The digital future of healthcare is here
IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub The United States spends around 17 to 18 percent of its GDP on healthcare every year. Translated into dollars, this equals a mind-boggling $2.9 trillion. Unfortunately, that spending will grow at a faster rate now due to baby boomers becoming an aging population, and they are the […]
How Data Insight–Driven Enterprises Manage Data Onslaught
IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub Connecting everything to the Internet—the Internet of Everything—brings an interesting problem to the forefront: data onslaught. One example of data onslaught in today’s data economy is the 2.5 quintillion bytes of new data collected every single day.1 Another example is the 2.5 PB of data collected […]
Is your API an asset or a liability?
VENTURE BEAT A touchy API topic is data ownership and liability, regardless of whether the APIs are open or protected. Obviously, depending on your business model and needs, you will choose to expose the APIs and the underlying assets to your developers, partners, public developers, your consumers, or others that […]
Did Germany Cheat in World Cup 2014?
Now that I got your attention about Germany’s unfair advantage in the World Cup, I want to talk about how they used AI & analytics to their advantage to win the World Cup—in a legal way. It looks like Germany did a similar thing, legally, and had a virtual 12th man on the field all the time. For those who don’t follow football (the soccer kind) closely, it is played with 11 players on the field.
Did Germany Cheat in World Cup 2014?
This is a guest post by Andy Thurai (@AndyThurai). Andy has held multiple technology and business development leadership roles with large enterprise companies including Intel, IBM, BMC, CSC, Netegrity and Nortel for the past 20+ years. He’s a strategic advisor to BigML. Now that I got your attention about Germany’s […]
Enterprise IOT: Mixed Model Architecture
IoT, API, Big Data, Mobile, SOA, Cloud & Security Blog This article was originally published on VentureBeat. Recently, there has been a lot of debate about how IoT (Internet of Things) affects your architecture, security model and your corporate liability issues. Many companies seem to think they can solve these problems […]
Secure IoT in the enterprise: Finding a model that works
These days, when you hear about the Internet of things, it’s usually about body sensors, such as Fitbit, or smart home sensors. But while consumers are just now beginning to be exposed to these sensors, they already exist extensively in the enterprise. Industrial-grade sensors are being used in energy, retail, manufacturing, and other […]
Secure IoT in the enterprise: Finding a model that works
VENTURE BEAT These days, when you hear about the Internet of things, it’s usually about body sensors, such as Fitbit, or smart home sensors. But while consumers are just now beginning to be exposed to these sensors, they already exist extensively in the enterprise. Industrial-grade sensors are being used in energy, retail, manufacturing, […]
A Proud Storytelling Moment: Know Your Elevator Pitches
IoT, API, Big Data, Mobile, SOA, Cloud & Security Blog Twitter: @AndyThurai This story originally featured on Innovation Insights @ Wired magazine. The year was 2002. Right after 9/11 everyone was hurting, especially the telco sector got almost wiped out – Nortel, Lucent, Alcatel, Avaya, Worldcom, MCI, and the list goes on. Some […]
Value of Things – Internet of Things
IoT, API, Big Data, Mobile, SOA, Cloud & Security Blog Recently, I had the privilege to present on IoT security, alongside Michael Curry of IBM, at the MassTLC “Value of Things” conference. You can see the slides here https://www.slideshare.net/MassTLC/andy-thurai-iot-security. I will post the video once it is published. One of topics that I discussed, which resonated well […]
