We talk IoT – The Internet of Things Business Podcast

IoT promises to connect everything with everything else but setting up all the connections can be tricky, demanding lots of coding and other kinds of expert knowledge. In this podcast, Pedro Pine of Domatica, a Portugese IoT solution provider, tells listeners about his company’s flagship product, the IoT Cube which delivers IoT with absolutely no coding required!
He is joined by Martin Milter Bay, who is in charge of Cyber Security at Avnet Silica for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, who will tell us how Avnet can offer highly secure provisioning of electronic components in the supply chain and distribution.

Today, beer destined for pubs and restaurants is usually shipped in stainless-steel and hence reusable kegs, but this requires a complex system of logistics for both delivery and return. Konvoy, an Australian startup, is in the process of further transforming keg management and making it both more efficient and profitable thanks to IoT, says CEO Adam Trippe-Smith.
He is joined by Serguei Beloussov, founder and CEO of Acronis. Based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Acronis is ranked by analysts as a leader in backup software, disaster recovery, and secure data access.

Most people consider slavery to be a thing of the dark and distant past. Then why is StopTheTraffik, a non-profit based in London, using state-of-the-art IoT technology to track human trafficking today? “Because it’s a billion-dollar a year business”, says CEO Dame Ruth Dearnly. In addition, we talk with Rudi Potgieter of VOX, a South-African startup that has created an IoT-enabled assistance network for the elderly called Vox ICE which he describes as the “electronic eyes and ears of caregivers”.

Sigfox claims to be the largest global IoT network provider. Joining us is Ludovic de Moan, co-founder and CEO of Sigfox, to talk about the value of data. Also: John Gikopoulos, Global Head of AI and Automation at Infosys, to discuss how IoT and AI and Robot Process Automation or RPA are starting a new industrial revolution.

The world of IoT is changing rapidly, and the right supplier can be tricky, says Lou Lutostanski, Vice President, Internet of Things at Avnet, a leading global distributor of electronic components and services – and incidentally the sponsor of this podcast. Also: Marc Dupaquier, co-founder and managing director of Cartesiam, a French startup, on bringing blazing-fast reaction time by bringing data collection, processing, and reporting as close to the end user as possible through edge computing.

The hype surrounding 5G has been building for years, and business leaders making bold claims about what they’ll do with 5G capabilities. Adel Al Saleh, CEO of the German global IT services and consulting company T-Systems and a member of the board of its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, discusses how 5G networks will create a smarter, more connected world with better mobile service, safer streets and enhanced entertainment. Not to mention huge profits for the carriers, of course. Also: Prof. Dieter Kempf, President the Federation of German Industries (BDI), on why Germans count differently than the rest of the world – they’re already into the fourth Industrial Revolution!

Marcel Weiss
Stian Overdahl
The ‘last 50 feet’ are be the true bottleneck for e-commerce growth, says Marcel Weiss, an experienced journalist and author of a major article on the subject in the current issue of Smart Industry. In our latest podcast, he talks about how startups and online retailers are striving to close that last gap. Also: Our author Stian Overdahl on how customs and border protection experts are looking to IoT and AI to make borders more secure and border patrolling more efficient.

Bentsi Ben-Atar is Chief Marketing Officer of Sepio, a super-secret Israeli company that specializes in protecting us against malicious hardware: rogue devices with mysterious names like “Packet Squirrel” or “Plunder Bug”. They are physically plugged into networks where they listen and siphon off critical business info. In addition: Alan Earls on ubiquitous IoT and how we can ever hope to keep up with the exponential growth of billions of connected devices all over the world.

Hardware and sensors are driving progress in IoT today. To discuss the latest trends, we invited Dr. Gunther Kegel of Pepperl+Fuchs, a worldwide specialist in both factory and process automation, and Frank Hansen, Vice President Technical Resources and Marketing at Avnet Silica, the European semiconductor specialist division of Avnet, Inc.. They will discuss how vendors and application developers should respond and what the impact of artificial intelligence will be.

China is betting big on IoT with huge investments in cutting-edge technologies. Our author Greg Langley answers a few very important questions, like: Does this mean it will come to dominate the industry? And should the West be worried? Also: Avnet Silica's "Mister Microsoft" talks about Azure Cloud and the IoT Connect platform.