Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

How Self-Driving Trucks, Intelligent Highways Are Changing Transportation Logistics

February 21, 2017

No matter what products they make, how many they make, or how often they make them, all U.S. manufacturers share a common goal: They need to get their products to their customers, on time, and the familiar litany of trucks-trains-boats-and-planes (and sometimes, pipelines) remains the way that goods get moved. At least that's the case in early 2017. Within a year or two, maybe not so much.

Google's New Cloud Service Aims to Replace Traditional Databases

February 21, 2017

CIO

Google has turned a database service that it uses to run some of its mission-critical products into an offering for its public cloud customers.

Oracle Announces IoT Cloud Tools With Better Visibility and Predictive Analytics

February 17, 2017

Oracle

Oracle is expanding its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio with four new cloud solutions to help businesses with their digital supply chains, the software company says. These solutions enable businesses to detect, analyze, and respond to IoT signals and incorporate these insights into existing and rapidly evolving market capabilities.

Mobile banking based on blockchain and biometrics. Representative of Humaniq project Richard Kastelein will speak in Tallinn

February 16, 2017

Revolutionizing Supply Chain Planning

February 13, 2017

Russell Goodman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

DynaLogger Provides UHF RFID Temperature and Moisture Tracking

February 13, 2017

RFID Journal

Dynamox, a technology company in Florianopolis, Brazil, is marketing a new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-enabled data logger that serves as a low-cost option for tracking goods in a cold supply chain using RFID sensors.

Digitizing the supply chain: Why Pfizer is investing in IoT, drones and personalized medicine

February 10, 2017

Internet of Business spent five minutes with Mirko Senatore, director of the Network Solutions & Excellence Team EMEA (part of the Global Supply Chain organization) at Pfizer, to discuss digitizing the supply chain with IoT.

How Smaller Companies Can Conquer Big Data

February 10, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Big data is threatening to swamp small companies.

Blockchain will fundamentally transform exchange business – Funderbeam CEO Kaidi Ruusalepp

February 8, 2017

Hackers and Rivals in an IoT World

February 8, 2017

Industryweek

Many of the organizations that stand to benefit from IoT technology face something of a Catch-22: They can exert great caution in deploying connected technology, thereby minimizing their chances security breaches, but also slowing them down, putting them at a competitive disadvantage. On the other hand, companies that are cavalier in how they deploy IoT technologies increase their risk of getting hacked.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.