Tag: IoT

Data management issues are about to create a major opportunity for MSPs

Data management issues are about to create a major opportunity for MSPs

Given the extensive history most IT organizations have managing data leveraging all information to drive a wide variety of digital processes should be a simple enough proposition. But it turns out melding data sources is anything but easy. A new...

/ August 21, 2018
IoT challenges
Infighting raises additional IoT challenges for MSPs

Infighting raises additional IoT challenges for MSPs

In theory, the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a trillion-dollar opportunity for IT services providers. The challenge will be determining exactly who inside any organization owns the IoT budget. A new survey of IT and operational technology (OT) stakeholders published...

/ May 15, 2018
IoT ecosystem
Complicated IoT ecosystem starts to take shape

Complicated IoT ecosystem starts to take shape

As the number Internet of Things (IoT) projects that get launched continues to gain momentum, a new report from Ericsson, a provider of networking equipment, suggests telecommunications carriers and managed service providers will be jockeying for position in the years...

/ April 26, 2018
Cloud 5: Why edge computing matters, plenty of cloud growth says Gartner

Cloud 5: Why edge computing matters, plenty of cloud growth says Gartner

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...

/ April 20, 2018
Internet of Things security
Cyber Security: Are you forgetting the Internet of Things

Cyber Security: Are you forgetting the Internet of Things

If you haven’t noticed the huge ransomware risk that has swept the globe in recent months, you must have been living under a rock. You know all about human error and the importance of internal access segregation, and you’ve probably...

/ February 14, 2018
Internet of Things
MSPs need to take the long view on Internet of Things

MSPs need to take the long view on Internet of Things

There’s a lot of hype these days surrounding anything associated with the Internet of Things (IoT). But despite the hype a survey published this week by Dresner Advisory Services finds that only 32 percent of the respondents deemed IoT to...

/ November 2, 2017
Time for MSPs to get ready for the coming IoT data storm

Time for MSPs to get ready for the coming IoT data storm

There’s a storm of data coming unlike any other, and savvy managed service providers should be gearing up for it now. A new report from 451 Research suggests that organizations planning to implement Internet of Things (IoT) projects expect to...

/ September 7, 2017 / 1 Comment