This week’s episode examines several interesting standards relevant to connectivity and IoT. First are Matter and Thread, which collectively promise to drive the smart home market. Additionally Matt looks at the 5G Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) and the Lightweight M2M (LwM2M) device management protocol.…

In this week’s episode Matt looks at the emerging requirement in IoT for cloud connetors, as well as the associated topic of IoT SAFE. He also digs into findings from a survey last year on who are the most (and least) favoured vendors in IoT. Finally he shares some of the findings from Transforma Insights' work on connected cars.…

In this week’s episode Matt looks at a new set of research from Transforma Insights on forecasting the Artificial Intelligence market, considers the value and potential of 5G RedCap, a new variant on 5G aimed specifically at IoT, and examines the growing need for smart metering given the current energy crisis.…

This week's episode looks at the concept of constrained IoT, delves into some recent headlines concerning particularly M&A in the IoT space, and a look at recent developments in embedded SIM.By The Wireless Noodle

On the agenda in this episode is whether it makes sense for communications service providers to spin out their IoT business units, a look at benchmarking of digital transformation service providers, and a little more on Transforma Insights' recent work on sustainability.By The Wireless Noodle

In this week's episode, Matt discusses several reasons why it's a fallacy that IoT is "all about the data". He also looks further at the recent Transforma Insights work done on sustainability, with a particular focus on water consumption (very timely!), as well as some thoughts on how the metaverse might be used by enterprise.…

In this week's episode, Matt discusses the requirement for Communications Service Providers to pivot to being hyperscale IoT connectivity providers and how best to do it, plus our assessment of the prospects for LEO satellites to deliver IoT and more on the work we did recently on using IoT and other disruptive technologies to tackle sustainability…

We're back after a year's hiatus, but with lots of great research to talk about. Matt shares details of the 'Clean Dozen' solution areas that enterprises need to focus on to meet their sustainability objectives as well as looking at some recent news (including how great Transforma Insights is!).By The Wireless Noodle

Matt dives into the obsessions that IoT companies have with value chains and their position in them, plus a look at the increasingly vibrant IoT MVNO world. And a little bit on Everynet's new US LoRaWAN network.By The Wireless Noodle

This week's episode looks at Nokia's new product focused on the emerging opportunity for data exchanges, a deep dive into the changing landscape for IoT connectivity and a look at the opportunity associated with robotic automation.By The Wireless Noodle

This week Matt delves into the ways in which the Internet of Things will help to avert climate disaster, some troubling survey results, and how IoT cellular connections evolved in 2020.By The Wireless Noodle

After a long break before last week's episode, Matt covers some eye-catching news from the last few months, plus he delves into the results of Transforma Insights recent comparison of the digital transformation capabilities of AWS, Google and Microsoft. Also a little more on the Transforma Insights User Group.…

This week's Wireless Noodle looks at the a White Paper Transforma Insights did with Telia on 'hyperscale IoT connectivity', some new moves from Microsoft on industry clouds and consulting, and the launch of the Transforma Insights User Group.By The Wireless Noodle

This week's Wireless Noodle looks at the whether Google has an issue with enteprises trusting the longevity of its product portfolio, the promotion of Andy Jassy to be the new CEO at Amazon and an exploration of the Robotic Process Automation opportunity.By The Wireless Noodle

This week Matt takes a look at the trends from the Consumer Electronics Show, which should have been happening in Las Vegas last week but instead happened virtually. Also a round up of a couple of other interesting webinars and conferences sessions, plus a new report from Transforma Insights looking at IoT connectivity.…

This week's Wireless Noodle looks at the announcements from Amazon Web Services' reInvent event, and what it tells us about the strategy of what will be one of the most important companies in IoT, AI, edge and other digital transformation technologies. Also on the agenda this week, a look at a recent article from Matt about the use of diverse techn…

This week's Wireless Noodle delves into Mobile Private Networks, Device Management and real-world AI deployments. All three are evolving quickly bringing changing market dynamics, new opportunities and some sticky challenges.By The Wireless Noodle

In this week's episode Matt looks at the approaches taken by technology services companies such as Accenture and IBM to replicating projects, the efficiency savings this brings, and how it represents the key to unlocking huge amounts of market value. He also digs into some Transforma Insights research on how Artificial Intelligence is being deploye…

Matt digs into the 2020 version of the Eclipse IoT survey and finds a lot of interesting data, including the rise of the hyperscalers, the growing importance of connected agriculture, fears over connectivity, trends in OS, protocols and edge compute, and something related to Tex-Mex food. There’s also time to delve into the recent Transforma Insigh…

This week's episode's unifying theme is how technology is becoming more humanised. It includes a summary of the discussions at the Total Telecom Congress, a dive into the fascinating topic of sustainability, a quick look at the company Stream Analyze and its technology, and thoughts on the recent acquisitions of Bright Wolf and Asavie.…

This episode looks at the implications of the planned break up of IBM, a couple of fascinating technologies in the form of DECT 2020 NR and the Digital Annealer, and a snapshot of some of Transforma Insights’ work on IoT forecasts and what they tell us about the market.By The Wireless Noodle

Matt delves into the murky world of Artificial General Intelligence, the aspirational end goal for billions of dollars of investment, but with little clear idea of what the applied benefit might be. He asks what AGI is, discrete from AI as a whole, who is doing it and why? On the way he explores David Beckham's right boot, the threat of alien invas…

In this episode we examine technology 'unicorns', start-ups that command huge valuations. In particular we look at the different valuations of hardware, software and services companies, and why some are considered more attractive than others, and why this might be heavily influenced by survivorship bias leading to some poor decisions to pivot what …

The hyperscalers, AWS, Google and Microsoft, born out of massive scale cloud services are increasingly moving into diverse areas of ICT services and are likely to be the dominant force in tech markets. In this podcast we explore the origins of the hyperscalers, their increasing interest in the edge and providing network services, as well as conside…

Following on from last week's discussion on the manifold changes ongoing in the provision of connectivity, this week we delve into the key findings from some recent research from Transforma Insights on Communications Service Providers (CSPs) in IoT, which examines the competencies and strategies of the top 10 global IoT connectivity providers with …

An extensive strand of recent research at Transforma Insights has focused on Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and their activities in IoT. Episode 6 of the Wireless Noodle is the first of two episodes that focus on this topic. This one looks at the changing face of mobile networks, and the added complications from the arrival of 5G, the roll…

The idea of the autonomous robot has captured the imagination of writers, movie-makers and intellectuals for decades. In Episode 5 of the Wireless Noodle we examine the reality of deployments of autonomous robotic systems in factories, hospitals, on the streets, and in the air. We look at the roll outs today and likely evolution over the next ten y…

In Episode 4 of the Wireless Noodle I provide a summary of some of the fascinating work that we at Transforma Insights have done analysing hundreds of real world deployments of AI, IoT, blockchain, RPA and other disruptive technologies. Armed with this we provided advice in a recent webinar on seven strategies for ensuring that any enterprise is pr…

Episode 3 of the Wireless Noodle zooms out to look at a macro-level technology trend, how separation of hardware from software/control layers is the key for unlocking innovation and triggering growth. In it we delve into the specifics of the telecommunications sector and subjects like network virtualisation. We also examine how Apple and Tesla migh…

Episode 2 of the podcast looks at the unavoidable COVID-19. We look at two aspects. Firstly the effect that AI has had on tackling it, and secondly the impact that it has had on IoT.By Wireless Noodle

The main focus of this episode is The Internet of Things Myth a book I wrote earlier in 2020. For the podcast I have chosen a few selected topics from the book to illustrate the key point of it: why has IoT failed to live up to its promise?By The Wireless Noodle