How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet of Things

In this wired.com article, Red Hat's James Kirkland explains how you can ease your mind, too. (Hint: Think data and security.)

The information lifecycle for the Internet of Things

Turning data it into actionable information is at the heart of getting business value from the Internet of Things. Read this Gigaom post to discover how to transform data into information, intelligence, and knowledge.

A new architecture for the Internet of Things: Rethinking your IT framework

Revolutionize your architecture and create an integrated, interoperable, reliable system of thousands of devices. Watch the on-demand webinar to learn how.

What happens when 17,000 sensors, 10 official buildings, 50 residential environments, 20 transformer stations, and 72 electrical power stations need smart infrastructure? Red Hat intelligent systems worked with IBM to make Malaga, Spain a Smart City and the host of Europe's largest eco-efficient city initiative. Read how.

Following up on its 2012 survey, Forrester Research looks at how the IoT is impacting business. 80% of those surveyed agreed that IoT solutions are the most strategic technology initiative to come along in a decade. What other opinions did they share?





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Ray Ploski
Director of Developer Programs and Strategy
Red Hat

With the Internet of Things comes a huge opportunity for change and innovation within industries new and old. Creative minds are brewing up the latest ideas for up-ending traditional business models and designing new ways of going to market.

Behind the scenes are the developers who are making it all happen. I'm excited to be involved with the developer communities that are building the Internet of Things. Red Hat has several programs that may be of interest. I invite you to join the Red Hat® JBoss® Developer Program where you'll have access to the tools, content, and resources to get productive with Red Hat JBoss Middleware, which drives the all-important information life cycle for the Internet of Things. I'm also pleased to announce the second annual DevNation open source conference to be held in Boston, June 21-25. Choose from hackerfests, technical sessions, expert panels, and labs while also enjoying the co-located Red Hat Summit and its keynotes, general sessions, and evening programs. I look forward to seeing you there.

Best Regards,
Ray

James Kirkland is Red Hat's chief architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems and talks to a lot of customers about making their IoT initiatives work. Have a question for James? He's ready to answer it at iotquestions@redhat.com.

Don't forget, if we answer your question in a future issue, we'll send you a $20 Starbucks card.

Securing and managing all IoT devices, and extracting value from the data they produce, is the focus of Symantec, a strategic partner for Red Hat. Today's estimated 9 billion connected devices are becoming more intelligent—and more secure—with Symantec's help. Learn more.