High Tech Veteran, IBM Cloud, Edge/IoT expert parent, musician, podcaster, eForum (MIT Enterprise Forum) Board member & Connected Things chair

Massachusetts, USA
Joined January 2009
Favorite new phrase: “recursive self-improvement”
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Word of the day: recursive
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From NY Times this morning; Many of us have spent the past couple of years getting used to the strangeness of humans adopting chatbots as conversational partners. But now, as more of us complete everyday task
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I’m headed to #CES2026 this year.
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IoT moving back to growth: "Global cellular IoT module shipments grew 23% year-over-year (YoY) in Q1 2025, the fifth consecutive quarter of growth as the market rebounds from a widespread inventory correction." according to new research from IoT Analytics
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The edge is big per Beecham: "$261B market by 2025 – expected to grow to $380B by 2028"
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New Year resolution #1. Never use the word “agentic.”
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I predict that the most overused word for next year will be “agentic.” It will hopefully displace “cyber.”
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Worldwide spending on edge computing is expected to be $232 billion in 2024, an increase of 15.4% over 2023, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC). #edge – at Weston, MA
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#connectedCar is still a big thing: the number of connected vehicles in service is forecast to reach 367 million globally in 2027, up from 192 million in 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research – at Weston, MA
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"The global IoT platform market is anticipated to surpass $23.7bn by 2030 reflecting a CAGR of 14.1%" #IoT is still a big thing. iotm2mcouncil.org/iot-librar…
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I expect to be at CES and MWC. – at Normandy Shores, FL
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