On January 6, 2020, NYC-based private equity firm Insight Partners acquired the Israeli IoT cybersecurity firm Armis for an eye-popping $1.1 billion. Armis is privately held, so it doesn't publish revenue numbers, but estimates are on the order of $30 million annually--meaning this is not only...
Industrial IoT processes increasingly base IoT implementations on the ISA-95 standard, which means organizations must understand what the standard does and doesn't define. Anyone involved in developing industrial IoT (IIoT) products should be familiar with ISA-95, the standard from the 74-year-old International Society of Automation (ISA),...
Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research, became the Content Committee Chair for the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA®) in January of 2019. After almost two decades of working with the WSTA in various capacities – including during her previous role as Chief...
Having a clearly defined IoT architecture framework greatly improves the chances for success of an enterprise's connected deployment. If your company is like many organizations, it's actively engaged in or considering launching one or more IoT initiatives. It has a goal, a strategy and a desired...
Nokia is bringing enterprise services to the fore in a concerted effort to increase its reach (and revenues) outside its better known communications service provider markets. They want IoT, 5G, and SD-WAN to be their foot (feet?) in the enterprise door, creating opportunities to expand...
When we think about IoT, it's usually in terms of networks composed of computing devices and networks. But what about storage? Even the smallest of sensors and control points require storage, yet most IoT design neglects the need for local storage. Part of the reason:...
Like most engineers, I was a very weird kid. (I forget which science fiction writer put it perfectly: All of us who grew up to love science fiction were weird little boys, except for those of us who were weird little girls). I always wanted to...
Many companies are moving towards a DevOps model for developing and deploying software and infrastructure. DevOps is also a bellwether technology for organizations: Companies that have the most mature cloud and data center strategies are three times as likely to use DevOps as are companies...
The highly collaborative digital workplace is so much more than an extension of a corporate intranet. As companies forge ahead with their digital transformation initiatives, renewed focus on the employee workplace is taking center stage. After all, the more IT improves employee efficiency, the more competitive...
We are witnessing a transformation in information technology that will have a profound impact on how business and technology teams work together. The MIS teams of the 1960s and ‘70s focused narrowly on back-office systems and then transformed into IT, which expanded to include all...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Executive Summary Enterprise architects and security managers have often wanted but shied away from secure segmentation of their internal networks. Wanted, in order to provide a much higher level of security against lateral attacks and deeper visibility into network use; shied away from, for fear that...
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 8 years, you've been exposed to the concept of IoT. For enterprise organizations, it's a key component of Digital Transformation (DT), primarily because it enables companies to capture huge amounts of data. And "data has value" is one...