Four credentials your SaaS vendor needs (hint: it’s not their software)
Written by Matthew Mikell | October 8, 2018 | Blog, SaaS
Advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Quantum Computing (QC) are rapidly redefining the capabilities within everyday applications and helping companies leapfrog their larger competitors. Many SaaS vendors embed these new and innovative technologies in their applications. However, if you’re responsible for selecting new technology, you should consider that choosing the ...read more
The evolution of the Watson IoT Platform: three key things you should know
Written by Matthew Mikell | October 1, 2018 | Blockchain, Platform
Thinking intelligently about the business of ‘things’ means you’re balancing short-term success with long-term strategy; you don’t want to compromise. Businesses often make the mistake of acquiring a mix of point solutions only to find themselves with multiple siloes from multiple vendors that limit interoperability, security and scale. IBM’s next evolution of the Watson IoT Platform helps you succeed by ...read more
Call for Code initiative: technology in the face of natural disaster
Written by Matthew Mikell and Lauren Konchan | August 22, 2018 | Environment
In a connected world, we’ve come to rely on consistent communications for our everyday lives. But what happens when disaster strikes? In the aftermath of devastating weather events and natural disasters, can the Internet of Things help restore emergency communications – or even save lives? Call for Code is an IBM-led initiative seeking to answer ...read more
S.A.V.E. from IoT: Trust and tracking from a new IoT Blockchain Service
Written by Matthew Mikell | June 12, 2018 | Blockchain, Security
Today’s the day you can make IoT do the work for you, rather than the other way around. You’ve been demanding more value from thousands of devices and the sea of sensor data. You asked, we delivered. Today, IBM is announcing the IBM IoT Blockchain Service; the add-on to IBM IoT Connection Services. But it’s ...read more
How Digital Twins foster innovation in IoT-enabled environments
Written by Matthew Mikell | February 6, 2018 | Blog, Digital Twin
Dynamic digital representations, or Digital Twins, are rapidly changing the way industries design, build and operate their products and processes. Gartner predicts, “by 2021, half of large industrial companies will use Digital Twins, resulting in those organizations gaining a 10 percent improvement in effectiveness.” Powered by the Cloud, IoT, and AI, Digital Twins enrich complex ...read more
Cheat sheet: What is Digital Twin?
Written by Matthew Mikell and Jen Clark | January 4, 2018 | Digital Twin
Ready to start the New Year off with one of the most interesting IoT trends for 2018? Then welcome to the cheat sheet series: your no-jargon guide to all things IoT. In this installment, subject matter expert Matthew Mikell gives us the low down on digital twin. Digital twin: the background When we design machines ...read more
Digital Twin of the Month: How turbines are taking over Texas
Written by Matthew Mikell | December 19, 2017 | Blog, Digital Twin
Our digital twin story this month is that of a wind turbine, used around the world to develop clean and sustainable energy; on some days it might even be free. During October storms in Germany these turbines “generated enough wind power at the weekend to give consumers free energy,” meaning costs fell below zero where producers had to ...read more
IoT for Insurance: Tech savvy homeowners disconnected from insurers
Written by Matthew Mikell | November 15, 2017 | Blog, Home
What do home buyers understand that their insurance companies don’t? Most Americans have begun investing in forms of ‘smart’ technology for their homes. A recent poll from HIS Markit found that last year 80 million smart home devices were delivered worldwide with an additional 130 million smart home devices expected to be shipped this year. ...read more
Digital Twin of the Month: Twinning the GP38-2 iron horse
Written by Matthew Mikell | October 24, 2017 | Digital Twin, Travel and transportation
Sept 18 was an epic day in 1830. This was the first head-to-head race of the iron horse and bio-horse; the steam locomotive was battling for acceptance. While the locomotive of the day, called Tom Thumb, lost largely on mechanical issues, it eventually won the next race. The locomotive had started on its path to dominate ...read more
New ‘reality’ of the connected worker: AR with Maximo
Written by Matthew Mikell | October 4, 2017 | Asset Management
In the IBM blog “How using mobility and innovation for FSM will define your future,” we began to highlight the advantages of faster problem resolution with augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence. Coupled with Maximo and mobility, the brings numerous advantages for a worker while working remotely. It means instant access to asset and inventory ...read more
Digital Twin of the month: ‘Twinning’ the W16 Engine
Written by Matthew Mikell and Ryan Boyles | August 25, 2017 | Digital Twin
Digital twin: insights and designs In our monthly spotlight on digital twin designs, we bring attention to some of the world’s more unique machines, and tell their story through images and facts. This month, we feature the massive W16 engine, found only within the Bugatti Veyron automobile. Bugatti W16 digital twin The world’s most powerful combustion engine ...read more
Digital twin: Delivering places and spaces
Written by Matthew Mikell | July 31, 2017 | Continuous Engineering, Digital Twin
Digital twin capability, more known for industrial use, is making inroads into physical places and spaces. As more companies aim to build ‘digital-first’, or retro-fit existing infrastructure with sensors, we’re starting to see amazing stories of what’s possible in homes, offices, and leisure environments when you apply digital twin technologies. The impacts on how we ...read more