this is the challenge we faced when we looked to refresh our existing 10--year--old custom hardware stack to measure the fullness of trash cans and compactors.aug. 30, 2016 02:30 am edt reads: 1,871[slides] the internet of everythingby liz mcmillanthe emerging internet of everything creates tremendous new opportunities for customer engagement and business model innovation. however, enterprises must overcome a number of critical challenges to bring these new solutions to market. in his session at @thingsexpo, michael martin, cto/cio at nfrastructure, outlined these key challenges and recommended approaches for overcoming them to achieve speed and agility in the design, development and implementation of internet of everything solutions wi...aug. 30, 2016 02:00 am edt reads: 2,253big data expo sponsorship opportunitiesby elizabeth whitecloud computing is being adopted in one form or another by 94% of enterprises today. tens of billions of new devices are being connected to the internet of things. and big data is driving this bus. an exponential increase is expected in the amount of information being processed, managed, analyzed, and acted upon by enterprise it. this amazing is not part of some distant future -- it is happening today. one report shows a 650% increase in enterprise data by 2020. other estimates are even higher....aug. 30, 2016 01:30 am edt reads: 3,061[session] monitoring with artificial intelligenceby elizabeth whitetoday we can collect lots and lots of performance data. we build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. the more business becomes digital the more stakeholders are interested in this data including how it relates to business. some of these people have never used a monitoring tool before. they have a question on their mind like “how is my application doing” but no id...aug. 30, 2016 01:00 am edt reads: 1,952[session] uberizing smart citiesby liz mcmillansmart cities are here to stay, but for their promise to be delivered, the data they produce must not be put in new siloes. in his session at @thingsexpo, mathias herberts, co--founder and cto of cityzen data, will deep dive into best practices that will ensure a successful smart city journey. aug. 30, 2016 12:00 am edt reads: 1,688sponsorship opportunities at @devopssummitby pat romanskidevops at cloud expo, taking place nov 1--3, 2016, at the santa clara convention center in santa clara, ca, is co--located with 19th cloud expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.