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IoT: putting the cart before the horse

Internet of Things (IoT) is about “things” with some form of data connection and remote-control layer on top, all together enabling their synchronization, application execution and orchestration, and basic status analytics. Well, this is quite inexact; in fact, the above definition would apply perfectly to certain industrial environments already back in the 90s. IoT is… Read more IoT: putting the cart before the horse

Digital Security, part XXI : the mouse gets bigger than the cat

We are digging our very own grave and, to a large extent, we keep going with no flippancy whatsoever: more than 5TB of data/storage per capita forecasted by 2020 – 1GB in 2015, more than 40 billion readily “connectable” devices – 10 billion in 2015, frenetic quests to provide ubiquitous IP connectivity – e.g. SpaceX… Read more Digital Security, part XXI : the mouse gets bigger than the cat

Artificial Intelligence: Simply Complex

I believe that, in science, holding a simplistic view regarding a problem or a technology is risky and potentially misleading to others. In the same way, overcomplicating the challenges behind a given problem or fantasizing about the capabilities of the corresponding solution is, typically, a sign of incomprehension and lack of expertise. Interestingly enough, artificial… Read more Artificial Intelligence: Simply Complex

Core Cloud to Edge Cloud: It will take Time

Cloud/centralized computing (CC) has had a profound impact in our lives whatever your standpoint is. For the end user, it has allowed a whole new breed of digital applications to be provided and tons of data to be accessed in a global, cheap, and quasi-immediate fashion. For business and enterprises, CC has enabled the implementation… Read more Core Cloud to Edge Cloud: It will take Time

The uncertainty of relevance

Having ideas is easy, we produce myriads a day, and when it is about deciding on their adoption when they will directly affect our personal life; it is quasi-immediate to discriminate between good and bad ideas. Why is it then so difficult to predict the success rate of an idea to flourish, a product to… Read more The uncertainty of relevance