Submitted by Larry Bellehumeur on March 4, 2014 - 9:49am I saw some recent articles about how many companies are still not embracing telecommuting and it is a shame. Sure, Marissa, I get why you feel that Yahoo needs to have all of their employees sit in traffic for hours to get to the office in California. There […]
M2M and IoT Blog by Larry Bellehumeur
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Making the Air a Safer Place using Big Data
M2M Applications Like anyone else who has ever spent a lot of time in Sales, I tend to travel a lot. While not as much as I once did, I still take 15-20 trips annually for work, plus the usual torturous family vacation. One thought that I have always had is....how do they keep all […] -
Expect more M&A activity as M2M market grows
Ok, while my kids think that I am old, I am not really THAT old. I wasn't in the business world yet when the PC boom started, so I can't speak intelligently on how it was in the "early days". However, I can be confident to say that it likely started out with a lot of […] -
Sex sells, but boring is where the smart money is…
Earlier this month, Ford announced the update to its iconic Mustang....and, it is a sexy car. Driving down the open road in a convertible sounds like a fun way to spend a summer day. However, if you are an investor of Ford (which I am not), you are probably more excited about the F-150 launch. […] -
M2M and IoT: Just updated names for SCADA?
In previous blog posts, I have spoken about what I perceived to be the difference between the terms IoT and M2M....namely that IoT was a term that had a better mass-market appeal and is better served to be used to promote our industry to consumers. I had an interesting conversation with someone from the Oil and […] -
"My Momma said these shoes will take me anywhere"
For those of you who do not recognize the quote, it is from one of the greatest movies of all time...Forrest Gump. In the movie, Forrest was able to stumble his way into some of the greatest trends/events in the past century and it appears that he was inadvertently talking about another popular trend....smart shoes. […] -
Can M2M save baseball?
\n\t If you are a baseball fan, there is a good chance that you have become familiar with the terms “UCL tear”, “Tommy John surgery” and “lost for the season”. In record numbers, pitchers in all levels are experiencing arm injuries at an incredible rate. What was once a rare occurrence, dozens of pitchers (including […]
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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. […] -
M2M is making cities smarter, but is that always better?
“Smile, you are on camera!” is a pretty common sign in some areas like taxi cabs and retail stores. The idea is to alert customers that their activities are being monitored. These signs are not always required, as it is often quite apparent that there is a big camera aimed right at you. For most of […]
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Wanted: People to follow me around Target when I buy new socks
\n\t Actually, as a disclosure, I don’t know where I get my socks from. My wife really likes to shop, so I haven’t bought anything (other than gifts for her) since we got married. I am only assuming that the socks come from Target. =) In all seriousness…Big Data is really starting to explode. Companies […]