Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table
August 8, 2013 meeting
Present: Jim Sutter, Julie Hubbard, Sean Brown,
Jon Strittmater, Jennifer Cheng, Keith Golden, Jon Grunzweig, Jeff Crowell, Dave Phillips
We
welcomed Julie Hubbard (Edwards Lifesciences), Jon Strittmater (Mindspeed), and
Jennifer Cheng (Studio C Multimedia) to their first meeting. The following is a
list of topics and speakers through October:
8/08/13 Internet
of Things (IOT) Jim
Sutter, Peer Consulting
9/12/13 BYOD Jeff
Hecht, Word & Brown
10/10/13 Evolving
role of the CIO Keith
Golden, Econolite
Topic: Internet of Things
Jim Sutter defined IOT as a network of uniquely identifiable objects
in a Internet-like structure. It was born between 2008 – 09, and now there are
twice as many connected devices as there are humans on this planet, and this
will double by 2015. Lou Gerstner, CEO IBM, forecasted this in 1995. Check out the July 22 article in
InformationWeek. Check out Jim’s slides
7 & 8 for the most basic representation and list of enabling technologies. Jim’s slides are worth reviewing in
detail. You will find that the IOT will
be useful in many verticals such as security, transportation, health care,
utilities, manufacturing, supplies and facility management (slides 16/17). If you are worried about your yacht, use this
to monitor whilst you are away!
Microsoft has updated Windows OS for IOT. GE has expanded its use of IOT. There are many examples of the use of IOT
paying off.
We asked those present to share with us how they are using IOT. Julie said that Edwards is very much engaged in using IOT to track devices, to do machine visioning for surgical devices to understand root causes and improve response times. The iPad is the hand-tool of choice. Sean said that he has worked with global pharmaceutical companies who track all products at a more granular level than substance. Keith said that Econolite is experimenting with using it to control vehicles at intersections, in place of lights. It won’t be long before Google will drive the car! Jon sees lots of potential in buildings, but it won’t happen until it becomes code. Jeff worked for GE in the ‘80s when they were experimenting with lights out buildings for control purposes rather than monitoring. Jim closed the meeting with a reference to a home for cats in Colorado, equipping old Victorian houses to track all aspects of cat care!
Good presentation and discussion – thank you, Jim. Jim's slides are at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio .
