Author: Peggy Smedley
Peggy and Yanick Pouffary, chief technologist for IoT and edge services, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about the challenges facing today’s companies, discussing this new world that is putting employees at the center of transformation. They also discuss: Five distinct capabilities for returning to work. A day in the life of an employee who is guided through a city. The importance of augmentation, remote operation, and flexible automation. hpe.com (11.17.20 – #695) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast
Peggy and Bryan Selzer, CEO and founder, LEFTA Systems, talk about how data used to be collected in law enforcement and how it is improving this system. He says whether you have software or paper, you do have the data. They also discuss: If technology can help distinguish between good cops and bad cops. How business intelligence can help in law enforcement. If data is the answer in law enforcement today. leftasystems.org (11.17.20 – #695) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast
Peggy looks to the future and into our factories. She shares what Industry 4.0 is, the biggest trends in manufacturing today, and what is spurring the next great revolution in this industry in the future. She also discusses: Examples of how companies are seeing real success in manufacturing today. How our supply chains are like a symphony. Four shifts in manufacturing and the supply chain today. peggysmedleyshow.com (11.10.20 – #694) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast
Peggy and Neal Meldrum, global business strategy manager in the manufacturing and resources group, Microsoft, talk about the need for a strong supply chain in manufacturing. They discuss how manufacturers have made investments in a digital strategy and have seen success. They also discuss: How leveraging a digital strategy can help capture domain knowledge and operationalize it and how leveraging a mobile first strategy empowers workers. How to build a resourceful and targeted approach toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How AI-led integrated business planning and demand forecasting scenarios drives significantly higher levels of supply chain efficiency. microsoft.com (11.10.20 – #694)…
Peggy and Olof Liberg, 5G standardization program manager at the department of standards and technologies, Ericsson Sweden, talk about what triggered him and his coauthors to write first and second edition of Cellular Internet of Things. They also discuss: When looking at cellular IoT, there are two main tracts: massive IoT and critical IoT. Some of the most interesting use cases today. If use cases around the world are similar for massive IoT and critical IoT. Cellular Internet of Things http://www.ericsson.com (11.10.20 – #694) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain,…
Peggy gives her thoughts on the impact COVID-19 has—and will continue to have—on the supply chain and manufacturing. She gives an example of how some funding is going to be used to spur U.S. manufacturing in the future. She also discusses: A recap on what manufacturers were facing before the pandemic including how ecosystems, business models, and customer expectations were changing. The impact the labor shortage, the advent of new technologies, and COVID-19 are having on manufacturing. If we have made any real progress in the last seven-plus months toward greater digitization. peggysmedleyshow.com (11.03.20 – #693) IoT, Internet of Things,…
The distracted driving numbers continue to rise. Peggy and Phil Renaud, executive director, The Risk Institute and Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, senior research associate, Dept. Of Psychology, Ohio State University, talk about the increase in traffic fatalities and what it is doing in response. They also discuss: Four pillars it will focus on in 2021: encourage employers to adopt policies; encourage teachers to dedicate time to distracted driving; educate the public on the dangers; and in Ohio modernize the law. If parents are ill-equipped to teach driving skills to children today. How research and simulators can work with students to make them…
Peggy and David Strayer, University of Utah, discuss how people come into driving with a false premise that they are good multitaskers. They discuss why we are conditioned to answer our phone when it rings or pings. They also discuss: How much of the world’s population are in fact good multitaskers and where to go to take a test to see if you are a super tasker. How we started introducing technology in the automobiles in the 1930s and how it has kept morphing. Autonomous technology and the impact it will have on the distracted driving dilemma. psych.utah.edu (11.03.20 -…
Peggy and Simon Leech, senior advisor, security and risk management, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about cloud growth rates and reaching a plateau, the cloud experience, and security concerns and other risks. She also discusses: How the public cloud is secure by default and how to understand the risk with the public cloud. Current industry trends such as the hybrid cloud environment, how the enterprise perimeter is starting to dissolve, and Zero Trust architecture. How to build a cloud strategy and how to build a cloud security strategy by understanding what the business is trying to achieve by moving to cloud.…
Peggy and Lisa Robinson, senior program manager, Employer Traffic Safety Programs, National Safety Council, talk about the hard numbers related to distracted driving—and how there was some decline in distracted driving, but that pattern isn’t continuing. They also discuss: How to reduce workplace distractions and how employers should incorporate a distraction-free policy. Why 76% of drivers are very willing to wear a mask in public, but just 62% are very willing to obey state law preventing cellphone use. The influx of technology in the car—and the benefits of it—but who’s responsibility it ultimately is to drive the vehicle. nsc.org/justdrive (10.27.20…