The Carousel Newsletter is a monthly resource for industry news, trends and the latest offerings from Carousel Industries and our Technology Partners.
This month’s focus is on Internet of Things.

Cisco Kinetic Unlocks the Power of Your IoT Data.

Last week Cisco announced Cisco Kinetic, a first-of-its-kind IoT operations platform designed to unlock the power of data from the billions of connected devices being added to the network. At Cisco, we’re committed to making it faster and easier for businesses to get their IoT initiatives from proof of concept to implementation to scalable bottom-line results.

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Contributor: Cisco

Enterprise Spending on Internet of Things

By 2025, enterprises, both public and private, will be spending more than $1 trillion on Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is an ecosystem of communications, applications, data and analytics. Intelligent apps that utilize IoT, such as Virtual Personal Assistants, with speech and geo-awareness are transforming the workplace.

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Contributor: AVST

Wrangling the IoT: The Next-Gen Architecture We’ve All Been Waiting For…The Only Way to Bring Legacy into Today’s Next-Gen World of IoT

Technologies like AI, the IoT, virtual reality and data analytics are no longer enterprise luxuries, but means of survival in an era of rapid digital disruption. They’re transforming traditional processes, redefining roles and responsibilities, and reimaging the customer/brand relationship. Consider that five years from now, more than one-third of skills needed in today’s workforce will look different because of technological advancement.

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Contributor: Avaya

Digital Transformation: Internet of Things Is a Primary Driver of Digitization Strategies

With more than 20 billion “things” expected to connect to the Internet by 2020, according to Gartner, the Internet of Things has been called the “third industrial revolution,” by Economist Jeremy Rifkin. The challenge begins with devising digitization strategies to position organizations to take advantage of IoT.

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Contributor: Comcast

Using Your IoT Investment to Improve Your Enterprise’s Emergency  Responses

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is one of today’s hot topics in tech. But did you know that your enterprise’s investment in IoT can be leveraged to enhance your 9-1-1 solution? That’s right! You can use IoT sensor data to improve situational awareness and, potentially, emergency situation outcomes. Check out our article, Using your IoT Investment to Improve your Enterprise’s Emergency Response.

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Contributor: West

Internet of things (IoT)

During your last security audit, were you unable
to identify what’s on your network? Does OT
(operational technology) share the same network
as your information technology? Would you like to
know if a printer or HVAC device starts behaving
like a PC?

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Contributor: Forescout

Are You Being Smart With Your Smart Things?

With more connected devices than ever before, the security perimeter is expanding. Anywhere, anytime connectivity had its benefits – but doing so securely is crucial. Check out our Internet of Things checklist to help ensure security in today’s networked world.

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Contributor: Level 3

New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium, and 802.11ac Wave 2 Wireless

Entering his 22nd season with the team, we sat down with Fred Kirsch, VP of Content with Kraft Sports Productions and the New England Patriots, to discuss fan engagement technologies and mobile connectivity, specifically the team’s decision to upgrade to 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi throughout Gillette Stadium entering the 2016 NFL season.

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Contributor: Extreme

UCaaS Market Leader RingCentral Drives Cloud Communications

The cloud’s capacity to connect our lives is truly limitless. Synergy Research reports that Q1 2017 revenue for the UCaaS market grew by 22% and names RingCentral as the #1 market share leader in both revenue and subscriber seats.

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Contributor: RingCentral

Internet of Things….Smart Paging and Mass Notification Solutions

Let’s examine why the Internet of Things matters and what it could mean to your organization as it relates to a specific technology: Paging and Mass Notification.

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Contributor: Valcom
 

Navigating the Internet of Things: Simplifying Our Future?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a very intriguing and exciting topic. It is one that has allowed for our imaginations to run wild with ideas and concepts of technology and connectivity even in relation to things we do not currently associate directly with modern technology (like clothing or farming). You can imagine, for those of us already within the business of modern technologies and innovations, the possibilities that IoT inspires us to imagine are endless.

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Contributor: Sonexis

WebRTC, IoT, SBC, and Customer Service

With WebRTC, Internet of Things (IoT), and a Session Border Controller (SBC), enterprises can securely enable real-time communications using data from IoT devices to build customer engagement solutions that improve the customer’s experience.

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Contributor: Sonus

How IoT Brings Digital Transformation to Key Functions, without the Pain of “Disruption”

Technology leaders are always extolling the newest innovations that can disrupt prevailing industries and business models. The latest craze is artificial intelligence (AI) and not long before that, businesses were excited by the potential of 5G. Everyone should be talking about the power of wireless connectivity and IoT to revolutionize industries.

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Contributor: MetTel

Protecting the Data that Fuels the Digital Economy

The dawn of IoT is driving a proliferation of data. But in a world where data is king, just as important for an organization to use that data is its ability to protect it. Read more about this new “data currency” and how a fabric approach is key to securing it.

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Contributor: Fortinet