Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Opinion: Aviation Industry May Be Vulnerable to Cyberattack Through Its Global Supply Chain

April 20, 2018

Brian Prentice and Paul Mee, Oliver Wyman, Forbes contributors

In March, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a troubling alert: Since the same month two years before, Russian state-sponsored hackers had been infiltrating the nation’s electricity grid and various infrastructure industries, including aviation, collecting information on how the networks were organized and what systems’ controls they had in place.

Bringing Blockchain to the Coffee Cup

April 20, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Do you take your coffee with cream, sugar or blockchain?

Worldwide IoT Security Spending Will Reach $1.5Bn This Year, Gartner Says

April 18, 2018

Gartner

Internet of things (IoT)-based attacks are already a reality. A recent CEB, now Gartner, survey found that nearly 20 percent of organizations observed at least one IoT-based attack in the past three years. To protect against those threats Gartner, Inc. forecasts that worldwide spending on IoT security will reach $1.5bn in 2018, a 28 percent increase from 2017 spending of $1.2bn.

Yes, These Chickens Are on the Blockchain

April 12, 2018

Bloomberg

Did the chicken you just buy at the supermarket have a nice life, roam free, and eat healthy grains? If you’re the kind of person who cares, Carrefour SA, the big France-based grocery chain, has the bird for you.

‘Cow Fitbits’ and Artificial Intelligence Are Coming to the Dairy Farm. But Some Farmers Aren’t Impressed.

April 11, 2018

The Washington Post

In the two months since Richard Watson strapped 200 remote-control-sized transmitters around his cows’ necks, an artificial-intelligence system named Ida has pinged his phone with helpful alerts: when his cows are chewing the cud, when they’re feeling sick, when they’re ready for insemination.

Proud of Your 90-Percent Operational Efficiency? What About Your End-to-End Supply Chain?

April 10, 2018

How Intelligent Business Networks Will Empower Tomorrow’s Autonomous Supply Chains

April 9, 2018

Meet the Market Leaders Setting Gold Standards for Supply Chain, Manufacturing IoT

April 6, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Every business that hopes to successfully compete beyond the grassroots level to reach the global, modern stage is being redefined by digital technologies.

Amazon Go and the Future of Sentient Buildings: An Analysis

April 4, 2018

Bill McBeath, chief research officer, ChainLink Research

You buy and pay for things by picking them up and walking out of this convenience store. That’s it. Thus, Amazon Go epitomizes the company’s obsession with removing friction from shopping.

Starbucks Is Testing Blockchain to Empower Coffee Farmers

March 28, 2018

Supply Management

Starbucks is piloting the use of data technology, including blockchain, to make its coffee supply chains more transparent.

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.