WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation

WHY IT MATTERS: this report from gartner review the top 12 buzzword you need to master for your geek xmas cocktail conversations ;-) As often with these, they are very generic and could end up being very difficult to implement. Nevertheless they point in the right direction, globally.

WHY IT MATTERS: every device being connected to the internet brings with it the possibility of remote monitoring. Here, doorbells equipped with cameras can detect who's at the door and determine who is trick or tricking at Halloween. But it can also detect burglaries, car crashes and other common neighbourhood events. Should we be concerned or feel more secured?

In the context of businesses, this can be extended to employee surveillance and possibly spying. Fun times ahead as the number of connected IOT devices is set to explode x10 in coming years.

WHY IT MATTERS: the security industry will be transformed with digital technologies, sensors, big data, drones, AI and other disruptive technologies. Start the video around 1:20:00 in the section #3

WHY IT MATTERS: Big data and Internet of things - where every device in the world is connected - has huge potential. At the same time, this enhanced traceability has downsides for privacy and security, as evidenced by this article from The Guardian. Other similar examples in the past have highlighted the possible issues: robbers get caught by police when the photos they post of their robbery includes their GPS location, or face identification cameras in China let government track individuals as they walk the street. We will have to find a solution for this in the future.

Other articles I wrote about the strava Big Data visualization are here:

2017 dataset: http://fmcs.digital/blog/where-people-go-to-play-strava-global-heatmap-aggregates-1b-activities-and-13t-data-points-to-show-where-people-run-bike-in-the-world-bigdata-maps/ 

2015 dataset: http://fmcs.digital/blog/strava-170m-ridesruns-heatmap-shows-most-popular-bike-run-trails-of-2015-with-bigdata-gps-crowdsourcing/ 

Just follow the link to the 2012 report and find out what it means to cross reference different digital databases.

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Our lives are digital and we leave digital exhaust behind us everywhere we go. This paper shows what the US government uses to put together a composite picture of your digital twin. For now, they plan to use this for border crossing but in the future - 10 or 20 years down the road - what will this info be used for? Also, knowing that military and very advanced technology always makes it into the corporate world, how will this be used by corporations? 

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Every industry is being transformed by digital, even those that were not so long ago considered off limit. Great example, the police force, which have systems that date from another era, can now benefit from cheap communication, cloud services, big data and analytics services to deliver mobile police insight and tools using everyday mobile phones and tablets.