IoT Field Notes: Whose Cloud is it Anyway? (part 1)
Who should take the leadership and ownership role for defining your "ecosystem of data"? This simple story illustrates the challenge for complex value chains.
Nope - not a typo! When I speak to groups about Smart Connected Products, I specifically call out the use of the term from Porter's HBR articles in 2015. We are talking about adding information as a new and differentiating product feature, adding data about how those products are operating as new, value adding services for our customers. We are specifically not talking about using sensors and smart devices to measure and monitor processes our own shop floor - the…