Matt Tourney

How much can you justify spending on the Internet of Things (IoT)? For manufacturers, the answer often lies in another question: How much downtime can you afford? For example, in auto manufacturing, just one hour of unexpected downtime can cost $1.3 million in production losses. If unexpected downtime becomes a chronic problem, there can be…

Twenty-five percent of diners consider a restaurant’s technology when deciding where to eat, according to the National Restaurant Association. Among millennials (ages 18-34), it’s even higher: 32 percent, when they’re choosing among quick-service restaurants. One of those technologies is pay-at-the-table, which 63 percent of all customers surveyed say they’re willing to use, up from 48…

A few years ago, many lines of business (LOBs) started bypassing their IT departments to buy cloud services directly. That’s because IT couldn’t provide the resources they needed fast enough to build and test new products — projects that would enable the company to make more money and stay competitive. History may be poised to…

Digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two of the biggest buzz phrases these days — and not just in IT. That's because both have the potential to affect virtually every part of an organization, from supply chain to building management to vehicle fleets. The terms "IoT" and "digital transformation" often are used…