Hey folks. I’m rockin’ the Last 5 Years soundtrack today at my desk (original cast, of course), but this IoT Evolution World Week in Review is all about the next five years. You ready to see some future?
In our lead stories this week, The Industrial Internet Consortium, the global, public-private organization formed to accelerate adoption of the IIoT, published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common security framework that addresses security issues in IIoT systems. Meanwhile, it was Oracle OpenWorld this week, and the event was dropping news like it’s hot. Oracle (News - Alert) unveiled its strategy for Software as a Service Cloud offerings, The company announced several new features and capabilities designed to enhance its Cloud Platforms’ usability, and announced some huge new customers, including HSBC and Lyft.
In a great guest post from Ralph Goodman, writer and resident expert on locks and security, Lock Blog, fills us in on why he believes that the biggest danger that faces the IoT is not even security related. He writes that the success of the IoT is dependent on whether or not the hardware of IoT devices can keep up with the ever-evolving software. If the hardware is always playing catch-up with the software, how long does the IoT really have?
And now, the news:
Honeywell (News - Alert) UOP has introduced a new software-based service designed to allow refiners and petrochemical and gas processing plants to improve performance.
Greenwave Systems has acquired Predixion Software, a leading developer of real-time visual edge analytics software for the IoT, for an undisclosed amount.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) released several updates to its developer toolkit line-up, designed to help developers build better mobile apps, low-cost beacons and IoT gateways.
Volkswagen is bringing security in house in a serious way, by creating its own cybersecurity firm, CYMOTIVE Technologies, based in Herzliya, Israel, and in Wolfsburg, Germany. The newly founded firm is led by Yuval Diskin, Tsafrir Kats and Dr Tamir Bechor, all former Isreali intelligence officers and officials, and will develop advanced cyber security solutions for next generation connected cars and mobile services.
This week on the IoT Time Podcast, I bring you another one of my special video episodes, this time with Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance, Dave McCarthy of Bsquare, and Tom Hunt of Windspring at the IoT Evolution Expo to talk about the Ethics of Big Data, Privacy and the IoT. In addition, I sat down with Dev Bhatia (News - Alert), Senior Director, Product Management, CalAmp, to talk about vehicle telematics, LoJack (News - Alert) (which CalAmp acquired this year), security, and the future of connected transportation. To sponsor IoT Time, please email kbriodagh@tmcnet.com or tweet @KenBriodagh.
There’s plenty more to read, listen to and watch, so visit us on IoT Evolution World for all the IoT news, my friends. Now’s the time to put into your calendar the next IoT Evolution Expo, to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Also, please get in touch with us when you have stories. As always, if you have questions, comments, complaints or compliments, please send them to me, editorial director Ken Briodagh at kbriodagh@tmcnet.com or on Twitter (News - Alert) @KenBriodagh.