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Internet of Things
Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tony Paine, CEO of Kepware (Part 5)
Tony Paine: Where I think IoT really adds a lot of power is that we’re going to be able to take the same things that we do within a single organization, where an organization may have multiple campuses or sites, and cross organizational boundaries so that we can tie into the consumers of the goods
Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tony Paine, CEO of Kepware (Part 4)
Tony Paine: When you think of the oil and gas market where you have remote sites that are perhaps drilling wells, that information has been historically self-contained on the site and requires someone to be out there to take measurements. The thought is, that is not realistic going forward. The industry doesn’t have the same
Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tony Paine, CEO of Kepware (Part 3)
Tony Paine: What we are seeing now is there is a big push to Internet-enable these systems so that people can get visibility into what’s going on at multiple, remote sites and pull it into a central location and to be able to make intelligent decisions based on it. Kepware is starting to get pulled into this
Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tony Paine, CEO of Kepware (Part 2)
Tony Paine: This was the beginning of our introduction to, what I would call today, Internet of Things. We were network-enabling a wide variety of data sources and making them available to other parties. Over the next couple of years, the industry got together and decided that vendors shouldn’t go and create their own inter-operability
Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tony Paine, CEO of Kepware (Part 1)
Internet of Things has actually been around for a while, especially in the industrial automation space. Kepware Technologies has been catering to the needs of that industry for 20 years. Let’s discuss why things are accelerating now and where the gaps are. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as
Building an Internet of Things Platform Company from Zaragoza, Spain: Alicia Asin, CEO of Libelium (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: So all the selling that you do around the world is done through your Spanish operation. You sell on the phone and web. Alicia Asin: Yes, most of the sales are direct sales due to inquiries through our websites. This year, we started opening distribution channels. Now, we have existing distributors covering most
Building an Internet of Things Platform Company from Zaragoza, Spain: Alicia Asin, CEO of Libelium (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Other than universities, are there any other vertical trends that you see in terms of kinds of companies – retail, logistics, or healthcare? Where are you seeing the projects? Alicia Asin: Because we are a horizontal platform, we have customers not only in universities but also in system integrators and communication companies. Sramana Mitra:
Building an Internet of Things Platform Company from Zaragoza, Spain: Alicia Asin, CEO of Libelium (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Somehow, you managed to get through 2007 and 2008. At what point and what strategic moves did you make to get to a more sustainable path? Alicia Asin: I think it was 2009. Through the maker shop, we were able to sustain the salaries of all the personnel. We were 10 people by
