Temperatures play roller coaster this week, starting out higher than normal, then dropping lower than normal. Sounds like autumn, right? Rain on both coasts early then we dry out.

Now well into October, 2020 continues to be the annoying canker sore that never heals. Tropical storms Delta and Gamma are winding themselves up to hurricane levels in the already-battered Gulf. Someone please adjust the spanning tree algorithm and send them to the wildfires in California.

Despite the recession, speakers at the distributor’s IoT Virtual Symposium event said today, spending on IoT solutions is heating up. 

The sports world is slowly getting back to normal. Pro football started when we expected, while baseball started way late. The World Series will end in November. The Stanley Cup Playoffs may end tonight or Wednesday (go Stars!). The two NBA finalists are set (LeBron again? Of course).

IoTPlaybook Insight: IoT security always needs more help. Microsoft's Azure Defender for IoT: Agentless Security for OT offers end-to-end security solutions and you can try it for FREE during the public preview.

Turning a custom IoT solution into a repeatable one can be lucrative; think measure, monitor, monetize.

We’ve learned many new things this year, including that we can have too many hurricanes for the list of approved names. What happens after that? We start on the Greek alphabet. Hurricane Beta is hitting Texas and Louisiana this evening.