key technology breakthroughs that have helped society. Along the way, it has also played a role in helping to enable technologies that […]
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Isn’t it great when technology is simple to use?
Hello and thanks for reading. While I am writing this, I am at the auto dealership having some work done. For the most part, the idea of doing work on your own car is becoming a distant memory, as cars are filled a ton of technology that requires complex equipment and training to work on. […]
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The best way to invade a country is not using military force …
Hello and thanks for reading. Another day, another story about a failure in cybersecurity. However, this report is potentially much, much scarier than all others. A story in Bloomberg Businessweek, if true, would be the worst case scenario for many of us. Few people fear that a country with a military as powerful as the […]
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IoT and Agriculture: Using the power of Data to improve how our food supply is managed
Hello and thanks for reading. Few areas have seen change over the past few hundred years more than the world of Agriculture. Years ago, the vast majority of the population was involved in the production of food … now, it is a relatively small percentage. However, thanks to technology advancements, we are producing more food […]