And for those who see the data-gathering potential, the prospects are salivation-inducing; a world where everything could sense its surroundings, gathering all kinds of data and then wirelessly delivering it to a central point for analysis.Oct. 30, 2014 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 681SmartThings: "Samsung Fully Supports Our Vision"By Roger StrukhoffSamsung promises to be one of the 800-pound gorillas of the IoT, if its success in recent years with Android devices and other consumer electronics is any guide. Showing its willingness to be a big IoT player, the company recently acquired SmartThings, a recent startup that's developed an open smarthome appliation that currently supports 1,000 devices and 8,000 apps. SmartThings will now work under the auspices of Samsung's Open Innovation Center (OIC). SmartThings Founder and CEO Alex Hawkinson said that Samsung “fully supports (our) vision” and that “we'll continue to run things as we always...Oct. 29, 2014 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,793The 'Internet of Things' to Mature in 2015By Greg NessThis is a follow-up blog that is part of a series of 2015 cloud predictions. The first one, entitled When the Walls Come Down, had the following as the central thesis: In 2015 the perceived costs of cloud migration for existing production apps will drop by more than 50%; it will trigger a massive (and […]Oct. 28, 2014 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,522How to Avoid the Big Data Black HoleBy Trevor ParsonsIt's hard to miss the world of opportunities that data collection and analysis have opened up. But how can you avoid having information overload?