Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy and Laz Vekiarides, CTO and cofounder, ClearSky Data, discuss the growth of data, edge computing, and the need for storage technology. He says the speed of light is finite, and as a corollary, our patience as human beings is limited. Edge computing helps by positioning resources you can interact with that are nearby. They also discuss the need for security. http://www.clearskydata.com

In 2025, each connected person will have at least one data interaction every 18 seconds. Peggy shares that we are expecting a whole lot of data traffic and we need to answer the question: How are we going to keep up with all the storage demands? She summarizes what data centers look like today and what is next. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, talk about the vast amount of data that exists in agriculture and how services that are sold in the cloud are becoming the new normal. He says there are two points of concern when looking at transmission of data and that we have a whole new level of security that we need to talk about.

Peggy and Michael Ludden, futurist, speaker, product leader and developer platform expert, global head of developer advocacy, and principal augmented reality advocate, Bose, talk about how technology is a tool and how it impacts working trends. He says industries will be disrupted with technology, but historically working trends have always gotten better for humans, with new technology. He notes w...

Peggy explains why the data center market is growing. She says there is increasing demand from hyperscale cloud users and that hyperscale data centers are going up all over the world. Further, the growth of the data-center market is going to boost other industries such as construction.

Continuing the conversation, Peggy and Jaishree Subramania, Sr. Director, Azure IoT, Microsoft, talk about the next wave in the IoT, which will see leading companies break away from the pack. They talk about bringing IoT into business and the biggest takeaway from new research, as well as several use cases.

Peggy and Jaishree Subramania, Sr. Director, Azure IoT, Microsoft, talk about IoT adoption and security and findings in its new report. She also addresses that there are three key obstacles that threaten to hold companies back. They discuss that the IoT is foundational and serves as a gateway to business transformation, but that we need to address security.

Peggy highlights numbers related to IoT (Internet of Things) security and adoption from a new Microsoft report. She shares adoption numbers and address the fact that there is an IoT skills gap that impacts adoption of technology and that we need more skilled workers in the market. She also highlights Microsoft's key ingredients to IoT success.

Peggy and Scott Schober, CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems, and author of Hacked Again, discuss how credit card skimmers have evolved. He says we have to be extra careful at unfamiliar gas stations because cyber criminals can steal a lot of information at the pump. He explains in detail how credit card skimmers can steal information.

Are we all screwed? Peggy and Richard Forno, senior lecturer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMBC) Dept. of computer science and electrical engineering, discuss the reality of cybersecurity. He explains that data breaches are happening all the time, so much so that we are becoming immune, and that we need to plan for things like if the cloud goes down.

Peggy continues the discussion on AI (artificial intelligence), offering tips. She asks: If an organization hasn't implemented a strategy, is it really prioritizing AI? She also digs into the top two reasons AI projects fail, saying the lack of a skilled staff is only going to worsen in the years ahead and companies need to prepare for it now.

Peggy and Barbara Roche, managing partner, SpeakWell Partners, talk about inspiring and leading a team. She shares the term VUCA, which means volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, and that if you are not effective at change management and change leadership, everyone will suffer. She suggests whatever can create certainty, use it.

Infrastructure projects have been plagued with waste and inefficiency. Peggy and Adam Klatzkin, vice president, business development for iTwin Services, Bentley Systems, discuss the impact of the digital twin on business. He says, on average, projects run one year behind schedule and predictive analytics can be leveraged on infrastructure projects. He also defines the digital twin and says it has...

The bad guys are out there! Peggy shares the latest on cyber intelligence, indicating that nearly 70% of incidents are due to human error. She asks: Can your employees spot a fake email? She digs into a couple of new reports, including one that highlights the three highest threat categories.

Peggy and James Arthur Ray, entrepreneur, author, life and business coach, talk about why leaders are unfit to lead in today's world, citing several reasons including the fact that leaders don't make decisions quickly enough. He says today's perfection is tomorrow's failure and that we need to invest time in emotional intelligence and self-awareness and look at return on impact and return on influ...

Peggy and Geoff Mulligan, CTO for IIoT, Jabil, and co-founder, Skylight Digital, discuss the inter-operability problem we face today and the need for open standards. He says we need to get out of our own way in how we interconnect things. He answers how to future proof and get started, pointing to the need for open APIs (application programming interfaces).

Peggy defines zero trust, saying at its core it is an approach to securing all access across an enterprise. She says zero trust systems never trust other systems, giving an analogy. She also walks through the history, saying zero trust was coined about a decade ago and Google is one of the reasons we are all talking about zero trust. She also walks through the five fundamental assertions of zero t...

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, talk about cybersecurity in businesses, such as agriculture. He says security gets tricky and being able to secure devices is key. He says to be aware of bring your own IoT devices and that there is nothing wrong with being a little paranoid when it comes to technology.

Peggy and Ron Chebra, vice president of grid modernization, EnerNex, chat about how it is becoming so simple to set up an IoT device, and that we need to be acutely aware and manage all of the things that are part of the enterprise. He explains that data becomes a foundational basis for machine learning and AI, and the difference between being reactive and proactive can be huge. He shares specific...

Peggy discusses AI (artificial intelligence) hurdles, such as cyber concerns, and why it is far better to know the hurdles up front. She also digs into the numbers, explaining that AI will soon be part of the enterprise in all industries, with 63% of enterprises having adopted machine learning.

Peggy and Ella Atkins, IEEE senior member and professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, talk about the ways people can be involved with technology—on earth or in space. Atkins explains that she was always fascinated by airplanes and aerospace made a lot of sense to her. She says robots can do a lot more mundane tasks that humans have been responsible for in past mission and...

Peggy and Tanya Silva, director of project & process management, Breadware, chat about women in the Internet of Things. She shares a little bit about her company and her journey into the technology space, explaining she was hired as the second woman in her company, but now it is about 40-to-60% female-to-male ratio. Silva offers advice to young girls today: If you have technical skills or ideas, h...

Peggy says 5G is going to impact the future of IoT-enabled medicine, with tele-medicine applications flourishing because of 5G. She adds that tele-health could save companies billions of dollars a year and shares an example of how 5G can help enable remote surgery. She continues that today we are talking about the Internet of Skills and we need to be thinking about how AR, VR, and 5G can digitize...

Peggy and Renee Tyler, director of transportation services, City of Dubuque, Iowa, tells her story that represents a core of women who want to pursue dreams and change careers. She also details how technology can help make things better and how to encourage women of different culture to step into roles. She also offers some key advice including: Prepare for what you want to do and who you want to...

Peggy and Sharon Jones, eagle lab engineer, Barclays UK Ventures, discuss how to inspire young people, in the age of emerging technologies. She explains that what she is seeing in young people now is a drive and enthusiasm in what they can do and the real focus has to be on guiding our next generation to tailor their ideas. She also discusses how the progress of technology is happening very quickl...