Peggy Smedley Show

Magy Kramer, digital and technology marketing manager, Caterpillar, talks about how the IoT is enabling manufacturers to offer connected services and predictive analytics or maintenance solutions to improve the bottomline. She says this new business model for customers and dealers leads to a better relationship and better management of machine data.

Eric Hall, chief innovation officer, Site 1001, explains how operational continuity and streamlined processes are essential to the success of a smart building. He says the smartest buildings are often the ones that go unnoticed and says tools like BIM (building information modeling) are enabling more collaboration and data sharing on the construction of connected infrastructure.

Peggy Smedley talks about the potential for IoT in assisting developing nations in social and economic problems. She says these areas of the world will contribute greatly to development of IoT infrastructure to combat civil unrest, pollutions, and natural disasters, while improving areas such as healthcare and education.

Allen Proithis, president, Sigfox North America, talks about the benefits IoT data is bringing to the major enterprise and industrial segments. He says that although some bureaucratic friction still exists between the public and private sectors, once they find a way to come together, great work will be done.

Joshua Peschel, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discusses how using natural green materials and resources can help maintain water systems and other infrastructure needs in urban areas. He explains how these smart water systems will be funded and will be designed around public safety, transportation, and many other areas.

Galeal Zino, founder, NetFoundry, explains how Industry 4.0 is helping extend fragmented manufacturing and infrastructure systems to become more secure. He explains how the application and networking environments are separate, but they must be brought together with the help of automation and IoT.

Peggy Smedley talks about how vehicle-to-infrastructure solutions will send critical traffic and safety information directly to individual drivers. She examines new research exploring the benefits of these solutions and questions who will fund them and who will be held responsible in the event of a system's failure.

Max Cacheux, SVP sales & development, Mobiliya, gives his thoughts on why artificial intelligence, edge analytics, and virtual reality have emerged as the top three trends set to provide the most value to industrial manufacturers. He says a bigger network of sensors, protocols, and endpoints that come from different sources create more gaps in security that manufacturers must be aware of today.

Daniel Cobb, CEO, Daniel Brian Advertising, explains how the manufacturing industry is going through a new shift that is forcing companies to adopt IoT solutions or become doomed to fail. He discusses how manufacturing is approaching smart products with changing consumer patterns and addresses how artificial intelligence is helping manage big data obtained from these new markets.

Pavan Mathew, director, automotive business development, Insurance, LexisNexis and Bryan Arnett, senior manager, telematics & accessory planning, Mitsubishi Motors North America, discuss assessing driver risks and habit scores that can be given back to insurers to create appropriate premiums. They examine how their new partnership will improve the ownership experience through interactive solutions that will reward drivers for improvements made to on-the-road performance.

Peggy Smedley looks at how advancements in technology designed for the supply chain is making its way to major retail stores. She says new solutions are altering how and why we buy, and then looks at new investments being made in sensors to track inventory and customer habits.

Nitesh Arora, marketing leader, Cloudleaf, discusses the use of sensor fabrics to enable the end-to-end aspect of IoT and aggregate information from its environment in realtime. He says that new solutions in asset tracking and workflow processes can solve the problem of having data trapped on multiple systems.

Justin Hogue, professional engineer, VP of business development, LEC, talks about the growth of the industrial IoT and how it has allowed manufacturers of achieve better reporting, security, and bottomlines. He addresses how a facilitating approach to the IoT can help remove the gaps or barriers associated with initial integration.

Paul Hedtke, advisor, Valens, discusses how its HDBase T technology moved from video platforms in the conference room to helping autonomous vehicles achieve more bandwidth to support driver data. He talks about the benefits of wireless versus wired security solutions in vehicles and how the Israeli company is creating a global reach for self-driving cars.

Peggy Smedley delves deep into new research suggesting new vulnerabilities in the Dept. of Defense. She explains as the IoT continues to grow, new entry points are created, which are forcing the DOD to rethink its approach to supply-chain threats.

Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO, PAS, discusses how the threat to cybersecurity in the industrial and critical infrastructure sector is not a hyperbole, but an inevitability. He details how compromised infrastructure can result in dangerous circumstances for the public, including the loss of electricity and food.

Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO, PAS, talks about how history can teach us important lessons when not adopting technology. When it comes to security, he says cybercriminals only need one opportunity to hack the industrial sector and cause real damage that cannot be undone. To combat this, he urges companies, as well as the public and the government, to adopt a culture based on security.

Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO, PAS, says despite what some may believe the components of the IoT have been seen within the industrial sector for a long time. He highlights the three main components such as sensors, connectivity, and computers as being the backbone of safety, reliability, and productivity.

Peggy Smedley reacts to new research that addresses a shift in focus on the viability of wearables. She explains that there will be a transition from consumers to enterprise and that wearables will become a part of a strategy to develop a connected factory.

Satish Cherukumalli, cofounder and CEO, TrakItNow, explains how the IoT has allowed sensors and tracking solutions to obtain more accurate results. He discusses leveraging tracking solutions in telematics and healthcare to tackle the travel of vector-borne diseases.

Sara Lupien, contract and revenue manager, Caterpillar Inc., discusses new efforts to help condition machine workers to understand the value of data through the use of subscription services. She explains how this can maximize production for companies to overcome hours of downtime that can lead to losses of $100,000.

Avi Reichental, founder and CEO, XponentialWorks, says Industry 4.0 introduces a new renaissance in manufacturing to allow companies to do things in effective, flexible, and efficient ways. He describes this convergence of technologies in manufacturing as an adaptive muscle that must maintain a balance of core values while taking revolutionary steps.

Peggy Smedley talks about a new legislation that clamps down on cybersecurity in manufacturing in order to provide more reliability to IoT (Internet of Things) devices and keep sensitive data safe. She hopes this goes beyond market benefits for vendors to enable governments and bipartisan efforts in national safety to move forward.

Paul Vragel, president, 4aBetterBusiness, says that a common understanding of process when bringing generations together in manufacturing is essential. He also talks the dos and don'ts when it comes to effective technology implementation.

Dan Yarmoluk, IoT business development executive, ATEK Companies, talks about how the industrial sector is seeing aging infrastructure along with an aging workforce that is pushing a new paradigm to work smarter in manufacturing. He says service providers will help during this transition toward a "digital factory" to prove that emerging solutions will solve complexity while providing the same economic value as before.

P.K. Agarwal, dean and CEO, Northeastern University Silicon Valley, discusses a recent survey with I.E.E.E. that looks at the growth of IoT and how the workforce is either prepared or unprepared to take on this growing industry. On an educational level, he explains the difficulties in preparing the next generation and talks about the three waves of the Internet with the Internet of commerce, Internet of people, and ultimately the Internet of Things.

Peggy Smedley explains that although Industry 4.0 is converging technologies across different verticals to reduce costs and expand portfolios, the workforce must not be ignored. She explains how investing in IoT for companies goes beyond financial means, as there needs to be major efforts in time, resources, training, education, and much more to ensure effective integration.

Nadir Izreal, cofounder & CTO, and Yevgeny Dibrov, cofounder & CEO, Armis Security, discuss their plan to eliminate the IoT security blind spot to give visibility and control of any device in an organization. They explain that while some organizations isolate the devices to avoid data being breached, this can detract from regular business processes.

Alex Natividad, founder and CEO, NimbusID, makes the point that while many people believe weak passwords are the root of the problem, he says access credentials in general have become too static. He explains how cognitive authentication can be designed with a contextual and personal interpretation to make security more dynamic and harder to penetrate.

Morgan Wright, cybersecurity/cyberterrorism analyst and strategist and Senior Fellow, The Center for Digital Government, explains the difficulty behind catching cybercriminals as they exist in the digital world and out of a specific jurisdiction. On a global level, he explains that historical relations may indicate how cyber-attacks will happen in the future and says government must be working with security companies to improve encryption and private networks to keep infrastructure safe.

Peggy Smedley addresses why data breaches are costing the United States more than anywhere else in the world. She examines how industries like finance, healthcare, construction, and manufacturing are set to experience breaches by cybercriminals and says they must not turn a blind eye when finding a better way to be prepared.

Scott Schober, president and CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., talks about how a host of security risks are inherent to the IoT and urges consumers to think twice when connecting devices to the Internet. He discusses furthering the education of previous cyberattacks so consumers and businesses can create a smarter plan designed through the eyes of a hacker to better spot strengths and weaknesses.

Scott Schober, president and CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., looks at how hackers keep advancing the impact of ransomware attacks, anticipating threats that go beyond personal and financial information to create dangerous situations with healthcare and transportation data. He talks about how many people have cyber complacency as they are relying too much on their current plans to keep them safe from breaches in IoT.

Bob Carver, CISM, CISSP, Verizon, explains the current perceptions of IoT security reflects the views expressed about identity theft made a decade ago. When it comes to businesses and consumers, he talks about how many people shrug off smaller security threats, unknowing that it can come back to cause damage on a much larger scale.

Peggy Smedley reiterates that the IoT is relatively untested, and no business big and small is immune to a cyberattack. She details a current experiment that tested how cybercriminals penetrated a company's security system and discusses how companies are not taking the proper steps to keep data safe, whether lacking a budget or poor handling of usernames and passwords.

Darin Andersen, chair/founder, CyberTECH, says although many companies are struggling with security in the IoT, many people are approaching data with a resiliency mindset to keep threats out or controlled. He discusses differing global views of privacy and urges people to stand up and take cybersecurity in their own hands, as opposed to relying on a company or organization to keep them safe.

Shaun Murphy, CEO, sndr.com, says how cheap it is for cybercriminals to send out fake messages to a wide group of people or leverage malware or ransomware to target specific businesses directly. He advises people not to click on unfamiliar links and keep a look out for spelling mistakes or information they have not requested from governments or banks.

Peggy Smedley looks at how companies are building up stronger barriers to keep cybercriminals out. She discusses how the need for effective security doesn't just stem from an advanced solution or system, but from competent workers as well.

Lisa Tuttle, chief information security officer, SPX Corp., talks about how IoT is moving across the line between manufacturing and security, especially with embedded controllers that can detect when parts are ready to fail. She explains how building security solutions by design must become a larger component when establishing effective security standards for consumers, businesses, and manufacturers.

Sam De Brouwer, co-founder, doc.ai and Scanadu, says while innovation in personalized healthcare is moving steadily, it is not moving fast enough. She explains how new breakthroughs in sensors and artificial intelligence are allowing developers to integrate language to create a more immediate, and interactive experience when accessing patient data.

Mayumi Hiramatsu, SVP cloud operations, Infor, discusses her work in the cloud preparing automated data-center operations to extend toward mobile devices. She reiterates the importance of bringing people and technology together to solve problems and support one another.

Hannah Kain, president and CEO, ALOM, explains how a position in Silicon Valley has enabled supply-chain management to be at the forefront of innovation. She recalls how the manufacturing industry has gone from floppy disks to integrated platforms and sensors that allow for better tracking and customization of products.

Danielle George, professor of radio frequency engineering, University of Manchester, talks transitioning her work in wireless tech for U.K. space stations to helping farmers gain a better understanding of crops and weeds before they begin to grow. She anticipates that along with agriculture and aerospace, wireless sensors pose major potential to detect early signs of cancer and other life-threatening conditions.

Alexis Abramson, Milton and Tamar Maltz professor in energy innovation, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Case Western Reserve University, explains the current static relationship that exists in the way energy is delivered and used, resulting in a passive stance on the consumer side. She predicts that with the help of more dynamic electrical systems in infrastructure and IoT, users will become more active participants in saving energy.

Gina Altieri, senior vice president of corporate services and chief of strategy integration, Nemours Children's Health System, details her path toward a career in healthcare technology and her work to create an efficient warehouse that allows clinicians to access patient data no matter which facility they visit. She addresses concerns securing patient information along with catering medical records toward millennials and new parents.

Vanitha Kumar, vice president, Qualcomm, talks overcoming challenges in untouched technology that connects mobile devices to base stations through the use of 3G, 4G, and 5G. She looks back at the beginning of #LTE and discusses how the evolution of person-to-person tech will soon allow consumers to communicate and receive data with everything around them.

Sara Gardner, IoT VP and CTO, Hitachi Insight Group, discusses the balance of approaching IoT platforms in the eyes of both the consumer as well as the developer. She dives into her work across the pond, reinventing the way trains are delivered to citizens across Europe as well as leveraging analytics to improve predictive maintenance for a range of industrial assets.

Leigh Ann Ryals, co-founder & COO, Able Device, details her experiences as a co-founder of a major player in the IoT (Internet of Things). She talks about her work to put business networks on a more open environment, as well developing new use cases that adhere to better security standards.

Kathleen Mitford, EVP, product and market strategy, PTC, explains how women are displaying unique skills that can make a difference in the IoT and technology. She talks about the importance of mentors and supportive organizations that help women expand their abilities in STEM to look at the big picture and make change happen.

Nadine Cino, CEO & co-inventor, Tyga-Box Systems, talks about her approach to new business opportunities by analyzing the commercial benefits and how will it help the environment in some way. She discusses how her work in the container and RFID (radio-frequency identification) tracking industry has allowed her to bring more value to customers while eliminating disposable waste.