Category: Connectivity

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Smart Cities and the Citizen Sensor

“The Smart Cities movement is sometimes criticized for appearing to focus mainly on the application of technology to large-scale city infrastructures such as smart energy grids and intelligent transportation,” writes Rick Robinson

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The Internet of Things Bandwagon

“Just as the use of the word ‘Cloud’ exploded in the late 2000s,” writes Bill McBeath (@BillMcBeath), Chief Research Officer at ChainLink Research, “we have seen the term ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT)

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Smart Cities and the Internet of Things

“Machines can make cities smarter,” declares Spyros Salpeas, Head of Global Services, MENA, at Orange Business Services. “Machine-to-machine (M2M) — also known as the ‘internet of things’ — technology, designed to communicate

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Location-based Marketing is on the Move

Last year, Michele Nemschoff (@mnemschoff), Vice President, Corporate Marketing at MapR, asserted, “Thanks to the rise of the mobile consumer, location-based marketing has taken off as a way to target consumers when

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Predictions 2015: Smart Machines

In a previous article entitled “IDC Inaugurates the 2015 Prediction Season,” discussed predictions about technology made by analysts from the International Data Corporation (IDC). At the heart of those predictions is something

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The Rise of the Internet of Things

According to many reports, the winner at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show was the Internet of Things (IoT). Ciara O’Brien (@ciaraobrien), for example, reports that at CES 2015 Ford Motor Company discussed

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