The 10 Most Innovative IoT Disruptors of 2019

A Storm of Change is Coming

Decades ago, people used to wear simpler

watches just to check time and date, as they were supposed to perform that task only. Now the arrival of smart watches has drastically changed the scenario. Humans can now check their heartbeat rate, calorie count, steps walked, and what not, through their smart watches. The advent of many such smart devices has improved the way we live and connect. The world is on the verge of getting transformed with a whole new ecosystem and infrastructure. It has all become possible due to IoT.

According to Gartner’s prediction, there will be 20.8 billion connected things and devices in the world by the year 2020, which is certainly much more than the number of humans on our planet.

IoT has made human lives much more efficient, simplified, and enjoyable. Along with human lives, it has also changed the face of business world. Businesses now can make more informed decisions and improve their performances through IoT analytics and IoT Security. Many organizations are now realizing the power of IoT and its emerging opportunities and are capitalizing on it to deliver top-notch solutions.

Be it healthcare, retail, transportation, energy and utilities, IoT has opened door to enormous opportunities across every major industry and will continue to do so.

In order to admire and acknowledge the potential of IoT and how businesses are applying it in their processes, Insights Success has curated a list of “The 10 Most Innovative IoT Disruptors of 2019”, which are shaping the world with their reformative IoT solutions.

A cutting-edge data company, Total Communicator Solutions, Inc. features as the cover of this edition. The intent of providing real time intelligence is what was the founding principle behind the company and its patented Spark Compass platform.

Total communicator Solutions Inc. was created to build a platform that leverages technology to deliver actions in the real world based on data. Leveraging the ability to capture data from a variety of sensors and connected devices such as mobile phones, cars, digital displays and smart city sensors, the platform applies augmented intelligence by combining historical data and known demographic data to deliver information, instructions and curated content to the right person at the right time and place, on the right device.

Combining cutting-edge technologies with new communication protocols delivering actions on data and measuring the real-world outcomes, the platform combines legacy systems with next-generation technologies in one platform for platforms. This unique approach to act on data – real-time – delivers a new way to bridge the physical world with the digital.

Also, make sure to scroll through the articles written by our editorial team and CXO standpoints of some of the leading industry experts to have a brief taste of the sector.

Let’s start reading!

Hitesh Dhamani

Cover Story

Erik Bjontegard Founder

How many times have you thought that getting real-time

action, real time data and real time outcomes would be a great idea for your organization and its employees? Many times I bet! I am sure you have thought about it at least once.

The intent of providing real time intelligence is what was the founding principle behind Total Communicator Solutions, Inc. and the patented Spark Compass platform for platforms.

In an interview with Insights Success, Erik Bjontegard, the Founder of Total Communicator Solutions, Inc and inventor of the Spark Compass platform describes the inception story of the organization.

Below are the highlights of the interview between Erik Bjontegard and Insights Success:

Give a brief overview of your company, its uniqueness and its vision.

Total communicator Solutions Inc. was created to build a platform that leverages technology to deliver actions in the real world based on data. Leveraging the ability to capture data from a variety of sensors and connected devices such as mobile phones, cars, digital displays and smart city sensors, the platform applies augmented intelligence by combining historical data and known demographic data to deliver information, instructions and curated content to the right person at the right time and place, on the right device. Combining cutting-edge technologies with new communication protocols delivering actions on data and measuring the real-world outcomes, the platform combines legacy systems with nextgeneration technologies in one platform for platforms. This unique approach to act on data - real-time - delivers a new way to bridge the physical world with the digital. We are staying true to this unique mission, delivering better outcomes in the real world based on data from the real world – in real time. This is not just a vision, it is being done in the real world real-time with our patented platform for platforms, Spark Compass.

Our platform is leveraging a variety of edge devices as well as IoT sensors, combining these with any type of communication protocol, from low-power wide area network into the future of 5G and beyond. These devices are connected with a central computation device in the cloud to deliver actions on the events that are captured in the real world. Combining this with the knowledge base – demographic data on the user, information about the location, the user’s activity – as well as an understanding of the desired outcomes for the operator of the system, enables the system to deliver “curated content”, information and actions back into the real world. By measuring the resulting outcomes, a virtual realworld machine learning communication platform is created. This

Can you describe your company’s cutting edge IoT solutions which address all the needs of your customers?

Creating real-world outcomes based on real-world data.

is our patented and truly unique approach; while others are providing powerful analytics - even apply AI - onto data that is gathered, we are unique in that we create actions based on the data that can be sent back into the real world. We measure the outcomes to verify that these meet the desired outcomes or not, and learn from it to improve next communications. This feedback loop enables a truly intelligent system. We call this “augmented intelligent” communication protocols for our clients, basically providing the “intelligence of everything”.

How did you end up doing this?

I grew up in Norway, and later went to England on a scholarship to study mechanical engineering. While in Norway working on underwater robotics, I decided to set my eyes to the skies and the space and later I came to the US in order to work on the space shuttle with NASA.

Having a wonderful and understanding family who supported me in chasing my dreams, helped me in creating a reality around my vision. I had a great team to help build the platform based on my invention. Being based in San Diego and having worked with Qualcomm as an executive in their corporate R&D division, I recognized the platform had a global reach – so we are now travelling the globe working with partners in countries from Hong Kong to Manchester, Oslo to Bangkok.

With the escalating number of IoT solutions providers, how is your company driving to create an impact on its customers?

Unlike lot of companies that are focusing on great marketing materials and ideas presented in PowerPoint presentations, we believe in doing rather than talking. Our solutions have been deployed, tested, validated and endorsed by the largest and the greatest technology companies in the world. Always looking for ways to do better, we also take pride in making sure there is value in what we do. We always have answer to “what’s in it for me” from the end-user or our customer’s perspective. Delivering actions on data is a patented version beyond the advanced analytics that others are doing. We combine technologies from partners, whether it’s augmented reality, or smart city sensors, edge computing or indeed others AI algorithms; we combine these into one platform to deliver real-world outcomes. By combining other’s technologies, other’s equipment, other’s sensors and other’s solutions, we build a true platform for platforms. And now we are also able to store our data in a very effective and fast blockchain for those customers who want that option – real world data on events, stored real time on a blockchain. We are even reaching peaks at 5,000 transactions per second on our blockchain!

We are always looking for better outcomes and match desired outcomes and hence, we don’t build technology for technology sake, we build it to deliver results.

Our platform turns the data into actions.

What are the challenges faced while providing solutions and how is your company serving to tackle them?

Being a cutting-edge company and a market leader has been a challenge. When I formed the company in 2012, nobody knew that 5G would one day become a reality; in-fact nobody knew about 5G at all. I knew about it as I was part of the team developing it at Qualcomm. I knew that one day there will be the ability to connect devices and people in the real world with the digital in a manner where connectivity would be near instantaneous. Soon after having helped bring Augmented Reality into reality and the market, I left. I recognized that one day there will be a need for a common control system, a common “brain” if you’d like, so there will be a need to have a platform for platforms. It is only recently that this kind of thinking has been understood. It’s only recently that this kind of solutions are being recognized as even possible. So building this, and showcasing it has been a painstaking approach over the last 8 years. By presenting cutting-edge solutions, we always are painting the picture of what can be done, the end solution – the blue horizon and the amazing future we can create. There are no limits to what our platform can do when you really think about the aspect of gathering real world data, understand it, and act on it to deliver better outcomes…. However it’s important to start somewhere and in order to start we often have to start small. We always percent the end goal so that every step goes towards building the complete solution, not piecemeal by piecemeal of solutions that do not cooperate, collaborate nor can communicate with each other. The essences of building intelligently is that the first step is the first step towards the future. In order to do so, the future we want to create needs to be known. In order to create a road map, we need to know where we want to end up.

How are you leveraging cutting-edge technologies from multiple entities?

Leveraging cutting-edge technologies from multiple entities and companies into one common platform for platforms, we as a company are now poised to explosive growth. Having teamed up with world leading technology partners, we are now teaming up with world leading content owners, distributors and technology leaders in new markets. Expanding beyond USA, North America and Europe into Southeast Asia, China, Middle East and North Africa our platform can deliver outcomes that can change and improve lives across the globe. This technology and our ability to grow with new technologies, storing data safely and securely, ensuring we protect everybody’s privacy, we can truly deliver better outcomes. Whether we are caring for senior citizens on the West Coast of England using Alexa and our augmented intelligence platform, or helping travelers discover the beauty of remote areas of Malaysia or Thailand, or improving fan

engagements for up-and-coming sports teams and leagues as well as the world top leading soccer teams, our platform delivers outcomes in the real world that can be measured, repeated and thereby improving everyone’s lives.

What according to you could be the potential future of IoT industry and how does your company envision sustaining its competency?

I believe that the IoT industry will evolve and IoT will become something that is deployed and integrated seamlessly everywhere. It should not be a standalone industry. It should not be a standalone word. For it to fully succeed IoT should be integrated everywhere and into the real world. We call our app interface the User Interface to the real world. The UI to the real world that controls digital interactions in the physical world. That should be the true goal for IoT, the intersection between the physical and the digital and providing the bridge between the two. By always being visionaries continuing to innovate and acknowledging that a true platform for platform will never be completed we know that not only will we be future proof, we will continue to sustain a leading-edge and hence our competent competency will be a world leading.

Give us a few testimonials of your clients that accurately highlight your company’s position in the market.

One of our airport clients stated our technology works flawlessly and was cutting-edge it was just ahead of its time. A sports and University client is saying that our platform doesn’t need an introduction as the results it generates stands for itself.

Real-time edge analytic platform that allows for collaboration of data from any system through utilization of our patented, system agnostic, contextual intelligence technology.

Mathivanan V Vice President ManageEngine

Rising Mobile Workforce and its Challenges in the Mobile-Cloud Era:

Data & Endpoint Management

Mobility and cloud computing are rapidly becoming the norm for enterprises around the world. In turn, enterprise IT departments are facing new management and security challenges as the amount of business data soars and the number of endpoints explodes. The question that is doing the rounds is what IT teams need to consider to manage and secure their businesses in this new era.

Industry analysts predict deep penetration of enterprise mobility by the year 2020. IDC, for instance, forecasts

thatmobileworkerswillaccountfor almost75percentofthetotal workforceintheU.S.Meanwhile, StrategyAnalyticsprojectsthatthe globalmobileworkforcewillreach 1.75billionusersandaccountfor42 percentoftheglobalworkforce overall.

Theeconomicperspectiveisjustas brightasabutton.Theglobal enterprisemobilitymarketwillbe worthasmuchas$140billion, predictstheNationalAssociationof SoftwareandServicesCompanies Andtheinvestmentsarepayingoff. Todate,84percentofallcompanies whoconsiderthemselvesonthe cuttingedgeofmobilityreportan increaseinoverallproductivityasa directresultofincorporatingmobile appsintotheirbusiness,accordingto asurveybyAppsFreedom.

Likewise,enterprisesareexpectedto continuerelentlesslyadoptingcloud technologies.By2020,Gartner forecaststhepubliccloudservices marketwillreach$383billion.This includesspendingoncloudbusiness processservices,cloudapplication infrastructureservices,cloud applicationservices,cloud managementandsecurityservices, cloudsysteminfrastructureservices, andofcourse,cloudadvertising.

Theflipsideofincreasingenterprise mobilityandcloudusageisthe increasingrisktoenterprisesecurity. Today,mostusershaveatleasttwo endpoints–alaptopandmobile device–and80percentofnetwork devicesarebeendpointsthatare constantlyconnectedtotheinternet andexposedtoitsthreatssuchas Meltdown,Spectre,Wannacry,and Petya.

Moretroubling,thetypicalenduser haslittleknowledgeofthosethreats ortheirramifications.Theresultis moreusersaremorelikelytoleak enterprisedatabyusing compromisedwebsitesandrogue onlineservices.TheCVElisted 14,712cybersecurityvulnerabilities for2017andhasalreadylisted2,848 forthefirsttwomonthsof2018.In response,vendorslargeandsmallare releasingpatchesonadailybasis. EnterpriseITteamsclearlyneedto focusonendpointsecurity managementtoensurebusiness successinthemobile-cloudera.

Endpointsecuritychallenges

Keepingendpointsuptodatewith thelatestversionsoftheirOSesand applicationshasbecomeafull-time job,onethatisgettingharderto performinthemobileenterprise.A growingchallengeisthediversityof endpointoperatingsystemsthatmust bemanaged,includingAndroid,iOS, MacOS,Windows,Linux,and ChromeOS.Foreach,theITteam mustlearnthatOSalongwithits correspondingpatchingtechnique. Likewise,applicationsacquiredfrom thevariousappstoresaremanaged withdifferenttechniquesthatmustbe learnedandmasteredsothattheteam cansecuretheendpoints.

Anotherchallengeismanagingthe endpointsfromdayone,especially mobiledevices.Whileit’sbeen relativelyeasyforITadminsto installagentsoftwareondesktops andlaptops,smartphonesandother mobiledevicesmakelifeharderfor theadminsbecausethedevicesare rarelyifeverconnectedtothe corporatenetwork.Consequently, devicesmustbeprovisionedwiththe

necessarymobiledevice managementsoftwarebeforetheyare giventoendusers.Devicesthatare notappropriatelymanagedare securityrisks,sonobusiness applicationshouldbeinstalledorrun onthem.

Relatedtotheday-onemanagement challengeisupdatingendpointsthat areonthego,anytimeandanywhere. ITteamsmustbeabletoinstall criticalpatcheswhileemployeesare traveling,commuting,orotherwise offsite.

Dataleakagepresentsyetanother securitychallengeforITteamsto overcome.Dataleakagecanhappen withorwithouttheusers’knowledge. Forinstance,usersmayknowingly copybusinessdatatoaUSBdevice oruploadittoacloudstorage service.Theymayalsounknowingly exposethatdatatoapubliccloud servicewhenusingthird-partyapps suchasdocumentviewersand predictivekeyboardapps.Suchapps maycompromiseuserIDsand passwords,accountnumbers,and othersensitiveenterprisedataby exposingittopubliccloudservices.

Whenauser’sdeviceislostor stolen,theITteammustbeableto trackandrecoverthedeviceorwipe thedataifthedeviceisn’trecovered. Tomaintaintheuser’sprivacy, however,theITteamcannot continuouslytrackthelocationofthe user’sdevice.

BYODpresentsanotherprivacyvs securitychallenge:Whenusersuse theirowndevicesforbusiness purposes,privacyneedstobe maintained.Photos,contacts,and otherpersonaldatashouldnotbe

managed by company’s mobile device management app.

On the other hand, security needs to be maintained, too. To that end, the IT team should create a container on the user’s personal device – a secure, managed area that isolates business email, CRM, and other enterprise apps and data from the rest of user’s personal apps/data.

To establish strong endpoint security and prevent unwanted attacks, IT teams must apply strict security policies on their endpoints. Laptops, for instance, should always run a firewall, prevent the creation of unwanted network shares, and encrypt data via BitLocker or FileVault. Such security policies can protect enterprises from the security risks posed by mobility.

Predicting the development of data and endpoint management

Going forward, machine learning and AI will help make data and endpoint management a proactive, rather than a reactive process. For instance, these technologies could prevent data theft by detecting anomalies such as unusual login activities or an unusually large number of documents being uploaded to the cloud. They could analyze the root cause of patch deployment failures and suggest fixes. They could also detect system idle times –during lunch hours, for instance – to deploy patches as

soon as possible rather wait until after hours or weekends, which can leave systems unnecessarily vulnerable.

Meanwhile, the internet of things (IoT) will introduce many organizations to a new breed of endpoints and connected devices. Unlike their iOS- and Androidpowered predecessors, IoT devices will be running many different OSes and applications, all of which may be vulnerable yet must be managed and secured.

Finally, most business applications are moving to the cloud and accessed via browser, effectively making the browser an endpoint. That means to defend against attacks, IT teams need to manage browsers and perform all security operations for them just as if they were desktops, laptops, or any other device.

As organizations continue to adopt mobility and the cloud, they must also adopt the practices necessary to support this new reality. Data and endpoint security and management are priority one in IT departments. For the vast majority of companies around the world, their future success depends on recognizing and committing to that priority.

Shielding Clients from Unwanted Security Threats 802 Secure Inc.

Backin2014,twooftheindustryveterans,eachwith

morethan20yearsofcybersecurityknowledge andexpertisecametogethertosetup802Secure, withavisiontobethemarketleaderinCyber-PhysicalIoT ThreatManagement.802Securespecializesinwireless Cyber-PhysicalIoTnetworksecurity,providingsolutions forbothEnterpriseandGovernmentclients.Itscustomer acquisitionshavebeenacrossmultipleverticalssuchas Healthcare,CriticalInfrastructure,Hospitality,Globaldatacenters,aswellasGovernment.

Whatmakes802’ssolutionsuniqueisthatitaddressesthe ever-increasingIoTrisksstemmingfromunmanaged, unsecured,andmisconfiguredIoTdevicesandnetworks, OTnetworks,andShadowIoT.Thisevolutionrequiresa newlevelofvisibilityacrossnotonlywiredITnetworks butthesurroundingphysicalenvironment(off-network systems).GartnerandNISTrefertothisemergingattack vectorasCyber-PhysicalSecurity.

802SecureprovidesvisibilityintotheCyber-Physical Securityblind-spot,combiningedgesecuritywith centralizedcloudthreatintelligence.

ProtectingClientswithGround-BreakingSolutions

802Secure’sAirShieldisautonomousandnon-intrusive monitoringandprotectionsolutionthatprovidesimmediate visibilityandcybersecurityprotectionforbothITandOT networks.AirShieldprovidesthreatintelligenceacross multiplewirelessprotocolsandfrequenciestodetect devicesandsystemstoprotectagainstmisconfigurations, ShadowIoT,unknownandunmanagedIoTdevices,and previouslyundetectedwirelessattacks.Itprotectsthe infrastructurefromCyber-PhysicalIoTwirelessthreats usingwirelessdeeppacketinspection,situational awareness,zerotrust,anomalydetection,andbehavioral analysis.TraditionalWiFivendorsarefocusedon protectingtheirnetworks,notOTnetworksorShadowIoT problems.Thisinflectionpointsuggeststhatmost organizationsareblindtotheCyber-PhysicalIoTrisks surroundingthem.AirShieldmonitorsandidentifiesCyber-

PhysicalIoTwirelessdevicesandnetworksinyourairspace tobringouttheneedlesinthehaystack,ranksthethreatsin orderofseverityacrossCyber-Physical,ITandOT networks,aswellasShadowIoT.

TheIndustryVeteran

GarryDrummond,theCEOandfounderof802Secureis a20-year-oldveteranintheinformationsecurityindustry. HeattendedClackmannanCollegeSchoolofBusiness, Scotland,wherehestudiedBusinessStudies.Gary’sdiverse backgrounduniquelycombinescross-functionalsalesand businessdevelopmentskillsdrivingthecompany’svision foraddressingtheproblemspaceofwireless,IoTand CyberPhysicalSecurity.

Successfulorganizationssharetwocharacteristics:theyare smart,andtheyarehealthy.Anorganizationdemonstrates thatitissmartbydevelopingintelligentstrategies, marketingplans,productfeatures,andfinancialmodelsthat leadtoanupperhandoveritscompetitors.Thecompany demonstratesthatitishealthybyeliminatingpoliticsand confusion.

Implementingandreinforcingorganizationclarityisvitalto executingthebusinesswell.“Iliketoaccomplishthisby buildingandmaintainingaunitedleadershipteam,create organizationalclaritybyeliminatinganyconfusionwithin thecompanyandleadfromthefront—overcommunicatingthegoalsandthedirectionofthe company,”saysGarry.

WhenTrustistheUltimateCurrency 802Securebelievesthat,trustistheultimatecurrency;it’s thewaytoadvancedevelopmentbyopeninganindividual’s potential.Buildingtrustintheworkforcebuilds respect—forthebusinessandpeople.Theleadersof802 Secure,liketostudytheDNAworkflow,howdopeople intermingleandcommunicatewitheachotherandsolve problems.Withthatsaid,thecompanystartsbyfirsthiring therightpeoplewiththerightculturalfitandthenapplying theirrangeofabilitiesinarolewheretheycanexceed

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Garry Drummond CEO & Founder

expectations and lead others. This energizes focused innovation towards the shared objectives and mission. Strong leadership is the way to building worker trust. Also, when it comes to tackling competition in the market, the organization works very closely with;

Ÿ Influential leaders - who have pain points, vision or an opinion on how they would solve the problem

Ÿ Passionate fan bases - who are willing to tell the good and the bad about the company’s product and messaging

Ÿ Local customer offerings - make it easy for local customers to test product across multiple verticals, get early product feedback

Ÿ Vocal customers - helps the company to step up its game

The company believes that in order to compete well and win, one needs a competitive analysis strategy, and that’s what it implements. A competitive analysis is an easy way to keep score when it comes to measuring the adequacy of its marketing strategy by identifying the competitors and evaluating their current marketing tactics relative to its own, determine where it is and where it needs to improve.

Future Roadmap

With increased IoT enablement and adoption growing world-wide, the leaders of the organization see global markets opening up for 802 Secure across Consumer IoT, Enterprise IoT, and Industrial IoT. To sustain competitive advantage, the company needs to continue to innovate on building advanced Cyber-Physical threat intelligence with API integration to some of the leading NAC and firewalls vendors to better detect, assess and prevent exploitation. 802 Secure also needs to build upon a channel-friendly, easy to implement go-to-market sales strategy with a repeatable sales playbook that creates urgency and higher gross margins for its partners.

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The Universality of IoT Technology

The Universality of IoT Technology

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The gratifying tool for companies to lead aheadIoT Technology” The Internet of things (IoT) is a revolutionary change for many sectors like manufacturing, agriculture, retail, electronic, energy and healthcare which are progressing towards the IoT phenomenon to connect digitally. It has placed an opportunity to build unusual results which increases a company’s compatibility. Enterprises seeking development are focusing on the use of real-time data management and IoT analysis. Many of the companies are adopting this technology to heighten their power of consumption. Companies are mainly concentrating on IoT application from “sensing” instead of “doing” to grow its competitive advantages. This element empowers organizations by allowing them to take the IoT advantage and adopt a more ‘innovative connected approach’.

Infrastructure Management – Optimization of Technology

New applications are now enhancing their level of consumption. Likewise, manufacturing sector is also

getting engrossed and achieving excellence through IoT Techniques. Applications are liable for monitoring and controlling operations for urban and rural manufactures like bridges, farms, and railway tracks. It is the key features of the applications were IoT infrastructure is also used for monitoring the construction safety and risk management system and operations. This major feature represents the mechanism of IoT application which works under infrastructure management. Benefits of IoT Technology are cost reducing, time reducing, better in quality, and increase productivity. It helps to make fast decisions and save money with real-time analysis. IoT devices help to give prominent results by monitoring and controlling operations used in all infrastructure related area.

Manufacturing Techniques are Growing with IoT Technology

In the manufacturing sector, networking and controlling have been used with IoT devices. It provides information about data and operation stability. Network status and the information is collected in the system by tracking IoT device. Manufacturing control process deliver information about industry application and smart manufacturing details receiving form IoT device. IoT intelligent system enables sharing information about product demands, service management, supply chain networks, sensors and control systems together. Small industries can also be integrated with IoT technology that enables real-time optimization, measurements, production compatibility and safety management. However, intelligent systems are determined as the significant technique that implies user experience and system security which ultimately saves costs.

IoT Technology brings Innovative Farming Methods

The Agriculture sector is one of the industry to implement IoT technology for stability and better performance. IoT technology has become a significant method of farming. It also offers durability and functionality to the whole process. The combination of wireless sensors with agricultural apps and cloud platforms benefits in gathering definite information relating to environmental conditions like, rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed etc. Farmers are getting competent results out of it, and are able to find real-time information easily. Linked with farmland, it improves and automates farming techniques like weather information, taking decision on quality and quantity, and minimizes risk and waste. With IoT Tech farmers can find out detailed information of farm and similarly know

which land is fertile or which one is dry and predict future fields.

IoT Technology Helps to Optimize Energy Consumption

Integrated Sensing and Control system helps to optimize energy consumption. IoT devices are integrated with energy consumption systems in order to maintain balance between power generation and energy usage. IoT devices offer the opportunity to remotely gather information. It enables advance functions like remote controlling and changing light conditions. IoT Technology work for home-based energy system which provide power related information, energy consumption and energy usage at homes. IoT devices set goals to improve efficiency, reliability and sustainability of the energy system.

Monitoring Environment through IoT Technology

Environment monitoring application has been involved with sensors to assist information about environment changes by identifying water quantity, atmosphere, air pressure etc. It also has focus on monitoring movements of wildlife and their habitats. Devices connected to the internet also provide statistics about earthquake or tsunami - early warning systems, and also used as an emergency system. IoT device application is used to collect geographic information and majorly instructive information. This device also uses standardized approach to bring wireless sensing technique and gather finest information.

IoT Technology Helps to Sustain Building and Home Automation

With certainty, IoT devices are used to monitor and control the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems. IoT devices are used in various types of home automation and building automation systems. Control and sensory applications offer unified information. The integration of the internet with building creates an energy management system which will allow prominent energy efficiency.

There have been many ways for IoT technology to expand compatibility in the digital world, and it will be implemented in each sector to work as an important tool, to enhance its affinity. After all, the IoT network makes technology more unified and satisfying, with its tools and applications and IoT will be a step ahead towards numerous opportunities

The Operating Platform, Bringing Buildings to Life

In an interview with Insights Success, Neil Salt, the

MD and Co-founder of Gooee, shares some key insights on his contribution in the company and how a team of experienced lighting, space & building specialists, is focused on providing a global building performance solution using best in class software and hardware.

Gooee has developed a Gooee IoT Building Intelligence Platform unifying building control, communication, sensing and data analytics, resulting in the ability to obtain a ‘Single-Pane View’ across multiple, siloed building systems. Platform applications focus on Building Performance Solutions for Tenants, Facilities Managers, and Building owners.

This convergence of infrastructure and data drives softwarebased solutions that result in economic and operational benefits, which can include energy savings, space optimization and efficiency, and occupant wellbeing and productivity.

Gooee is differentiated from other IoT systems through it being interoperable, a full stack solution, privacy focused and by its ability to provide a ‘single pane’ view.

Below are the highlights of the interview:

What are the innovative IoT solutions offered by Gooee? Gooee provides SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) apps that sit on top of a network; unifying control, comms, sensing and data analytics to provide real-time interaction across building sub-systems and the occupants. Users benefit from a hardware solution that creates flexible applications for tenants.

TM Gooee’s LightView, designed to optimize the demands of lighting, control and sensing, is futureproofed; wireless and fully updatable over the air. Complementary solutions

TM include SpaceView, which captures human behavior and TM environmental analytics, and BuildView, an Operating System for managing BMS’s and optimize the building and the tenants that operate within them using data-driven insights.

How does Gooee instigate innovation in its work culture?

Working in a startup that creates new technology and value propositions is challenging and rewarding at the same time. To promote creativity and innovation, Gooee encourages a fluid and flexible approach, encouraging teamwork within a flat structure.

How do you strategize your game plans to tackle competition in the market?

Gooee’s focus is on its own technology and developments to ensure our solution is the best it can be for Lighting and Sensing environments. Understanding the importance of end user requirements and determining the best solution that would achieve mass adoption of smart lighting is our goal. Knowing that our customers have several systems that need to be managed, we have ensured the system is interoperable unlike competitors. It is our capabilities that set us apart from competitors.

What are the challenges faced while providing innovative IoT solutions and how is Gooee serving to tackle them?

The key challenge has been to get the right people within a business to understand and consider the benefits of an IoT lighting system, trusting what it can do and that it actually can be achieved. Education has been vital in this respect and Gooee has aimed to do this from the very start.

Security has also caused companies to stall when it comes to businesses adopting smart lighting. Although Gooee’s system is one of the most secure, obtaining trust from businesses can prove difficult due to their knowledge of other companies’ lack of security in the news.

What according to you could be the potential future of Gooee and how do you envision sustaining its competency?

Gooee’s platform is being installed and utilized in a commercial environment. Gooee and Croonwolter&dros have signed a contract that will connect more than 5,000 buildings managed by Croonwolter&dros in the Netherlands, onto the Gooee Building Intelligence Platform. The company is the first smart technology firm in the world to win a project that connects more than 5,000

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Neil Salt MD & Co-founder

buildings to its Platform. Gooee’s Building Operating System will take control of inefficient, existing building systems to optimize both building and business performance. With almost 12million sq.m being maintained and serviced by Croonwolter&dros, just 10% saving on energy alone would save €120M in costs over the 10-year agreement.

This is just the start for Gooee. We envisage this to continue due to Gooee’s differentiating capabilities. Future proofing the system was always our objective; this will enable us to adapt to new technology as and when they are introduced.

Testimonials from Clienteles

Bas Ambachtsheer, President at Croonwolter&dros, says “If people thought buildings were smart now, they are in for a shock. A system like Gooee, which integrates into our total proposition of ‘getting-a-grip’ on a building, will become a standard. I am pleased to say that I’m going to use Gooee as the main solution provider and roll it out across our portfolio in combination with a smart front-end app solution from our strategic partner, Office App. But this is just the beginning. Implementing the Gooee platform, starting with BUILDVIEW™ across our estate enables us to gain visibility throughout our portfolio and offer clients an enhanced service with improved operational efficiency.”

François van Burk, one of the founders of Building Bright says: “One of the largest real estate consultants, Croonwolter & dros, starts using Gooee. The same applies to the lighting manufacturers Sylvania Lighting and Aurora. These big players recognize Gooee’s added-value. For example, organizations no longer have to pay for dozens of licenses. And this is just one example. Recently, someone I have a close working relationship with told me: “If I don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to change something about a room, it sounds like a perfect solution.”

About the Founders

Founder & CEO, Andrew Johnson co-founded Gooee alongside Neil Salt (serving as Managing Director) and Simon Coombes (CTO). Neil’s lighting and technology knowledge stems from his 20+ year career within the industry, and working alongside the co-founders, has used

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his experience and creativity to develop Gooee’s strategy for hardware and software formulating its innovative IoT full stack solution.

Neil has been implementing Gooee’s execution strategy through partnerships with industry disruptors across multiple sectors to accelerate adoption and drive the company’s global growth.

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software and hardware engineering boundaries to deliver the best possible solutions for building owners, facilities managers & tenants.

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What Drives Customer Experience?

Lindsey LeBlanc VP of Strategy Cloud Automation Solutions

Recently,Isatinaclientroadmapmeetingto discussamajorplatformmigrationeffort.TheirVP ofTechnology,QAengineer,orchestration architect,andsoftwaredevelopmentdirectorwalked throughthedeliveryplanofhowcontentwouldbemoved fromoneautomationplatformtothenewplatform.While themajortopicwasnotsoftwareintegration,thequestions continuedtoarisearoundintegration,APIs,andthe interactionofthesewithinthesystems.Intech,weallknow thatintegrationisatthecenterofalmostanyproject becausesomanygroupsareondisparatetechnologiesand solutions.Teamsaresoldintomulti-yearlicense agreements,managersfindtheirpreferentialtools,or companiesfallintotheage-old“it’sthewaywe’vealways doneit”andendupondifferentsolutionsorevendifferent versionsofsoftware.

BoththeVPofTechnologyandtheQAengineerbroughtup thepointthatmultiplegroupswereusingdifferentticketing, support,development,andprojectmanagementtoolsto completetheirworkacrosstheentirecompany.Noneofthe technologiestalkedtoeachotherandmostoftheteams werebasedindifferentregions,effectivelysiloedfrom collaboration.Amajorissuewiththesedisparatesolutions isthelackofreporting,whichultimatelymeansalackof visibilityintothesystem.TheVP,Director,andQA engineerarealllookingforreport-outsofvariousitems— developmentstatus,APIcalls,usepercentages,release timelines,orothers.Howdoyouknowwhatisfunctioning wellversuswhatishangingupinasystem?Thistranslates to:howcanyoudetermineasuccessfulROIversuswhatis ineffective?Weknowthatattheheartofeverycustomer’s end-gameisrevenuereturn.Bymentioningthevarietyof softwarethatteamswereusing,theclientwasreallysaying thattherewasavoidintheirsoftwaresolutions. DevelopmentisworkingondeliverablesinJira,QAis testinginSwagger,andmanagementismissingreportsof theentirereleaseprocess.Thevoidisthelackofvisibility.

Traditionally,integratedsoftwaresolutionsarethoughtto betechnologieslikeMicrosoftOffice,AdobeCreative Suite,AppleWorks,etc.thatbringavarietyofsoftware toolsintoaonelicense,onesuitedownload.Asthemarket changesandcompanieslookatincreasingrevenueand reducingoperationsburden,therebecomesaneedfor integrationacrossmultiplesoftwaresolutionsthatisnotas simpleas“clickandsave.”WithAPIsandtheincreasing amountofconnectionsthatvarioustoolsinclude,

integrationacrossthesesolutionsbecomesanexpectation foranycustomer.WhenIassessatool,Iautomaticallylook forintegrations.CanIconnectmyCRMtomymarketing automationplatform?CanIconnectmyproject managementtooltomycompany’sinstantmessaging?Can IintegratemyQAtoolswithmydevelopmentsolutionto speed-upreleases?

Asastandard,customersnowlookforunifiedsystemsto accelerategrowthandimprovebusinessproductivity.As competitionincreases,itbecomesparamounttoprovidea first-classcustomerexperienceandsatisfycustomer expectationsfromthestart.Ifyouareunabletoprovide integratedsoftwaresolutionsfromimplementationand quicklyresolveissueswithhang-upsinsystemsspeakingto eachother,customersatisfactionlevelsdropandtheriskof losingtheclientrisesexponentially.Itisvitaltolaunchnew products,projects,orexperienceswiththeend-userin mind;properplanningofthepainpointsbeforelaunch enablesfasterrevenueforbothyouandthecustomer.

Whileitcanbetimeconsumingtodevelopthetarget missionandpainpointspriortoasalespitch,the comprehensivebig-pictureultimatelyenablesyoutospend moretimeoncustomeracquisitionandretentionefforts insteadofdevelopingorresolvingsoftwaresolutionsafter thefact.Investmentsofbothtimeandresourcesatthestart canfeellikeaburdenasitcutsintoshort-termrevenue goals;however,long-termgrowthevolvesfromtheability tonurturecustomerrelationshipsthroughtheunderstanding oftheirfrustrationsandbottomlines.Through understandingthecustomer’sneedforintegrationfirst,we enablebigger,faster,andmorefrequentgrowth opportunities.

Ifcustomersdemandintegratedsoftwaresolutionsoutside ofthetraditionalonesuitedownloads,howcantoday’s softwareprovidersandcustomizedserviceprovidersmeet thisdemandandimprovethecustomerexperience? Ensuringthatyourservicesintegratewithavarietyof technologiesandsoftwaresolutionshaveintegrationpoints toconnecttoamultitudeofsolutionsisagreatstarting point.Atourcompany,weensurethatwestayup-to-speed onchangingtechnologiesandmarketdemandstoremain agileinthevendorspace.Ourindependenceandexpertise tomanysolutionsallowsustoworkacrossanyvertical withanytechnologytomeetanydemand.Ultimately,itis notasingleITstrategythatdrivescustomerexperience,but reallythebroaderbusinessstrategythatfosterstheir experience,long-termloyalty,andcompletesatisfaction.

IoT America

Today’sadvancedcommunicationnetworksand innovativewirelesstechnologieshave revolutionizedourlivesinsomanyways–from immediate,multi-facetedconnectivitybetweenindividuals torevolutionarytoolstohelpbusinessessavetimeand moneyandimprovetheirreturnsoninvestment.Many areasofruralAmerica,however,aren’tequipped withawirelessinfrastructuretomakeallofthis possibleand,astechnologyandnetworks continuetoevolveatlightningspeed, deliveringholisticsolutionstoremote geographicareasisevenmore challenging.InternetofThings America(IoTAmerica)is workingtochangeallthat.

IoTAmericaprovides managedservicesthat enablemunicipalitiesand businessesofallkindstotake advantageofnewdigital innovations,improvetheefficiency andeffectivenessoftheirexisting operationsandmanagetheirtechnology ecosystemseasilyandprecisely,inreal-time. Inpartnershipwithexistingcommunications providers,IoTAmericahelpscustomersaccessthe datatheyneedtomakefaster,more-informeddecisions thatincreaseefficiency,enhanceproduction,preserve naturalresourcesandprotecttheirvaluablephysicalassets.

AkeymemberofIoTAmerica’sExecutiveTeamisJeff Klaumann,ChiefOperatingOfficer.Jeffgrewupinrural America,andmembersofhisfamilystillownandoperate farms.Withthisbackground,Jeffunderstandstheunique opportunitiesandchallengesthatexistforbusinesses operatingoutsideofurbancenters.Hisexpertiseinbusiness operations,wirelessconnectivity,technologystrategy, lifecyclemanagementandnetworkdeploymenthave manifestedinauniqueserviceproviderthatempowers customers,aswellaswirelesschannelpartners. IoTAmerica’sstrategy,andMr.Klaumann’s,visionisto simplifytechnologyforfarmersandranchers,enablingthe

companytoserviceclientsacrossruralAmerica,manage privateandpublicnetworkdeploymentsandformstrong partnershipswithglobalIoT-solutioncompanies.

ImprovingOperationswithProvenTechnology

Themanaged-servicesofferingsfromIoTAmerica providesolutionsthatmeasuresoilmoistureand temperatureforgolfcourses,cityparks, universitiesandalltypesofagriculture, suchasorchards,vineyards,rowcrops, andhorticulturallandusedforbulbs, flowersandtreecare.Soilmonitoringtechnologyremotely measuressoiltemperature andmoisturelevels.Other solutionservicesinclude trackersforbusinesses, farmers,andlocal governmentstolocate equipment,vehiclesorother physicalassets,aswellasfill-level monitoringforwastebinsorliquid containers.Alloftheseservicesdeliver actionabledatatohelptransformenterprise andagriculturaloperations.

“Many farmers, ranchers and businesses are still using time-consuming, manual methods to run their operations, ” Klaumanncommented.“Theygaugesoil moisturelevelsbya‘feel’test,confirmsoilhealthby collectingsamples,andsendthemtoatesting facility—whichtakesanextendedtime togettheresults. Theymanagewatertanks,feedbinsandassetsby physicallyinspectingtheirland,which,insomecases,can compriseofthousandsofacres.ByusingIoTAmerica wirelesssensorsinstead,keydataisautomaticallysenttoa machine-learning,cloud-basedplatform,enablingfarmers toseereal-timeinformationonawebdashboardandknow preciselywhenit’stimetoadjustirrigation,fertilization, pestcontrol,replenishtanksandbinsandmore.Theycan savetime,savemoneyandgetbetterresults.”

Creating Greater Business Value & Quality of Life in Rural America

IoT America partners with clients to give them true peace of mind and provide a seamless experience using wireless solutions that solve everyday business problems.

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Most Innovative

10 IoT Disruptors of 2019

Jeff Klaumann Chief Operating Ofcer

Customer-first Mindset

Farmers and ranchers have different day-to-day needs than those of campus-based organizations or local municipalities. That’s why IoT America develops customized service packages for its customers that address their needs, solve their problems and provide measurable returns on investment. As new technologies are launched in the marketplace, IoT America is proactive in testing and evaluating them to determine whether they’re of bottomline value to customers, and that they’ll deliver their promised results.

It’s all part of IoT America’s customer-first mindset and corporate culture. Its highly experienced team has decades of technology and mobility experience. The company is fanatical about providing the highest quality service to all of its clients, and it seeks solution providers and partners that share its vision and approach.

The company also fosters creativity and entrepreneurship within its own workplace, and encourages team members to explore and share new discoveries and ideas that can benefit clients. A true collaborative environment, IoT America leadership promotes individual forward-thinking and teamwork support, provides its employees with the freedom to create, and takes resulting new ideas and suggestions seriously.

Working Alongside Clients

One of the biggest challenges within today’s Internet of Things marketplace is that it’s a crowded space with several companies offering only parts of a bigger solution. As a result, it can be difficult for customers to understand which solution will address their needs best, how to install the devices and how to manage the wireless network. Many times, customers invest in a product based on what it’s

supposed to do, only to realize after the sale that the product doesn’t deliver because a key component of the bigger solution is missing.

IoT America managed services addresses this issue by working closely with its clients every step of the way to identify their needs and concerns, identify the optimal solution, manage the installation, test it thoroughly, provide ongoing management and support and–as they become available–install upgrades to enhance a solution’s performance or capabilities.

Exemplifying Satisfaction

“The devices, software and wireless networks known as “the Internet of Things” has proven its potential and ROI,” Klaumann added. “IoT America is among the first to deliver those capabilities, along with managed services, to a significantly underserved market while keeping our finger on the pulse of continued advancements in wireless technologies. Beyond being recognized as an innovator, we want to be known as the trusted partner that helps customers in rural America transform their businesses, their operations, and their bottom line like never before.”

AREWE BEING ATCHED ?

ith the advent of Internet and Internet of WThings, each passing days more and more things including cars, cameras, equipment, speakers, health devices are getting connected to the internet. And since then where ever I look, whomever I ask, I’m seeing people going gaga over this technology. Now! Don’t get me wrong! I’m not against the use of IoT devices, I love technology and IoT obviously will play a big role in every industry. However, for a person like me, who is always paranoid about his security and privacy IoT does ring few bells. Personally, I’d never like to see my fancy self-driving car being controlled or tracked by some shady

personalities or someone listening through the smart speakers or someone hacking my phone’s or laptop’s webcam. The last thing I would like to be hacked is the security system of my house, which can eventually put my beloved family at risk.

You may ask; why such paranoia? It is because I love my privacy!

So! What should I do? Basically, we need to stick to few basic points and know the challenges that are currently plaguing the world of IoT. In this article I’ll share some of those challenges, that are affecting IoT devices.

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TheAgeoldIssueofDefaultPasswords:Ifyouare wellversedwithIoT,youmightknowthenameof Miraibotnet.Thisbotnetcausedfewofthelargest andmostdestructive/disruptiveDDoSattacksacross theglobe,anditisoneofthebestexamplesofthe issuethatoccurwhileshippingdeviceswithdefault passwordsandnotnotifyingcustomerstochange themintoamorecomplexone.

Theoneandonlyreasonthisattackwassosuccessful, isthatMiraisuccessfullyidentifiedthosevulnerableIoT devicesanduseddefaultidsandpasswordtoinfiltrate andinfectthem.

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SmallScaleAttacks:Backin2017,anotherbotnet namedReapercameintoforay.Reaperwas potentiallymuchmoredangerousthanthefamed Miraimostlyduetoitssmall-scaleattacksthatoften evadedetection.

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knowIoTdevicescanexposetheIPaddressesofits usersandcanpinpointtheresidentialaddress.Later on,thisvitalinformationcanbesoldinthedarkweb,jeopardizingpersonalsecurity.

AccessingVehicles:Withthegrowingusageofselfdrivecars,askilledhijackercangetaccessasmart carthroughremoteaccess.Attheendwhichcanbe lethalasanyonecanhavecontroloveryourcarand leaveyouvulnerabletovariouscrimes.

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RansomwareAttacks:Ransomwareattackshave recentlybroughttheworldofinternettoitsknees, andIoTdevicesarenotcompletelyprotectedagainst thoseransomwareeither.Aransomwareattackcould potentiallydisableorlimitthefunctionalityofIoT devicesandstealinguserdataatthesametime.

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HomeSecurity:SincetheinventionofIoTdevices, theyarebeingusedinhomeandofficeautomation. Forsomewhichisaneedandsomemerelyacool gadget.However,verysmallnumberofpeople

So,attheendallIcansay,adoptingamulti-layered securitywhiledevelopingIoTdevicesisessentialfor security.Alsobykeepingfewbasicpointerslikeusing strongerpasswordsandmulti-pointsecuritysystems onecanaverttheattack.

Praemo

Helping Companies to Transform through Technology

Manyforward-thinkingmanufacturersand

industrialproductcompaniesaroundtheplanet havemadegreatstridesinconnectingtheir operationstotheIndustrialInternetofThings(IIoT)in recentyears.SucceedingintheIIoTerademandsthe transformationofoperatingandbusinessmodels. DetermininghowAIandIIoTcanbenefitany organization’soperationsisthehiddenkeyforthefutureof work.So,entersPraemo,anorganizationwhichiscreating afuturewithoutdisruptionsbyextractingthepowerofdata andturningitintoactionableinsights.Praemowasfounded ™ byindustryveterans,anditscoretechnologyRazor was developedutilizingrealworldexperiencestosolve problemsleveragingArtificialIntelligence/Machine Learningbyprovidinganon-intrusivesolutionforthe customers.

TM WhenRazor StartedBreakingGrounds ™

Praemo’sRazor ,ananalyticsenginecombiningindustry expertisewithAIandtheIIoTtopredictandprevent disruptiontooperations,utilizesexistingIoTdataand operationalsystemstoprovideinsightsthatallowteamsand operatorstotakeappropriateactionbeforenegativetrends manifestthemselvesinqualityorproductionlosses.This productcreatesafuturewithoutmuchdisruption,shifting fromtraditionaloperatingandbusinessmodelstoonethat exploitstheIIoTandadvancedtoolssuchas AIwhichare criticaltoremaincompetitiveinadatadrivenworld.

TheTrailblazer

AndyHendersontheVPofEngineering

andData

sciencehasabroadrangeofpracticaloperationsexperience inutilizingdatatosolveseeminglyintractableissuesin someofthemostchallengingmanufacturingenvironments. Dataacquisition,dataanalysisandprocessmodelinghave beencentraltoeveryroleAndyhadatCaterpillar,during doctoralresearchandatGE.AndyledeffortsinsideGEin

ordertoimplementdatacollectionandanalysissystemsin GEinternalfactoriesandworkedwithGEDigital customerstodefinetheirneedsfordigitaltransformations insideoftheirfactories.Heremainsapractitioner,applying digitaltechnologywithinindustrialoperations,andazealot forthevaluethatcomesfromleveragingthose technologies.

Andyhasbuilttechnologyincollaborationwithsomeofthe largestResearchteamsinindustryandisconsidereda leaderinthespace.

FocusingonCriticalAreas

EverythingPraemodoes,startswithtwocriticalareasof focus–first,deliveringvalueinrealindustrialusecases andsecond,deliveringleantechnology.Essentially, Praemo’sdeepcustomerfocusonbothoperationaland technologyteamssetstheorganizationapart.Thatcustomer focusandempathyalsoguideshowthecompanyworks internally.

Whenitcomestotacklingcompetitors,Praemobelieves strategywithoutexecutionishallucination.Thecompany cameoutofindustry,andhasexecutedinthespacesit ™ serveswithRazor.That’stherealdifferencehere,thisis nottechbeingbroughttoindustry,thisisindustryguiding theapplicationoftech. Thedifferenceissubtleand incrediblypowerful.

TheAbilitytoAvertDisruptioncanhaveanImpact

Whenitcomestotacklingchallenges.Praemobelieves properuseofadvancedtoolslikeAIareattheheartof enablingtheDigitalTransformationatanycompany. Praemo’steamhassuccessfullydriventhattransformation attheworld’slargestindustrialcompaniesandhas embeddedthatexperienceinhowitdeliversitstechnology. Thetechnologyhastoworkandmustprovidesustainable

Most Innovative

IoT Disruptors of 2019

Andy Henderson VP of Engineering & Data Science

returns, that’s a given, but whether it can be deployed quickly - with little to no risk – and scaled rapidly in complex organizations – that is the real key to supporting a company’s transformation.

When one really digs into what Praemo is building, it becomes evident that this is not a technology that solves a specific problem for any particular industry, it solves a class of problems exhibited in all industrial operations, ie, the challenges in recognizing and alerting teams or systems to patterns in a disparity of data before they impact performance and productivity. When one thinks about individual machines, coordinated work-cells or processes and integrated supply chains – the ability to avert disruption can have an extraordinarily large impact on performance.

Client Testimonials

“Praemo’s Razor™ is giving us real live connections to machine and man, and helping to harvest the abundance of data and make good business decisions in a business with little room for delays.” — Karl Wadensten, Chief Executive Officer, VIBCO

“Praemo’s Razor™ has allowed us the visibility to foresee hidden risk potentials within our operational environment before they escalate.” — Ernie Addezi, Vice President Operations, Precision

Record Pressing

“Our manufacturing processes are world-class, and leveraging technologies like AI allow us to take them to the next level of performance — this is critical as we digitally transform operations. Praemo’s domain expertise and lean approach were key for us, allowing us to launch the First Use quickly and support our Industry 4.0 initiatives.”

— Eric Stockl, Chief Operating Officer, CH Guenther & Son

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About the Author

Dr Danil Korchagin is an innovator and senior expert in ICT. He specialises in signal processing, data analysis and software engineering. Having worked for industries, organisations and academia, Danil Korchagin has comprehensive experience in both the industrial and academic worlds. He has managed many ICT projects with outstanding performance outcomes. He is founder of Aicue.

Dr Danil Korchagin Founder Aicue

Fourth

Danil Korchagin set up Aicue, a technology company that targets to change the way audience videos are consumed on the web, in 2011. In this article, he shares his point of view on ongoing fourth industrial revolution and its impact on everyday life.

We live in amazing time of fourth industrial revolution. The industrial revolution surpasses the scope of ICT, transforms the world and businesses, jobs and life styles. The concepts such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence and connected objects, incarnated into smartphones, are already hiding in our pockets. The self-driving cars leave science fiction and arrive into reality. The old professions go into

oblivion and get replaced by new exciting jobs.

The artificial intelligence based solutions are already present in many cross-domains and quite often used by professionals and businesses to smarter use time and improve productivity. These solutions can manage financial portfolios and decrypt genetic code, pilot robots and drive cars, entertain people and even be creative. As an example, the cliperie.com platform creates new compelling clips by automatically linking audience videos all together from big data cloud.

The big data becomes de facto fuel of XXI century and industrial revolution. The amount of

information, which is being gathered and transmitted by digital gadgets, sensors and internet of things, surpasses any imagination. Constantly increasing and improving population of digital objects results in constantly improving quantity and quality of data, while the next 5G mobile networks are going to take care about increasing digital data traffic. The big data surrounds us and helps to come up with efficient solutions.

There are already more than fifteen billion connected objects worldwide. The population of connected devices will surpass fifty billions in less than five years. The internet of things, network of connected devices, is already present in commercial and

industrial, consumer and infrastructure areas: from connected wearable heart monitor wristbands to connected pullovers, from connected security cameras to connected alarms, from connected parking lot sensors to connected displays of available places.

The internet of things in turn enables smart tiers of technologies as smart homes, smart parking, smart traffic control and smart cities. The smart home hubs control communication among connected thermostats and stores, heating systems and other connected objects to enable home automation, energy savings and higher quality of life. The smart cities enable to reduce traffic jams and adjust public transportation in real-time, tighten security control and predict unforeseen events, reduce noise pollution and improve air quality.

Constantly connected digital gadgets continue to pull further more people from reality to social networks and virtual worlds. The choice of remote communication still outfights real life communication. The picture of the family together with each member navigating within its own virtual world on smartphone starts to be everyday occurrence. The same picture can be observed in the trains, airports and other places. However, some people started to apply reasonable moderation.

Even when people put away connected gadgets and back to physical world, the following interaction might be with nearby humanoid robot. Powered with same artificial intelligence as their virtual compatriots, they can follow conversations, understand individual social signals and respond appropriately. Their social interaction ability keeps improving, making future humanoid robots irreplaceable companions and assistants in nursing homes and hospitals, hotels and commercial stores.

The industrial robots are separate topic. The global robot density in the manufacturing industries is

accelerating around the world and there is already at least one industrial robot per 100 working people in more than 20 countries worldwide. The ongoing trend to automate production helps industries to be more competitive on the global market and has positive impact on job market in many countries due to manufacturing stays at home instead of being moved overseas.

The tangible shift in professions happens with all industrial revolutions. The current one is not an exception. Some professions get automated, freeing up people to do new tasks: data management, data interpretation, digital marketing management, robot supervision, process control, process moderation, intervention in unforeseen situations, quality control and so on. The automated places can enable work week reduction and equilibrate shift in social insurances caused by increasing life expectancy.

The advances in technologies enable to process more data with less energy and smarter use available resources. The paradox in our society is that the focus still stays on profitability and growth over durability and climate sustainability. As consequence, the digital footprint on global energy consumption keeps increasing from year to year and can reach one fifth by 2030, regardless it is feasible to pursue industrial revolution at moderate pace within fixed energetic envelope until there is an excess of renewable energy.

The years will pass. The artificial intelligence, big data and internet of things will become ordinary tools in many areas of our life just like electricity and telephones, internet and personal computers did during previous industrial revolutions. No one will be questioning them anymore. They stay under human control. The human society is free to decide up to which extent new technologies and innovations have to be validated, regulated and certified for future everyday use.