Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Welcome IoT Weekly News Readers!

We've got a number of relevant articles in this issue that focus on IoT trends and predictions for 2019. This year is already heating up at Lab651 with us engaging with new companies to have products in the market that connect to the Internet and give better customer experiences and return on investment.

Also, as a reminder our IoT Fuse: Conference 2019 is coming up in a few weeks! Get your tickets TODAY before it sells out. With more than 1000 attendees over 3 days, this is going to be an event in Minneapolis that you will not want to miss!

So, sit back and enjoy this issue. There are some really cool and interesting innovations that you can use today in your products and how you might visibility into their usage.

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News

8 IoT Trends to Watch in 2019

Connected devices, as part of the Internet of Things (IoT), will take on an increasingly larger role in various industries in 2019, from manufacturing to health care. Gartner predicts the price of IoT sensors will come down in 2019, which will enable more companies to use them to gain insights in health care, manufacturing, retail, and other industries.

Beyond Devices: The Second Wave of IoT Emerges

By now, many companies have mastered the ins and outs of the Internet of Things, designing and building networks that respond to and exchange data with arrays of sensors, devices, and remote systems.

Four Ways the Internet of Things Can Impact Lives

According to Wired, 87 percent of Americans have no idea what the “Internet of Things” is. They have simply never heard the term. And considering that most people do not have a working knowledge of how electronic communications operate, it is not that hard to understand why.

Musings Up the Stack: A View from "Cheap Seats" at IoT Evolution Expo

Recently I moderated a series of focus groups on behalf of a large multinational company in the IoT space, and during the sessions that spanned 3 days and 2200 miles the connected device “great debate” emerged again during the discussions: What’s more important, hardware, software, or business model?

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Business

Tips for a Smoother Internet of Things App Onboarding

Onboarding is a critical phase in a user’s journey with your app. It’s primarily the first contact point and thus is necessary for making a great first impression. The simpler the onboarding is for an app, the easier it is for users to accept and use it. It’s the right onboarding that puts users into action.

Connecting the Thread: IoT

The internet of things (IoT) has several faces. Some have become familiar to almost all segments of society, like wearables, while others claim notoriety only in specific markets, such as industrial IoT systems. But there is more to the IoT than these two sectors. Another face that is gaining attention is the commercial IoT.

5 IoT Predictions for 2019

As organizations adopt strategies to overcome initial challenges that include architecture complexity, security concerns, lack of widely accepted standards, shortage of skilled data scientists and more, it’s easy to understand why IDC is predicting the market will eclipse $1.2 trillion in 2022. As more IoT platforms begin to better align with major cloud providers, such as AWS or Azure, there’s never been more opportunity for IoT success.

Big Data

How to Actually Put Your Data Analysis to Good Use

Data and analytics professionals seem to be at the center of the next big race for talent. In 2015, there was a surplus of people with data science skills. Now there’s a significant shortage. By 2020, IBM expects broader demand for data and analytics talent to reach 2.7 million positions in the U.S. alone.

Enterprise

Oracle Boosts IoT Support in Java Card 3.1

Oracle has added some serious Internet of Things (IoT) muscle to a widely deployed technology we haven't heard much about recently with the release today of Java Card 3.1. New features in this release address use cases across markets ranging from telecom and payments to cars and wearables.

Industrial

Why AI & IoT Need To Be Accepted Outside The C-Suite

Manual processes in industrial environments have been the standard for decades, and AI and IoT need to work alongside those working intimately with machines if they are to make a real difference.

The Only Way Manufacturers Can Survive

Great article on how manufactures need to adopt IoT solutions to be relevant in the future. From the article, "Leading a corporate transformation of any kind is difficult, and it hasn’t become any easier over time. But starting and sustaining a digital transformation in a manufacturing company? That’s tougher than managing any other change initiative — from total quality management to Six Sigma to lean manufacturing — and, believe us, we’ve lived through, or seen, them all over the last three decades."

Consumer

5 Internet Of Things Trends Everyone Should Know About

2019 will see the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming more deeply embedded in our day-to-day lives at home and at work. We may begin to hear the term itself used less frequently – but that’s because it’s moving out of the hype phase and quickly becoming a part of everyday life.

Development

Hardware Acceleration for AI at the Edge

One of the promise of IoT is to allow bringing the intelligence of the Cloud to the Edge to run IoT data analytics as close as possible to the data source. This allows to reduce latencies, optimize performance and response times, support offline scenario, comply with privacy policies and regulations, reduce data transfer cost, and more...

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