IOT : Should you do your Automation for your disparate IOT devices locally or in the cloud, review HUBS

Here is my blog series on this IoT project to automate some key home functions using a variety of IOT devices from many manufacturers. Here is my “Buy/no buy/might buy list and IOT landscape article here” Here is my “What are the integration points for IoT article here” Here is my “Why would you […]

MicroServices – Martin Fowler, Netflix, Componentized Composable Platforms and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)

As an enterprise architect we are faced with constructing solutions for our companies that must be implemented quickly but need to scale to almost arbitrary capacity quickly when demand materializes and must stand the test of time because it is almost impossible to rebuild enterprise applications once they are successful and in production. There are […]

Why would you want to Integrate IOT (Internet of Things) devices? Examples from a use case for the home.

Using the Network Effect to build automation at home between IOT devices The Network effect is the value that is gained by the existence of a growing number of devices in a network. I talk about the network effect in this article. I am proposing to leverage multiple IOT devices in a coordinated way to […]

How could Tesla eliminate “Range” Anxiety?

Update: TESLA DID NOT DO ANY OF A-E BELOW: The Tesla 6.2 upgrade will consist of improvements in managing the existing range of the car, not improve it in any way. The car will do this by: 1) Being aware of charging stations (unclear if only supercharging stations) 2) Understanding traffic, weather, elevation changes […]

Integrating IoT Devices. The IOT Landscape.

The IOT Landscape: How do you integrate IoT devices Let’s take an example of the devices I am talking in my review here. Here is a summary of the functionality and interoperability of a set of IoT devices: Some of the devices can be operated from a common device or app but a lot […]