In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Fabrizio Del Maffeo, co-founder and CEO of Axelera AI, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss edge AI. The conversation covers the importance and benefits of edge AI, such as reduced latency, real-time decision-making, and enhanced privacy, optimizing algorithms and hardware design for edge devices, the potential of AI in various industries, the role of cloud computing, retrofitting existing solutions with AI, and the impact of generative AI.

Fabrizio Del Maffeo is co-founder and CEO of Axelera AI, a Netherlands-based startup building scalable hardware for AI at the edge. Fabrizio leads a world-class executive team, board of directors, and advisors from top AI Fortune 500 companies. Previously, Fabrizio was Vice President and Managing Director of AAEON Technology Europe, the AI and IoT computing company within the ASUS Group. Fabrizio graduated with a Master’s degree in telecommunication engineering from Milan Politecnico University.

Axelera AI is on a mission to provide rapid access to advanced Edge AI-native hardware and software solutions for companies of all sizes across a range of market verticals and place AI in the hands of those who could not otherwise afford it. They do this by delivering faster, more efficient, and easy-to-use inference acceleration while minimizing power and cost. To do this, their platform is purpose-built to support AI strategies across a wide-range of industries while seamlessly integrating with existing technologies.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:10) Fabrizio Del Maffeo and Axelera AI

(01:20) What is edge AI?

(02:30) Benefits and challenges of edge computing

(05:17) Privacy and compliance in edge AI

(06:26) Future of edge computing and AI

(08:18) Retrofitting existing edge devices with AI

(11:02) Role of cloud computing

(12:26) Impact of generative AI

(15:24) Industry insights from recent events

(17:11) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Chris Desnoyers, Director of Business Development for IoT at Amotus, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the build vs. buy dilemma in IoT. The conversation covers the importance of partnerships in IoT with real-world examples and cautionary tales, future trends in IoT, security and data management, advice for companies grappling with the build vs. buy decision, and how IoT was used to help solve a murder case.

Chris Desnoyers is an IoT expert and sales leader with over 30 years of experience in technology, including 10+ years specializing in IoT and telematics solutions. With a strong technical background and solid business development skills, he excels at steering and adapting commercial strategies to stay ahead of market changes, meet customer needs, and navigate the competitive landscape, all while keeping the core business strategy in focus. He is also effective at communicating with everyone from executives to technical teams and all the stakeholders in between.

Amotus is a trusted design house specializing in electronic design and software development for IoT, smart cities, and Industry 4.0 applications. With 18 years of experience and 500+ successful projects across medical, energy, aerospace, transportation, and industrial sectors, they deliver cutting-edge solutions tailored to clients' needs.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:09) Chris Desnoyers and Amotus

(01:03) Leadership and innovation insights

(02:28) The importance of partnerships in IoT

(07:34) Building vs. buying IoT

(11:34) Examples, challenges, and use cases

(17:54) How IoT solved a murder case

(21:49) Future trends in IoT

(26:44) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss time series data in IoT. The conversation covers the challenges of managing time series data, architecture and design considerations for handling time series data, optimizing data ingestion, organization, and querying, the integration of time series data with machine learning models, and the growing role of sensors and data in creating intelligent, autonomous systems.

Evan Kaplan is a passionate entrepreneur and technology leader with nearly 25 years of experience in the CEO role. Evan’s career spans from creating startups in his own garage to leading NASDAQ-listed companies generating nearly $200M in annual revenue. Prior to InfluxData, Evan served as Executive in Residence at Trinity Ventures, President and CEO at iPass Corporation (the leader in global Wi-Fi connectivity), and Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Aventail Corporation (the pioneer of SSLVPNs, now part of the Dell Corporation).

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform used to collect, store, and analyze all time series data at any scale. Developers can query and analyze their time-stamped data in real-time to discover, interpret, and share new insights to gain a competitive edge. InfluxData is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:09) Evan Kaplan and InfluxData

(00:47) What is time series data?

(03:57) Managing time series data and challenges

(09:15) What IoT applications use time series data?

(12:04) Trends in data management

(13:28) Future outlook on sensors and data

(15:28) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Matt Hatton, Founding Partner at Transforma Insights, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss IoT trends and predictions for 2025. The conversation covers the integration of AI into IoT, the role and future of AIoT, eSIM orchestration, monetizing 5G for IoT, the viability of public LPWAN, the evolving landscape of satellite IoT, the impact of regulatory changes, vertical IoT solutions, and optimizing sales strategies.

10 IoT Predictions for 2025: https://www.rcrwireless.com/20241211/fundamentals/iot-transforma-2025

Matt Hatton is a Founding Partner at Transforma Insights. He is a well-respected commentator and technology industry expert with 25 years of experience at the cutting edge of technology research and consulting. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of Machina Research, which was acquired by Gartner in 2016. Prior to Machina Research, Matt was a technology industry analyst, working at firms such as Analysys Mason and Yankee Group. Matt holds an MSc in Telecoms from University College London.

Transforma Insights is a leading research firm focused on the world of IoT, AI, and Digital Transformation. Led by seasoned technology industry analysts, they provide advice, recommendations, and decision support tools for organizations seeking to understand how new technologies will change the markets in which they operate.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:12) Matt Hatton and Transforma Insights

(00:54) IoT trends and predictions

(03:06) Integration of AI into IoT

(13:51) Connectivity: eSIM, LPWAN, 5G, and satellite IoT

(30:44) Regulations and geopolitics in IoT

(34:15) Verticalization in IoT

(38:12) Optimizing sales

(40:50) Additional topics

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Chris Ricciuti, Founder and CEO of Noteworthy AI, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss how computer vision and AIoT are helping utilities ensure grid reliability, resiliency, and safety. The conversation covers the evolution of computer vision, the challenges faced by utilities, such as aging infrastructure, extreme weather events, and increased demand from electric vehicles and data centers, real-world examples of how computer vision improves grid management, and advice for organizations on adopting AIoT.

Chris Ricciuti is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and executive with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of software solutions and industry applications. As the Founder & CEO of Noteworthy AI, Chris leads a groundbreaking company that helps electric utilities enhance the reliability, resiliency, and safety of the electric grid using fleet vehicle-mounted cameras, edge computing, and computer vision.

Noteworthy AI provides fleet vehicle-mounted smart cameras and AI that help utilities improve the reliability, resiliency, and safety of the electric distribution grid at scale while reducing O&M costs. By operating autonomously during routine vehicle operations, their technology can increase situational awareness and realize cost savings and efficiencies across various use cases, including geolocation and asset inventory, asset inspection, vegetation management, joint use/attachment compliance, and lighting audits.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:16) Chris Ricciuti and Noteworthy AI

(01:20) Evolution of computer vision

(04:25) Challenges utility companies face

(09:05) Training computer vision models

(11:28) Real examples of computer vision

(14:07) Accelerating extreme weather response times

(17:46) Why utility companies need to adopt AIoT

(19:11) Future of computer vision and AIoT

(20:11) Advice for adopting computer vision and AIoT

(21:30) Learn more and follow up

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On this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Dominik Obermaier, Co-Founder and CTO of HiveMQ, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss unified namespace (UNS). The conversation covers how UNS eases new data architecture adoption, how UNS is changing how enterprises think about data, what makes UNS different from other data architectures, IT/OT convergence, MQTT, trends in industrial data management, advice for transitioning to unified namespace, and unified namespace use cases.

Dominik Obermaier is the Co-Founder and CTO of HiveMQ. He is a member of the OASIS Technical Committee and is part of the standardization committee for MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5. He is the co-author of the book "The Technical Foundations of IoT" and a frequent speaker on IoT, MQTT, and messaging.

HiveMQ empowers businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform. Designed to connect, communicate, and control IoT data under real-world stress, the HiveMQ MQTT Platform is the proven enterprise standard and powers use cases in automotive, energy, logistics, smart manufacturing, transportation, and more. Leading brands like Audi, BMW, Liberty Global, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, and ZF choose HiveMQ to build smarter IoT projects, modernize factories, and create better customer experiences.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:12) Dominik Obermaier and HiveMQ

(00:54) What is unified namespace?

(04:46) How does UNS ease new data architecture adoption?

(07:20) How is UNS changing how enterprises think about data?

(10:00) What makes UNS different and IT/OT convergence

(12:50) What to look for in an MQTT platform when using UNS

(15:21) Trends in industrial data management

(17:08) Advice for transitioning to unified namespace

(18:28) Unified namespace use cases

(20:15) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Frédéric Desbiens, IoT and Edge Computing Program Manager at The Eclipse Foundation, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the latest findings from the 2024 IoT & Embedded Developer Survey Report. The conversation covers the sectors leading the IoT space, such as industrial automation and automotive, trends in sustainability, security, and safety-critical systems, the growing importance of open source, UX design in IoT, industrial IoT protocols and MQTT, and changes in safety certifications.

2024 IoT & Embedded Developer Survey Report: https://outreach.eclipse.foundation/iot-embedded-developer-survey-2024

Frédéric Desbiens is the IoT and Edge Computing Program Manager at The Eclipse Foundation. His job is to help the community innovate by bringing devices and software together. He pairs his domain knowledge, skills, and experience in open source, IoT, and cloud platforms with social engagement to grow Foundation awareness and commercial adoption. He has held positions at Pivotal Software (contributing to the Cloud Foundry open source BOSH project), Cisco, and Oracle.

The Eclipse Foundation provides a global community of individuals and organizations with a business-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. They host the Eclipse IDE, Adoptium, Software Defined Vehicle, Jakarta EE, and over 420 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, specifications, and frameworks for cloud and embedded applications, IoT, AI, automotive, systems engineering, open processor designs, and many others. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, The Eclipse Foundation is an international non-profit association supported by over 385 members.

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(00:00) Sponsor

(00:34) Intro

(00:48) Frédéric Desbiens and The Eclipse Foundation

(01:32) 2024 IoT & Embedded Developer Survey Report

(03:09) Leading sectors in IoT and use cases

(06:57) The shift to IoT solutions

(08:10) Security priorities in IoT

(12:08) Safety-critical systems and certifications

(16:32) UX and UI design in IoT

(19:24) Industrial IoT protocols and MQTT

(21:32) The importance of open source

(24:19) Developer demographics and insights

(26:48) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Paul Savill, Global Practice Leader for Network and Edge Computing at Kyndryl, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss taking IoT security seriously. The conversation also covers the IT/OT divide, the challenges of IoT adoption, the security vulnerabilities of legacy infrastructure, the importance of strict security policies and training, the impact of new regulations, when it makes sense to have an in-house security team, strategies for businesses to enhance their security posture, and advice for companies on staying up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity threats.

Kyndryl Readiness Report: https://www.kyndryl.com/us/en/about-us/news/readiness-report

Paul Savill is the Global Practice Leader for Network and Edge Computing at Kyndryl. He came to Kyndryl from Lumen Technologies, where he was Senior Vice President of Product Management and Services. He has deep expertise across a range of network and edge domains, including edge/cloud, cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, optical networking, content delivery services, and IT services.

Kyndryl is the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, serving thousands of enterprise customers in more than 60 countries. The company designs, builds, manages, and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that the world depends on every day.

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(00:00) Sponsor

(00:34) Intro

(00:44) Paul Savill and Kyndryl

(03:44) Biggest challenges in IoT adoption

(07:02) How has the IT/OT divide created security threats

(08:37) Security threats of outdated hardware

(10:39) How to secure your organization

(13:40) How to know how secure you are

(15:55) Staying up-to-date on security threats

(17:39) When should security be brought in-house?

(19:22) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Nick Earle, CEO of Eseye, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the state of IoT adoption and challenges facing the industry. The conversation covers Eseye's 2024 State of IoT Adoption Report, emerging IoT use cases, IoT device firmware, SGP.32, Amazon's ambitious 'Amazon Key' project, IoT initiatives in Africa, and predictions for IoT in 2025.

2024 State of IoT Adoption Report: https://www.iotforall.com/white-paper/eseye-2024-state-of-iot-adoption-report

Nick Earle is the CEO of Eseye where he spearheads Eseye’s strategy. He firmly believes in connectivity that ‘just works.' He’s a visionary business leader with a distinguished career in technology spanning more than 30 years, oscillating between start-ups and global technology corporations.

Previously, Nick led organizations and cross-company transformation programs for two $50B global corporations; Cisco where he ran the Cloud and Managed Services business as well as their Worldwide Field Services function, and Hewlett Packard where he ran the global Enterprise Marketing function and the internet transformation strategy.

As a world leader in IoT connectivity solutions, Eseye helps customers to realize lasting value from global IoT projects. They bring the deep device expertise needed to integrate, manage, and optimize IoT connectivity for estates of any scale or complexity, seamlessly connecting devices across 190 countries and more than 700 networks. All with near-100% uptime.

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(00:00) Qoitech

(00:35) Intro

(00:49) Nick Earle and Eseye

(01:16) The state of IoT adoption

(05:12) Challenges in IoT connectivity

(09:39) What makes connectivity a challenge?

(14:30) Device firmware and security

(18:02) Predictions for IoT in 2025

(22:57) SGP.32 standard

(27:32) Emerging IoT use cases

(33:52) Learn more and follow up

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In this episode of IoT For All Podcast, Jason Dietrich, Chief Revenue Officer at KORE, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the IoT ecosystem and IoT for good. The conversation covers the evolution and future of the IoT ecosystem, the importance of standardized connectivity and managed services, the challenge of fragmentation, choosing the right connectivity partner, the economic viability of IoT solutions, monetizing IoT services, and sustaining business growth while providing social and environmental benefits.

Jason Dietrich serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at KORE. He brings over 25 years of experience driving high growth software and hardware companies in the manufacturing and IoT space. At KORE, Jason leads the global sales and marketing functions with the goal of capturing the tremendous opportunity that exists in the rapidly growing market for IoT and connectivity use cases. Jason holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a MBA from Lehigh University.

KORE is a pioneer, leader, and trusted advisor delivering mission critical IoT solutions and services. They empower organizations of all sizes to improve operational and business results by simplifying the complexity of IoT. Their deep IoT knowledge and experience, global reach, purpose-built solutions, and deployment agility accelerate and materially impact their customers’ business outcomes.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:15) Jason Dietrich and KORE

(02:17) Evolution of the IoT ecosystem

(05:13) The challenge of fragmentation

(09:53) Choosing the right connectivity partner

(13:01) Future of the IoT ecosystem

(14:16) Economic viability of IoT solutions

(17:41) Monetizing IoT services

(19:03) IoT for Good initiatives

(23:33) KORE's future and strategic focus

(24:52) Learn more and follow up

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