The travel, transportation and hospitality sector is a big spender on the Internet of Things (IoT), spending an estimated $130 million on it last year. So what exactly are the use cases driving these investments? Self-driving trucks: Improving fuel efficiency and safety via ‘platooning' - In April 2016, over ten ‘self-driving’
Over the past 10 weeks, our experts have been in conversation with Internet of Things (IoT) deployment leads to understand critical success factors and challenges. One major finding stands out. Over and over again, we heard the same message: projects are at risk because of a shortage of data science
‘We are entering a third era of automation, in which machines encroach on decision-making. But there is still a role for wetware.’ - Tom Davenport, Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines (2016) As we work day in and day out using analytics to
I’m sure you’ve heard of Blofeld, Goldfinger and Dr No, right? Well these evil villains and adversaries of Her Majesty’s most famous secret agent had one thing in common: their devious plans for world domination, complete with all the facts and figures, always featured on oversized screens. Even if world
Why Gartner is "wrong" and the Internet of things hype won’t drop. Internet of things, IoT, connected cars, Industry 4.0, Insurance 4.0, smart factories, smart homes, smart cities, smart police, smart banking, smart grid, smart … where will it end? If there’s one thing the Internet of things isn’t short
“Cybersecurity is the greatest threat the world has faced since the atom bomb” uttalte Apple gründer Steve Wozniak i intervju på australsk TV for litt siden. Bak denne overraskende uttalelsen ligger erkjennelsen om at det, slik som for atombomben, ikke finnes sikre gjemmesteder eller trygge havner for cyberkriminalitet. Gjennom nyhetskanalene
By guest-author Dan Jacobsson, Business Developer at Knowit Decision Stockholm Whatever role you have working with SAS products and solutions, SAS® Global Forum is the highlight of the year. This year´s event was my second one and I looked forward to experience it again, this time in Las Vegas, a
As with all early-stage markets, customers interested in monetising IoT are hungry for examples of compelling use cases. Over the past six weeks, my colleagues and I have been exchanging views with IoT deployment leads across EMEA, and from the healthcare respondents, found the following real-life examples. These are hospital-centric examples,
There has been plenty of discussion about how the Internet of Things (IoT) will change healthcare. Most of it, though, has either been in the realms of fantasy, or based on wearables and their potential to improve health, rather than healthcare. The conversation has not really been helpful in terms of
I read somewhere that you should not be afraid to take a leap when necessary – because you cannot cross a gulch in two small steps. A former British Prime minister named David Lloyd George said this and I believe the same about how organizations often think of change. What
