In the spirit of giving Thanks this holiday season, we wanted share how grateful we are for one of the core pieces of our DNA. It would be too simplistic to simply say that Salesforce.com has influenced and inspired us. …
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Strategically Using IoT to Build B2B Recurring Revenue Streams
When we meet with device manufacturers we often hear that they struggle with their ROI of Internet-of-Thing (IoT) initiatives. Usually the cost of IoT enabling their devices cannot be passed along in the purchase price of the devices, so many…
Server-less Computing Will Revolutionize Both Application Development and How Businesses Digitize Their Business Processes
When people think of the cloud, they often picture SaaS platforms such as salesforce.com, or Workday. Or they think of PaaS platforms such as AWS, Azure or force.com. Some think of virtual machines such as Docker Containers, or Linux/Windows VMs…
Part 4 – How Sentient Infrastructure Changes the Game for Field Services, and Why This Is Important
While the economic opportunity of IoT-enabled devices is extremely attractive for companies with deployed infrastructure and companies providing field services for this infrastructure, these businesses must navigate a series of technology choices that have profound implications for their cost structure,…
Part 3 – How Sentient Infrastructure Changes the Game for Field Services, and Why This Is Important
When deployed physical infrastructure is IoT-enabled, a business starts a journey that can culminate in an ecosystem of autonomously operating devices that can be collectively considered truly sentient. This represents an important next horizon of our digital future, and the…
Part 2 – How Sentient Infrastructure Changes the Game for Field Services, and Why This Is Important
IoT has extended our understanding of industrial equipment far beyond its original definition, and has imparted a vast and ever-expanding range of capabilities to this equipment. Commercially viable IoT solutions have been present in the marketplace for only a few…