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How to Assess the Business Imperative for the Internet of Things
Businesses face ongoing threats of disruption from external pressures they can't control, such as technology, government, and culture. The extent to which companies can mitigate these risks depends on how closely they monitor these forces in order to inform a...
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[REPORT] Social Data + Social Business = Social Data Intelligence
It is my great pleasure to share "Social Data Intelligence," the latest research report by industry analyst and my colleague, Susan Etlinger. This report might be considered a glimpse into where we are (as a market) in the evolution of social business from a data...
Tablestakes: Defining and contextualizing the Internet of Things
Tablestakes. Before we can start talking about the Internet of Things, we must define it. There are many comprehensive definitions out there, but I find Gartner's definition most inclusive. The network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to...
Why should businesses care about the Internet of Things?
Everyday it seems we hear of another cutting-edge bio-metric tracker, the 'next big' location-based sensor and data transmitter, the inevitable fleet of driverless cars, or some other 'smart'-something-- how about a fork that tells you when you're eating too much? The...
Upcoming Research: Exploring the Chasm
There is a funny thing that happens when humans create new technologies-- We get really excited!! Our inner geek pushes its way out and we find ourselves browsing articles, watching videos, and getting lost in the what-if's and imagine-a-world-where's in which...
Ready for Disruption? Altimeter Identifies its Top 4 Research Themes of 2013
If you know me or have read my blog, you know that I have a tendency to think big... sometimes to my fault. My underlying interest in --and obsession with-- affixing everything to an evolutionary scale means that I am often spotting trends, looking for patterns, and,...
SXSW 2013: Connecting the Dots
SXSW exists in its own category: it’s not just a conference, it’s not just a festival, it’s not just a tradeshow; it’s an amalgamation of all three and more, a mecca for consumers, brands, agencies, vendors, artists, musicians, cultural icons, and of course, nerds:...
Illuminating Data
Data acts as a veil, a sort of overarching condition that results from and drives our interactions. It’s something like language in this regard; we contribute to it by our very interactions and behaviors, and we use it to communicate, to function, and to connect more...
If Necessity is the Mother, Serendipity is the Father
Trial and error, iteration, and serendipity are all part of our vernacular when it comes to innovation, much like mutations, adaptation, and variation are key ingredients to evolution. Whether it is a prehistoric adolescent who mistakenly weights the end of his spear...
