Tag: IOT

Feed: Blog – Hazelcast. Author: Dan Ortega. Stream processing refers to real-time management of data entering a banking system (or any information system, actually) at high speed and volume, usually from a broad range of sources. The “management” aspect means data is wholly or partially processed and contextualized before entering an in-memory (operational) system, where pre-processing can significantly accelerate response times. Before in-memory technologies, transactional data was managed as a batch process and analyzed every hour, once a day, etc., depending on the data involved, the bank’s policies for handling data, regulatory and compliance requirements, and so on. While having ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. During the past few years, IoT devices have evolved from being a consumer novelty to a core part of next-generation IT ecosystems for businesses of all sizes. IoT devices (such as smart watches, fitbits, home sensors, RFID point of sale scanners, heartbeat monitors, etc) have become attractive and useful because of their inexpensive price point, ease of setup/administration and their diverse capabilities. IoT devices are everywhere and used in a variety of industries and use cases.Now that business users are experiencing the value of IoT devices in their personal lives, they are understandably asking for ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Joseph Glover. By Joseph Glover, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWSBy Arun Sehgal, APN Lead – Power and Utilities at AWSBy Kam Lee, IoT Technical Specialist at IntelPower utilities around the world are headed towards the most radical shift in their business since their inception nearly 150 years ago. The concepts of decarbonization and the democratization of assets are taking root in the energy supply business. At the same time, the digitization of the grid—along with the shifting requirements of regulatory bodies—creates new challenges and opportunities for utilities around the world. Many utilities face an interesting challenge: ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Bert Van Hoof. The pace of change has never been as fast as it is now. Globally, the population is becoming more urban and income levels are rising. By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the global population will live in cities or urban areas—that’s six billion people. Consumer behavior has also materially changed over the last decade, and omnichannel retail, personalization, and demand for same day deliveries are growing. To cater to the changing landscape, urban distribution centers that stage products closer to users within large cities are on the rise to enable faster delivery ... Read More

Feed: Blog Post – Corporate – DataStax. Author: Peter Bakas, Chief Cloud Technologist. Cloud technology has come a long way since computer scientist John McCarthy proposed the idea of computation being delivered as a public utility back in the 1960s.  Now, as more and more companies move their workloads and applications to the cloud, a new era of cloud technology is upon us—one that portends to make the previous era of the last 10 years look somewhat antiquated and slow.  A recent Gartner report showed that public cloud spending is expected to reach $206.2 billion this year, growing 17.3% from ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Katrine Spirina. 11 July 2019Author Katrine SpirinaIn the highly competitive business world of today, data reign supreme. Customer personal data, comprehensive operating statistics, sales figures, or inter-company information may play a core role in strategic decision making.It’s vital to keep an eye on the quantity and quality of data that can be captured and extracted from different web sources. By doing so, your company can attract new customers and retain loyal ones and also save time and resources on gaining knowledge on customer needs.Data collection and data extraction are quite critical so far. The quality ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Mayur Pancholi. Technology has revolutionized the way we work. This is nothing new, as technology revolutionized farming practices in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it was the driving force behind the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. The role of technology today is enabling humans to work anywhere, anytime, which has fully revolutionized the way people work and collaborate with one another.Advanced technologies like video conferencing, VoIP phone systems, 3D printing, digital mail, robotics, AI, machine learning, and VR have completely changed the way people do businesses and the way the workplace is ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Lewis Carr. The proliferation of Operational Technology (OT) within companies is increasing, which has led many to ask whether this will lead to standardization of how operational technology generated data is managed? The answer is “it’s complicated.”There is unlikely to be standardization of the data individual operational technology devices generate, but there will be new capabilities for interoperability, data aggregation and unified analysis. What is Operational Technology? Before examining the standardization issue, it is important to understand the definition of “operational technology.” OT is an umbrella term that describes technology components used to support a company’s operations ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Data integration will be one of the most important strategic challenges any company’s IT organization will face during the next few years. As rapidly evolving market environments and the drive for business agility compel company leaders to demand better integrated data during near-real time, IT executives and their architects will be faced with an increasingly larger challenge to deliver the capabilities their companies need, both for the present and the future.A capability-based data integration strategy is likely the answer. By mapping what business and technical capabilities will be needed (and when), IT decision makers can ... Read More

Feed: The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog. Author: Harshil Shah. The AWS IoT Analytics platform offers configurable dataflows for processing messages from IoT devices, which can be either uni-schema or multi-schema. When you have billions of messages and millions of IoT devices, you need efficient designs for message-processing dataflows.In this post, you do a deep dive into various aspects of designing dataflows. You learn about the types of dataflows, and then look at a simple use case and try to design a dataflow to match its example requirements. Overview This post discusses the following topics: Types of ... Read More