Author: Kevin Gold

Comparing Top IoT Use Cases Overtime

by Kevin Gold
· April 9, 2018

A 2017 study by Gartner suggested more than half of new business processes and systems will incorporate some element of the IoT by 2020. This finding…

Solving Workplace Nuisances with the IoT

by Kevin Gold
· April 4, 2018

Stories around applications for the Internet of Things tend to favor the grandiose. However, the IoT provides plenty of down-to-earth applications that can make our everyday work lives…

Better Security Mitigation on IoT Devices

by Kevin Gold
· April 2, 2018

Security for the IoT must start with the most basic security building blocks. This is an opening remark of an article I came across on helpnetsecurity.com.…

Solving the IoT Connectivity Puzzle

by Kevin Gold
· April 2, 2018

Enterprise IoT projects are like puzzles. Many individual pieces must be identified and put together perfectly to create a whole portrait that creates value to…

IoT Environmental Monitoring Use Case

by Kevin Gold
· March 28, 2018

Smart irrigation technology presents an IoT use case not necessarily new. But it is a market suddenly exploding with new startups to feed what data from researcher…

Real World Lessons from 300 IoT Use Cases

by Kevin Gold
· March 24, 2018

IoT Source's top analyst, Steve Veith, shared his perspective on a new Capgemini report last week. This week, I want to expand our perspective on…

New Enhancements to IoT Sources

by Kevin Gold
· March 23, 2018

IoT Sources mission is singular in its focus. Simply stated – our goal is to help the IoT innovator and early adopter community put the…

IT, OT Challenges with Time-Series Data

by Kevin Gold
· March 21, 2018

A number of common themes continuously emerge across all of the conversations I have had with IoT vendors. One of those themes is the importance of operations…

IoT Use Case – Detecting Forest Fires

by Kevin Gold
· March 19, 2018

An IoT use case this week focused on solving a critically important challenge - forest fires. More than 10 percent of the world’s forests suffer…

3 IoT Use Cases for Universities HVAC

by Kevin Gold
· March 14, 2018

The Internet of Things continues to impact traditional industries in bold and transformative ways. This use case identifies ways in which the IoT is delivering…