Adrian Bridgwater
I am a technology journalist with over two decades of press experience. Primarily I work as a news analysis writer dedicated to a software application development ‘beat’; but, in a fluid media world, I am also an analyst, technology evangelist and content consultant.
Would automated hotel check-in rock, or suck?
The late spring/early summer technology conference season is underway around the planet and, for many in the sector, that means hotels, economy flights and a...
For a service-centric world, ServiceNow launches Intelligent Automation Engine
Enterprise service management company ServiceNow has used its annual 'Knowledge' conference to launch a new product it calls Intelligent Automation Engine. This cloud-delivered software is positioned...
Jive Software: How humans can collaborate with ‘things’
Jive Software is a specialist in enterprise collaboration software. While we predominately think of collaboration tools as a means to connect human employees in the...
Dürr AG & Software AG, an industrielle IoT-partnerschaft
German data-centric software engineering firm Software AG has added to the list of firms it can partner with for industrial IoT (IIoT), by now snuggling...
TIBCO CTO: IoT data integration is a full-spectrum rainbow
If there's one word that almost invariably accompanies any discussion of data integration, it must surely be 'seamless'.
This idea of 'seamless data integration' suggests a...
Linux Foundation EdgeX Foundry aims to ‘unpickle’ IoT interoperability
The new EdgeX Foundry project aims to unify the IoT marketplace, but with so many groups already having tried and never quite succeeded, could...
The Scottish IoT play: apps first, devices second
The IoT starts with connected devices, networked industrial sensors and the occasional Internet-enabled toaster, right?
Software mobility specialist company Dogfi.sh Mobile asserts (from an arguably somewhat contrived...
NXP & Amazon talk up voice-enabled devices
Automotive semiconductor and cybersecurity specialist NXP Semiconductors has released its 'reference platform' for Amazon's Alexa artificial intelligence-based personal assistant technology.
Dutch headquartered NXP has made...
Progress goes cognitive-first for IIoT, who knew?
Software company Progress aims for cognitive-first strategy with its acquisition of DataRPM for Industrial IoT (IIoT).
The company formerly known as Progress Software has 'progressed' far...
Clicks for bricks, Procore cements construction management software
Can we connect the world of construction management to the Internet? Yes, we can.
Not traditionally regarded as a hotbed of software application development and data management...
Freshub’s recipe for data in the smart kitchen
As real-world smart kitchens start to emerge, smarter data management will be needed to keep tech-savvy cooks in fresh ingredients.
Israel-headquartered Freshub describes itself as a smart kitchen commerce...
Teradata & Enedis: L’électricité for le smart city
Powering up l'énergie française, Enedis has embarked on a 'journey to digital' that is reshaping devices, worker operations and management responsibilities.
L'électricité pour le smart grid
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