What’s IoT doing in Health? IoT has certainly brought a revolution in the health care industry and has empowered people to live healthier lives by using connected devices such as wearables and hand-held devices. IoT has enabled consumers to take control of their own health in a highly personalized manner.

The healthcare industry is one of the fastest industries to adopt Internet of Things. Integrating IoT into medical devices greatly improves the quality and effectiveness of service and brings high…

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What’s IoT doing in Manufacturing? The Internet of Things is already creating a buzz in manufacturing industry. IoT has grabbed the attention of several manufacturers as it provides supply chain streamlining, timely delivery of data, better top and down management and improved decision making power.

IT/OT integration has the potential to improve the visibility in manufacturing processes to a point where each product unit can be seen at each production process. IoT is indeed the…

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It has begun – IoT is helping price insurance premiums More than six million devices are already connected to the internet, and thousands of devices are getting connected every day. IoT's real-time data collection and sharing power has created significant and new opportunities to deliver finer products, specialized pools of risk and predictive modelling and improved loss control. The Internet of Things has showcased a great potential to reshape the way insurers assess, price, and limit risks.

Take an example of an insurance firm Zurich that has offered a discount on monthly insurance fees, if a customer uses the IoT alarm offered by a company called Cocoon….

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What’s IoT doing in Oil & Gas? The Oil and Gas industry is dealing with several production challenges, especially after the reduction in the oil prices. The Oil and Gas industries require innovative methods to improve results and cut costs. Without proper information for improved measurement and control, companies are unable to improve production and reduce maintenance cost.

Also, the shortage of skilled labor has driven industry experts to discover smarter alternatives that can bring automation in business processes and minimize the need for workforce dependency. With the…

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How can you Build trust across network domains in IoT devices? In the coming future, we might see billions of devices getting connected to the internet. Gartner says that 6.4 billion things will be connected to the internet in 2016 itself. Even though IoT is considered to be a huge digital revolution, it must be secured for its value to be realized.

Consider a scary scenario where an attacker is impersonating a valid user and is able to access data or perform an operation. Or a scenario where another person is observing…

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Algorithmic Government: A better future or a new digital big brother? Governments are working earnestly in the direction of transitioning into the digital world. This is in response to the steadily improving citizen usage and satisfaction with online government services. As per a survey by BCG, 25% of the citizens in developed countries and 45% of the citizens in developing countries use digital government services more than once a week.

Going digital today is no more a “nice to have” feature for any organization that means business. Rather, it’s a “must have” attribute, because of the time-effective, cost-friendly, and high…

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