An Expanding Channel
Article
Emerging technologies are altering and expanding the channel. The opportunities are significant.
Hospitality
Microsoft IoT in Action
Insights into the latest topics around IoT business transformation, and innovations in IoT security, the intelligent edge, IoT cognitive services, hybrid cloud, and leveraging IoT solution accelerators to build scalable repeatable solutions.
Microsoft’s IoT in Action Dives Deep into Transformation
News
Microsoft is showing the partner ecosystem it is all-in with IoT and aims to accelerate their time to value, according to the firm’s Rodney Clark (pictured).
Three Surprising IoT Trends in Smart Buildings
Article
As IoT and artificial intelligence become more advanced, smart buildings are also being utilized to drive down energy usage and maintenance costs. They’re providing safer, more comfortable environments while preventing equipment breakdowns and disruptions to occupants. They’re even increasing productivity by adapting to how people live and work.
Thriving Partner Ecosystem Key to Transformation
Article
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an ongoing journey. Three years ago, when I entered this business, the world of IoT was in its infancy.
Kroger and Microsoft partner to redefine the customer experience and introduce digital solutions for the retail industry
Press Release
America’s largest grocery retailer and global technology company partnering to pilot two connected experience stores
Companies will jointly bring to market Retail as a Service product for retailers and present the solution at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show
Ingram Micro Introduces Online IoT Marketplace
Article
The new resource provides access to products, kits, and end-to-end solutions from over 30 vendors (including Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft) across a range of verticals (including retail, healthcare, smart buildings, and industrial IoT).
Cradlepoint and Microsoft Announce Integrated Solution For Creating "Build Your Own IoT" Projects
Article
Equipped with a new addition to Cradlepoint’s NetCloud management platform called the NetCloud Edge Connector for Azure IoT Central, the solution aims to help users without specialized skills quickly deploy and integrate IoT solutions.
Internet of Things Meets ProAV
Article
IoT-based audiovisual products are poised to open new opportunities for integrators.
Six Words Every IoT Newcomer Should Know, According to Microsoft and its Partners
Article
Speakers at Microsoft's most recent IoT in Action event outlined the critical ingredients for success in one of IT’s hottest markets.
It’s All About Ecosystems in the Internet of Things
Article
It takes an unusually large number of unusually specialized players to build the average IoT solution. Channel pros who wish to get ahead must cultivate a niche.
Dell Technologies and Microsoft Collaborate to Help Customers Simplify Delivery of IoT Solutions
Press Release
Industry leaders join forces to build secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud solution featuring Dell Edge Gateways, VMware Pulse IoT Center and Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
IoT Opportunities in the Residential Market
This Expert Guide on IoT Opportunities in the Residential Market includes stories on cybersecurity concerns in connected homes and how that can drive opportunity for integrators, smart thermostats leading to new recurring monthly revenue, IoT as a service, a connected CEO’s summer home, and more.
What You Need to Know: IoT Security
Free download! This Expert Guide on IoT Security offers you a cybersecurity checklist, discusses who’s responsible when a rogue IoT device brings down the network, looks at how 5G will impact IoT security, and examines why physical security is a good entry point for your IoT offerings.
Six Words Every IoT Newcomer Should Know, According to Microsoft and its Partners
Article
Speakers at Microsoft's most recent IoT in Action event outlined the critical ingredients for success in one of IT’s hottest markets.
Three Surprising IoT Trends in Smart Buildings
Article
As IoT and artificial intelligence become more advanced, smart buildings are also being utilized to drive down energy usage and maintenance costs. They’re providing safer, more comfortable environments while preventing equipment breakdowns and disruptions to occupants. They’re even increasing productivity by adapting to how people live and work.
Thriving Partner Ecosystem Key to Transformation
Article
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an ongoing journey. Three years ago, when I entered this business, the world of IoT was in its infancy.
Ingram Micro Introduces Online IoT Marketplace
Article
The new resource provides access to products, kits, and end-to-end solutions from over 30 vendors (including Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft) across a range of verticals (including retail, healthcare, smart buildings, and industrial IoT).
ICYMI through February 25, 2019
News
Isn’t it strange how the anticipation often satisfies more than the result? Yes, the Oscars just happened. Enjoy the arguments across social media about how right or wrong the Academy voters were this year.
ABI Research Analysis Shows IoT Vendors Cutting Back on Channel Partners
News
Analyst Ryan Harbison discusses how IoT integrators can fight this trend of fewer but larger reseller partners.
Mozilla and the OTA Demand Major Retailers Sell Only Secure IoT Devices
ThingWorthy
IoTPlaybook Insight: The Mozilla Foundation teamed up with the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) and nine other groups to demand called on major retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Best Buy t
Internet of Things Meets ProAV
Article
IoT-based audiovisual products are poised to open new opportunities for integrators.
IoT Challenge: Power Backup at the Edge
Article
Without reliable power, the IoT is just a dream. Making it reality takes meticulous planning and execution of power management, not only for devices dispersed through remote areas but also at edge sites where data is processed and analyzed.
The Incredible Expanding Attack Surface
Article
The same technologies arming your clients with powerful new capabilities are also exposing them to new threats. Here’s how to mitigate those dangers.
ICYMI through February 11, 2019
News
We’re mid-way through February, the shortest and least-loved month thanks to lousy weather. True to form, the Northeast and Great Lakes areas are shivering like crazy again. Even Seattle, usually too hipster to suffer terrible weather, got more snow this past weekend than in the average year.