The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a dizzying pace. By 2020, there will be anywhere from 20.4 billion to 30.7 billion connected devices in the world. That translates to at least 2.5 times more connected devices than you see in use today. In the world of sports, IoT innovation is especially exciting. From…
Most organizational leaders understand that Internet of Things (IoT) technologies — and the digital transformation that can stem from the insights they provide — are rapidly becoming essential to driving an evolution in the workplace that creates value and improves the work environment for employees. But many leaders still don’t know what that will look…
Increasingly, success in today’s business environment requires a level of flexibility that goes well beyond what companies have relied on in the past. In industry after industry, disruptions driven by digital technologies make it clear just how much we are moving away from “business as usual.” Consider the disruption that Uber and Lyft brought to…
How fast is the Internet of Things (IoT) growing? Another 31 percent this year, for a total of 8.4 billion connected devices worldwide, according to Gartner. By the end of this decade, the amount should top 20 billion. Those numbers mean businesses, colleges, government agencies and other organizations need to develop IoT strategies as soon…
Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been around for a long time. In the 1940s it was used successfully to identify airplanes. In the ’60s and ’70s, still a government technology, it was used to keep secrets safe and restrict access to sensitive areas. In the ’80s, passive tags were created. This helped reduce the price…
In my experience, IT professionals are often wary of buzzwords in technology. They love new products that help them solve their problems, but their eyes tend to glaze over when those products get lumped into nebulous, jargon-filled categories. The magic of an event like Cisco Live is that it demystifies these broad, sometimes slippery, concepts…
Amazon has excelled at three things retailers have always needed to excel at: understanding customers’ demands, quickly fulfilling those desires and keeping costs down. During their meteoric rise, Amazon and other online retailers have outperformed their brick-and-mortar competitors across these three disciplines because they operate in the cloud. This enables them to readily capture customer…
“It’s not about IoT,” said Steve Darrah, director of national solution services at Intel. “It’s about what you can do with it.” Internet of Things technologies are having a major impact on numerous industries, as Darrah and other experts stated during a panel discussion at CDW’s Improving Productivity with Digital Transformation Summit this spring. For…
We are living in exciting times, especially those of us who work in IT. The technological changes going on all around us are, historically, on par with previous leaps in human development. For businesses, technology offers tools that allow them to compete and thrive. It gives them the ability to apply intelligence and process management…
Healthcare providers are considering a growing number of digitally enabled devices that have the potential to dramatically improve clinical care while driving down costs. These devices offer providers a major opportunity to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) in coming years. Although discussions about IoT typically focus on data analytics and clinical use cases, healthcare…
