Vendors have made some strides toward unified endpoint management, but wider adoption of industry standards and greater use of open source-based firmware are needed.

IoT Playbook Insight: The Internet of Things adds an entire new world of networking often unfamiliar to IT integrators: voice systems and cellular data, all powered by SIM cards.

Sales of cloud, mobility, and gateway systems are heating up for the distributor as a rapidly increasing percentage of channel partners adds simple, starter IoT solutions to their repertoire, according to SYNNEX exec Rob Moyer (pictured).

Did the flood of news about 5G from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week make you hopeful or wary? Smart money suggests vendors tend to be, um, optimistic in rollout timelines.

You can’t spell IoT without IT, but best practices for IoT deployment have their own flavor. 

IoT-based audiovisual products are poised to open new opportunities for integrators.

You know it’s an odd week when it starts with a snow storm in Las Vegas. Yes, the Vegas in Nevada, with all the casinos, in the desert.

IoT Playbook Insight: Spending in the IoT market keeps going up and up and up, especially when consumer products bump the dollar tally. IDC predicts consumers will pony up $108 billion, the second largest figure after discrete manufacturing ($119 billion).