The Internet of Useless Things (and how to avoid it)Mark Brill
With the rapid growth of technologies the #IoT is upon us. There is a danger though, that many of those objects will be useless. This is an introduction into how to develop a brand IoT strategy and how to avoid the useless things. This is an ongoing project and more slides will be added!
The Internet of Useless Things (and how to avoid it)Mark Brill
With the rapid growth of technologies the #IoT is upon us. There is a danger though, that many of those objects will be useless. This is an introduction into how to develop a brand IoT strategy and how to avoid the useless things. This is an ongoing project and more slides will be added!
Everything you need to know about the use of mobile, the different mobile platforms, mobile retail and m-commerce, banking and media consumption. Numbers specifically for Belgian population
Financial services IT has focused on security and regulatory compliance in recent years. Now, more and more financial service companies are leveraging data in innovation to better serve customers worldwide.
From Facebook to Apple to Snapchat and more, we’ve collected a whole year of Mindshare POV articles together to give you a complete picture of how the industry evolved in 2015. Consider this your media cheat sheet (well, book).
Overview of the mobile commerce market across the US and China, including its relationship to social, mobile payments and offline retail plus the key trends to watch.
The Internet of Things is already here in more ways than one. We threw together some statistics and came up with a few predictions on how technology will ease consumers' everyday lives in the near future.
Are you interested in learning more about mobile marketing? If so, then this mobile marketing SlideShare deck is for you. It was compiled by Jamie Turner from the 60 Second Marketer and Jeanne Hopkins while she was at HubSpot.
Here are just some of the amazing facts you'll learn in this SlideShare deck:
• 91% of adults have their mobile devices within arm's reach 24/7
• 25% of Americans only use mobile devices to access the internet
• There are 5 times as many cell phones in the world as there are PCs
If you're interested in learning more about mobile marketing, this deck is for you.
How Mobile Killed the Desktop: 33 Stats that Tell a StoryPlacester
It's no secret: mobile Internet traffic is growing, the number of folks who own mobile devices is growing, and more and more online consumers are seeking out mobile-friendly websites. A quick review of recent research data shows that the mobile revolution isn't some far-fetched piece of science fiction: it's happening NOW. If your business's website isn't optimized for mobile, you could be missing out on a ton of potential traffic, leads, and customers.
Real estate customers have changed. Have agents?Raphael Bochner
Next generation customers power the real estate market. Are agencies and property portals ready? Here's my take on the way Proptech is shaping the real estate transaction space
Vanson Bourne Research Report: Big DataVanson Bourne
For most organisations, big data is now the reality of doing business. Technological and social innovations are resulting in huge flows of new data every day. As we enter this undeniable era of big data where more information will be captured in ever-finer detail from more sources than ever before does that mean our decision-making is bound to improve?
Everything you need to know about the use of mobile, the different mobile platforms, mobile retail and m-commerce, banking and media consumption. Numbers specifically for Belgian population
Financial services IT has focused on security and regulatory compliance in recent years. Now, more and more financial service companies are leveraging data in innovation to better serve customers worldwide.
From Facebook to Apple to Snapchat and more, we’ve collected a whole year of Mindshare POV articles together to give you a complete picture of how the industry evolved in 2015. Consider this your media cheat sheet (well, book).
Overview of the mobile commerce market across the US and China, including its relationship to social, mobile payments and offline retail plus the key trends to watch.
The Internet of Things is already here in more ways than one. We threw together some statistics and came up with a few predictions on how technology will ease consumers' everyday lives in the near future.
Are you interested in learning more about mobile marketing? If so, then this mobile marketing SlideShare deck is for you. It was compiled by Jamie Turner from the 60 Second Marketer and Jeanne Hopkins while she was at HubSpot.
Here are just some of the amazing facts you'll learn in this SlideShare deck:
• 91% of adults have their mobile devices within arm's reach 24/7
• 25% of Americans only use mobile devices to access the internet
• There are 5 times as many cell phones in the world as there are PCs
If you're interested in learning more about mobile marketing, this deck is for you.
How Mobile Killed the Desktop: 33 Stats that Tell a StoryPlacester
It's no secret: mobile Internet traffic is growing, the number of folks who own mobile devices is growing, and more and more online consumers are seeking out mobile-friendly websites. A quick review of recent research data shows that the mobile revolution isn't some far-fetched piece of science fiction: it's happening NOW. If your business's website isn't optimized for mobile, you could be missing out on a ton of potential traffic, leads, and customers.
Real estate customers have changed. Have agents?Raphael Bochner
Next generation customers power the real estate market. Are agencies and property portals ready? Here's my take on the way Proptech is shaping the real estate transaction space
Vanson Bourne Research Report: Big DataVanson Bourne
For most organisations, big data is now the reality of doing business. Technological and social innovations are resulting in huge flows of new data every day. As we enter this undeniable era of big data where more information will be captured in ever-finer detail from more sources than ever before does that mean our decision-making is bound to improve?
Vanson Bourne Data Summary: Shadow IT - BDMsVanson Bourne
Shadow IT - the commissioning and sourcing of core IT products and services by departments other than IT - has been used across organisations for some time, but it is only now that IT decision makers are beginning to fully appreciate the extent of it. It is a way of working that is increasingly becoming the norm for business departments, who are independently deploying solutions with increasing frequency, despite the risks that may be involved.
IT departments must now adapt if they want to retain some element of control over the way technology is utilised within their organisations. We surveyed 200 business decision makers in organisations with more than 1,000 employees, in both the UK and the US.
Vanson Bourne look at the headline findings from our recent research into IT Security in the UK. Survey conducted in March 2013 by Vanson Bourne. Responses of 100 senior IT decision-makers in UK commercial enterprises. Responses of 100 senior IT decision-makers in UK commercial enterprises (1000+ employees).
We're moving into an era of big data, where more information is captured in ever-finer detail from
ever-more sources which means our decision-making is bound to improve. Doesn’t it? We interviewed 100 ITDMs from organisations with 1000 or more employees to find out.
Shadow IT - the commissioning and sourcing of core IT products and services by departments other than IT - has been used across organisations for some time, but it is only now that IT decision makers are beginning to fully appreciate the extent of it. It is a way of working that is increasingly becoming the norm for business departments, who are independently deploying solutions with increasing frequency, despite the risks that may be involved. IT departments must now adapt if they want to retain some element of control over the way technology is utilised within their organisations. We surveyed 200 IT decision makers and 200 business decision makers in organisations with more than 1,000 employees, in both the UK and the US.
Vanson Bourne Data Summary: Shadow IT - IT Decision-MakersVanson Bourne
Shadow IT - the commissioning and sourcing of core IT products and services by departments other than IT - has been used across organisations for some time, but it is only now that IT decision makers are beginning to fully appreciate the extent of it. It is a way of working that is increasingly becoming the norm for business departments, who are independently deploying solutions with increasing frequency, despite the risks that may be involved.
IT departments must now adapt if they want to retain some element of control over the way technology is utilised within their organisations. We surveyed 200 IT decision makers in organisations with more than 1,000 employees, in both the UK and the US.
El futuro de la tecnología portátil parece prometedor, no sólo en los EE.UU, sino a nivel global. ¿Qué usos hacen los consumidores de sus dispositivos portátiles? ¿cómo evoluciona la conectividad en diferentes áreas del día a día? ¿están protegidos nuestros datos?
Technology is promising more advantages than ever before. People want things to be cheaper, faster, more convenient and
delivered to their doors at no extra cost.
Get Technology Smart - What smart homes tell us about human needsemmersons1
Our homes are expected to become increasingly connected; but despite a plethora of smart home technology launches, certain use cases have broken through quicker than others. Their adoption offers a fascinating insight into human needs today.
In the past few years media survey reveals that our entire global economic system are quicker and larger than ever not many economists or tech experts can answer with confidence to gain popularity how they envision the economy survey 20 years from today as new technologies are prevailing new horizons are being tapped and new industries are being shaped that we never thought of until recently being able to forecast these changes will be the most critical factor in your decision to pursue a certain career or invest in one industry or the other that's why we thought we should imagine together which way the ship is sailing so here are 14 growing industries of the future. (more info @www.storybliz.com)
Muchaneta Kapfunde About Merge Technology Into FashionRinaldo Stefanutto
Interview with Muchaneta Kapfunde Ceo & Founder of FashNerd.com about Artificial Intelligence, Wearables, Travel and Security. Italian Version published on Travel For Business magazine #3
We are living the great technological influence in our lives. A study by The Guardian found that more than 50% of people take the device to the bathroom, among them, 16% left with the cell infested with fecal bacteria.
Have you ever thought your life was modified by the presence of technology?
What were the benefits of the technological age in our lives? Do you think the devices that are around you are mere trifles that are not necessary in your life?
I think not.
Top Trends from SXSW Interactive 2014. The Big Roundup.Ashika Chauhan
SXSW wasn’t just about one or two pieces of new tech, what it actually felt like was a glimpse into the not-so-distant future.
Trends you might of heard of like wearables, data and the internet of things are still around, but they’re beginning to grow-up and different industries are beginning to be disrupted as a result.
More than anything, the conference instilled a sense of responsibility in me. The decisions we make today, as people, as agencies and as brands will define the future we live in tomorrow.
The deck covers the most prominent trends from this year. I'd love to hear your thoughts, say hello @ashikachauhan.
Ashika Chauhan is Big’s Digital Experience Director and is passionate about creative innovation.
We tend to imagine internet as a place of communication between people: humans post, comment, share, poke themselves. But in 1999 Kevin Ashton indicated new trend: Internet of Things (IoT).
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Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
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https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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Vanson Bourne Key Findings: Wearable Tech
1. On the 16th of January, Google announced that mainstream
sale of Google Glass to consumers would cease and, although
they say the project isn’t dead, it does mean that one of the
most ambitious wearable tech projects has just taken a long
step back. So what might Google’s move mean?
Our research showed that those who see wearable tech as no more
than a fad just about outnumbered those who didn’t, so there’s
already a feeling this is technology looking for an application. And
given that our research shows that 9 out of 10 people planning to
buy wearable tech expect it to play an vital role in their life, will they
readily invest in a product that isn’t demonstrably useful to them?
There’s a feeling current in some parts of the tech community that if
you put the technology out there, the market will find a use for it –
even if it’s not the one you intended. Perhaps, this time round, that
magic moment hasn’t arrived. And that’s precisely what Google saw.
Did Google blink?
Not quite so lonely as a cloud
Who’s for a nice comfy bit of tech? Is 2015 the year of wearable tech?
Smartphone or Wearable
WEARABLE
TECHNOLOGY
We’re now getting used to cloud
computing, but getting slightly uneasy
about what that means for our data. So
while significant numbers of us want
our devices to connected to the
internet when they’re out and about,
41% worry about hackers stealing data
that may be highly personal – like
weight or location or regular habits.
That opens up a bigger question: Whose
responsibility is it to keep that data safe? Is
it the user, the manufacturer or both? And
who does that data belong to? Even if it’s
anonymised will people be happy about
quite intimate details of their lives being
stored and used and analysed? Is that a
pact we’re prepared to make for wearable
tech - and are we prepared trust the
companies who ask us to make it?
So, you’ve invested in the latest piece of wearable
tech, you’re cutting edge and up to the moment – do
you want the world to know?
Apparently not.
Wearable tech is not yet a fashion statement or a tech
statement – in fact it appears to make very little statement
at all. And when you consider the queues that form for the
latest smartphones and the kudos they bring, that’s
curious.
Indeed, more people said they wanted their device to
blend in with their everyday clothing than they wanted it
to look like a piece of advanced technology. When fashion
and status is an undeniable driver in the smartphone
market that has to be a worry for manufacturers.
Then when you discover that comfort rates are very
important for more people than looking techie does, you
have to wonder if people aren’t ready to step out of their
comfort zone just yet…
With a third of our online respondent group intending to
buy an item of wearable tech in the next 2 years - in
addition to the 10% of respondents who already own
one – wearable tech does seem to be waiting in the
wings. There’s certainly sufficient interest in the idea to
make it a fertile market – and while there are objections
such as security - none seem to be insurmountable.
The big question is whether a killer product can appear and
make those objections irrelevant. It almost seems that we’re
waiting for an excuse to buy wearable tech - that adoption is
inevitable, that just a nudge is needed.
The market is still wide open – it may be Big Tech who make
the breakthrough with a multi-function, cloud-based, block-
buster, or an independent may do the trick with a cheap app
and hardware combination we at first find irresistible and
then slyly indispensible.
Demand for wearable tech is high, but so are expectations.
The signs for 2015 look good. And whoever unlocks the
puzzle is in for a very good year indeed.
37% 34% 28%
Where is
my data
being
stored?
Companies
have my
personal
information
Organisations
may monitor
my behaviour
intend to buy
wearable tech in
the next 2 years
already own
a piece of
wearable tech
1/3
10%
Wearable
technology
is just a fad
Wearable
technology
10% already own
12% plan to buy, think it will be
vitally important to their life
20% plan to buy, don’t think it will
be vitally important to their life
41% plan NOT to buy, BUT do
own a smartphone
16% don’t own a smartphone,
not interested
Completely agree 17%
Slightly agree 29%
Completely disagree 17%
Slightly disagree 28%
Don’t Know 9%
It’s comfortable
It is an everyday
item that
blends in
The item looks
like advanced
technology
52%
68%
79%
Who’s in charge? Is it possible that
wearable tech is being held back by
something as prosaic as the availability
of plug sockets? If people’s wardrobes
are going to start filling up with wearable
tech, will they be faced by the 21st
century equivalent of the laundry bin -
piles of clothing sitting by sockets
waiting for a charge?
For wearable to work it must surely fit
with the way we live our lives – other-
wise the promise of it becoming an
indispensible ‘part of us’ rings hollow.
And with 31% of people saying that
smartphones already do all they need
and a quarter highlighting the challenge
of keeping multiple items charged - that
may be the hurdle to overcome before
the mainstream beckons.
24%
25%
I find it difficult keeping
multiple devices charged