Tag: IoT
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Predictive Maintenance for People – the endgame for the Internet of Things (#IoT) and healthcare
Predictive maintenance is one of the oldest and most tested uses cases for the Internet of Things (IoT). For years now, we’ve been able to analyze incoming data from sensors embedded in machines and make decisions about whether or not maintenance activities should be executed. Typical scenarios have historically focused on things like wind farms,…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Jobs
My role here at SAP is IoT Evangelist. It’s my job to go around and speak about how the Internet of Things is changing the way we live, work, and run our businesses. IoT Evangelist is a job title that didn’t exist 5 or 10 years ago – mainly because the Internet of Things wasn’t…
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Here come the Jetsons: Flying cars and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Part 3 of 3 on the Future of Transportation and the Internet of Things If you ever watched the cartoon series The Jetsons – or almost any other show set in the space age – you’ll notice that people often get around in personal spacecraft that they themselves drive. Well, the space age is almost here…
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Connected Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Part 2 of 3 on the Future of Transportation and the Internet of Things In my last blog, I talked about the simplicity of the electric engine compared to the internal combustion engine – and how this changes everything. From climate to the structure of the auto industry to the way we store, manage, and…
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3 Ways Electric Cars Are Changing More Than the Way We Drive
Part 1 of 3 on the Future of Transportation and the Internet of Things The world is moving away from cars based on the internal combustion engine (ICEs). The future is electric. With Tesla leading the way on what’s possible with electric vehicles, more traditional auto manufacturers are following suit. Volvo has announced that all…
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Dear Internet of Things startups,…
Dear Internet of Things startups, As you may already know, SAP is one of the world’s largest software companies. We produce the software that most companies use to produce their goods. But what you may not know is that we don’t stop there. On the contrary, SAP also has an in-memory Internet of Things cloud platform…
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What the Internet of Things will look like 10 years from now
I was asked recently where do you see the Internet of Things in 10 years? It is a cool question to think about, and to frame it properly it helps to think back to what the world was like 10 years ago, and how far we have come since then. Ten years ago, in 2007…
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SAP’s Vehicle Network explained by SAP VP Laurens Eckelboom
I had the good fortune to meet SAP’s VP Connected Vehicles, Laurens Eckelboom at Mobile World Congress recently and I invited him to come on the IoT Heroes podcast to tell us all about what SAP is doing with its Vehicle Network and other connected car initiatives. Here’s the transcript of our conversation: Tom Raftery:…