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.

Another week, another couple of odd endings. Last minute NBA heroics keep Toronto in the playoffs.

IoT Playbook Insight: Chris Penrose, Intenret of Things SVP at AT&T announced that software upgrades to their 4G LTE cell sites across the U.S. are complete. Those updates include turning on NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT).

Did last week seem like a rehash of the week before? Basketball playoffs, every good seat in every good movie theater full of Avengers fans, and on Game of Thrones (spoiler alert!) there was drinking and betrayal and death. And, no spoiler alert, “randy” behavior (for our British readers).

‘Twas a sad weekend for fans of Westeros and the Marvel Comics Universe.

IoT Playbook Insight: People ask where to get help on starting IoT projects. Here's one good answer: "Avnet is hosting an upcoming series of IoT Solutions Cellular Workshops with Microsoft, STMicroelectronics and Verizon.

5G is to mobile what broadband was to dial-up.