\n\t In the past, I have tried to shy away from writing strictly warm and fuzzy pieces. I mean, don’t we have enough stories in the news about how cute cats and babies play together on Youtube? As well, we need to address many of the issues that the Industrial Internet revolution may cause, if […]
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Big Data takes over the NFL
In the past, I have written about how Big Data was changing professional sports. It is being used extensively in Hockey to allow coaches to better understand how players move around the ice, how well they are positioned and to show how valuable a player is in ways other than their actual game statistics. It is […]
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Can BlackBerry help boost IoT adoption rates?
M2M Applications Ok, I really am a “techie nerd”, after all. Well, at least when it comes to gathering data from things. Given that my career has been built on helping others gather data from many different types of machines / sites, it makes sense that I apply the same logic to my life. This […]
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Lub-Dub, Lub-Dub…That is my new password
\n\t I think I now have about 15 different passwords that I use on a regular basis. One site wants 8 characters (one being a capital and one being a non-alphabetic character)....another wants no capitals and no numbers and another wants the combination of my first pet with the street that I grew up on. […] -
Securing the IoT world becomes big news
M2M – The Industry In the past, I have written a few blog posts making fun of the fact that most of my friends and family really don’t have a great understanding of what I do. In fact, many of you whom are also in the M2M space must have the same issues as […]
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Big Data: Are we drowning in it already?
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\n\t M2M - The Industry As we are coming to the end of the year, many small business owners are going to start an annual ritual….it is a game called, “Find the receipts you need, that are among the thousands of pieces of paper that you do not need”. If you are like me, you [...] -
Funny (and brilliant) insight into what Big Data really is...
\n\t I have heard a lot of thoughts, seen a lot of charts and presentations and even written extensively about it....but no one has ever summarized the term "Big Data" in such a funny (yet accurate) way before this... First, before anyone thinks of getting mad at me, I did not come up with this slide. The […] -
10 Things You 'Need to Know' about IoT
\n\t Quick...name me the ten professions that have the smartest people. I am sure that Brain Surgeon, Rocket Scientist, Medical Researcher and others were among the first ten that came to mind. I doubt that many of you said, "Salesperson". As a long-time sales guy, I don't take offence to that. While Salespeople tend to […] -
Using M2M to improve your Tennis game....anyone?
At one point, Tennis was easily one of the most popular sports in the world. The famous expression, "Tennis, anyone?" was a common statement as pretty much all tennis courts were filled all the time. While it still has a very loyal following, it has since been surpassed by Golf and other sports. I was […] -
Become a master of M2M sales with these three simple questions
In today's world, everyone likes things to be cheap and easy. Instead of losing weight the old fashioned way (by eating less and exercising), everyone is looking for the easy way – whether that be in the form of a pill, or a piece of equipment that you can use to burn off "your gut" […]