Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Greetings IoT Weekly News Readers! I've got another fun and exciting issue lined up this week from the world of the Internet of Things. Security of course continues to dominate a lot of the chatter going in this industry, but I suggest checking out the report below which claims to find that the Internet of Things is still mostly hype.

As I mentioned in the previous issue, I'll be on a panel this week talking about the work we are doing around prototyping devices at Lab651. I'm certain that there will be talk about security during product design and the hype of the Internet of Things. I look forward to reporting back on how that discussion goes.

Hope you are well and enjoy this issue. Don't forget to tweet it to your followers!

News

Report: The Internet of Things Is Still Mostly Hype

I've always told people that the Internet of Things is still in the first peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle. This article states, "Market research firm IDTechEx has poured scorn on the Internet of Things, claiming the concept is mostly just hype because real-world deployments and spending have reached only a small fraction of what many experts predicted."

HPE’s Mary Majoros Wants to Change How We Think About IoT

I enjoyed this article. It points to the ideas of making IoT practical, applications of IoT and the concerns that we all have around doing implementations correctly. It's good to see someone on a council working in IoT talking about these key issues.

Sponsor

University of Saint Thomas - Internet of Things

The University of Saint Thomas Graduate Programs in Software (GPS) offers a graduate level course that is designed for students to be exposed to technologies and best practices that help them understand high level concepts and the supporting technologies that make up the Internet of Things. Register today!

Security

Akamai: Look for IoT Devices to Attack During Thanksgiving, Christmas

A few different reports are citing that this holiday season is going to be prime for people seeking to cause harm to attempt more DDOS style of attacks. We are likely in for a wild ride for years to come as more devices become Internet enabled.

Vulnerable Voting Machines Yet Another IoT Device to Secure

With the election season behind us this article discusses some of the reasons and remedies as to why you need to be proactive when securing devices connected to the Internet.

After Cyber Attacks, Internet of Things Wrestles with Making Smart Devices Safer

From the article, "AV Tech said it was talking to Search-Lab and other security firms about long-term cooperation, and also plans to release updated firmware - software that upgrades the inner workings of its devices to make them more secure."

Business

Using Artificial Intelligence for IoT Integration

Good article by our friends over at RT Insights on how data and Artificial Intelligence is a key component to so many areas when we talk about gaining value from the Internet of Things.

ARM Mbed Cloud: A Much Needed Step For The Internet Of Things

This article is a few weeks old but I found it relevant to many of the acquisitions and potential acquisitions that I've been seeing while tracking the investor community.

GE Is on an IoT Buying Spree

This is another in a series of reports I've seen on GE buying up every company that is can to help bolster it's own Industrial Internet of Thing platform. Recursive Awesome has done some work with their Predix platform and if you are looking for solutions in the Industrial IoT space, can give you some feedback.

Development

What It Will Take to Land an IoT Job in 2017

As quoted from the article, "The Internet of Things will displace workers, but open new opportunities for those who make IoT automation possible."

Open Source Operating Systems for IoT

While systems using Arduino and other microcontroller platforms are excellent candidates for IoT endpoint devices, I'm seeing that at various times a more power CPU is needed. This article gives an interesting perspective on what full Operating Systems are available and fit in to helping devices to connect.