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April 6, 2017
April 6, 2017
The eighth in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 7: IoT in 2017…will force connected products manufacturers to justify the cost of connectivity to their purchasers and themselves through new IoT business models. With the arrival of multiple low cost MCUs with onboard Wi-Fi, we are seeing more and more products with built-in connectivity. But the true cost of connecting and operating ‘always on’ connected products—while invisible—is not free. To drive this point home, think about who is called in the middle of the night when a number of products go offline? Or whose job […]
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April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017
The seventh in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 7: IoT in 2017…will show a huge increase in connected products being purchased through trusted service providers, as these vertical players vie to take the lead in smart home ecosystems. The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) nature of smart home product installations, compounded by the incompatible nature of many connected products and their ecosystems, has been the key factor in preventing mass adoption of smart home products to date. So who will ‘regular’ (i.e. non-techie) people trust to help get connected home products installed and ensure they all work […]
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March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
The sixth in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 6: IoT in 2017…will negatively impact brick & mortar retailers through direct OEM-to-consumer marketing and re-ordering. This will pressure stores to effectively demonstrate new connected product shopping experiences…or die. More than half of retailers worldwide with above-average sales growth that were surveyed in 2015 believed the Internet of Things was poised to dramatically change the way companies do business within the next three years. We are now in 2017 and their predictions are being borne out with significant movement in, and impact of, IoT on retail. But […]
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March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
Ever find it difficult to obtain a handy synopsis of a company’s offering in one collated piece? Do you ever find a need to pass along information you’ve found online to colleagues but don’t want to just send a webpage link? We have now compiled information about Arrayent IoT Cloud Services into one handy eBrochure which is available for immediate download here. The eBrochure outlines… — The three Arrayent IoT Cloud Services: 1) Connect Cloud™ 2) Insight™ 3) EcoAdaptor™ — The benefits and major features of each — Analysts of IoT and Arrayent benefits — Company contact information If you feel your company could benefit […]
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March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
How can companies that have achieved world-class consumer products brands transform to be just as adept at developing and operating a network of connected products that are always-on? At CES 2017, Arrayent began publicly sharing its proven, but previously undisclosed ‘secret sauce’ and how it has has helped major corporations succeed with their IoT programs. That secret sauce is called the Arrayent A4™ Program – Four Steps to IoT Business Transformation. The A4 Program has now been summarized in an eBook that is available for immediate online download here. The eBook outlines the A4 Program framework of best practices and guiding […]
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March 21, 2017
March 21, 2017
The fifth in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 5: IoT in 2017…will show brand manufacturers placing CIOs into prominent product oversight roles because of the focus on IoT data. Data is the key to deriving business intelligence value that will ultimately enhance product experiences and create new services to benefit consumers and expand business opportunities. Currently less than a third of companies are actually analyzing data gathered to create actionable insights, according to Forrester Research. But this is changing and most indicators point to the CIO as the business leader being tapped to lead the […]
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March 17, 2017
March 17, 2017
The fourth in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 4: IoT in 2017…will demonstrate the IoT industry is upping their collective game with security becoming of paramount importance. Headline-making incidents like the botnet that took over unsecured webcams and DVRs to generate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks last fall tripped an industry-wide alarm about security. Quite simply: every device—no matter how banal—increases privacy and security concerns when connected through the Internet. And even though FDR counseled we have nothing to fear but fear itself, fear itself won’t secure these devices. IOT SECURITY IS A PHILOSOPHY Lack of […]
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March 15, 2017
March 15, 2017
We are delighted today to announce support for the new low-power, low-cost Texas Instruments SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3220 wireless microcontroller (MCU). The new addition to TI’s CC3x20 family for customers developing Internet of Things (IoT) applications was announced today in conjunction with the Embedded World exhibition and conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The new microcontroller is built on a novel architecture that supports firmware and secure cloud communications on a single chip. It also includes embedded security features—such as secure storage, cloning protection, secure boot and networking security—to help protect IoT devices from intellectual property and data theft and other risks. Like the […]
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March 14, 2017
March 14, 2017
The third in a series taking a closer look at Arrayent’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017. No. 3: IoT in 2017…will show that consumers are looking for interoperability with other connected products before they purchase a new ‘smart’ home product—and not under the umbrella of any industry standard. Business Intelligence, the research arm of Business Insider, recently reported: “The largest barrier (to smart home product adoption) is technological fragmentation within the connected home ecosystem. Currently, there are many networks, standards, and devices being used to connect the smart home, creating interoperability problems and making it confusing for the consumer to set up and control […]
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March 8, 2017
March 8, 2017
Developers were Challenged to #HacktheScent at the #FebrezeHome Hackathon. They Designed Innovative Experiences and Took Home over $10,000 in Prizes. FIRST-EVER HACKATHON FOR CONNECTED AIR FRESHENERS Twenty-four stellar teams, composed of over 100 developers, entrepreneurs, designers and students competed in this past weekend’s first ever Febreze Home Hackathon, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The ‘hackers’ ranged in experience from Silicon Valley veteran developers to middle and high school students. Most of the participants had never met before and coalesced into teams after the hackathon began Saturday morning. P&G’s first-ever hackathon was co-sponsored by Arrayent, Google, Nest, Amazon Alexa, and Xerox […]
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