Tag: IoT
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
