Doug Drinkwater
Doug Drinkwater is the Contributing Editor at Internet of Business.
An experienced technology journalist and editor with a passion for emerging technology, his work has previously appeared on a number of well-regarded IT titles, including CIO.com, CSO Online, International Business Times, Macworld, Mashable, PCWorld, SC Magazine and The Gadget Show Magazine.
How IoT is helping Airbus to make better planes – and...
French airplane manufacturer Airbus is harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to clear a backlog of orders, and to boost its own revenues.
Speaking...
Fail fast and hire good data scientists: The Hive recipe for...
British Gas has enjoyed enormous success with its Hive thermostats and connected sensors but, as the company’s data science experts explain, this is just...
10 stellar real-life examples of IoT taking flight in aviation
The Internet of Things (IoT) has really taken off in aviation. We look at which airlines are emerging as early innovators.
EasyJet
EasyJet may be a...
10 innovative technologies changing the face of retail banking
IoT, Big Data and Blockchain are just some of the technologies changing retail banking. IoB looks at how these newer technologies are transforming how we exchange and...
Big Data could make some people ‘uninsurable’
A new report from the Chartered Institute of Insurance warns that Big Data could create an “underclass” of people who cannot afford insurance.
Big Data...
This study suggests some enterprises are flying blind with IoT
Businesses are increasingly adopting Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, even if some don’t yet truly understand the benefits they can bring to their company.
That’s one...
Scalpel, clamp, VR headset: A surgeon’s quest to fix healthcare
Shafi Ahmed, a cancer surgeon at Bart’s hospital in London, is making waves with his innovative use of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare. Here,...
Whitepaper: What is the future of IoT in retail?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is taking retail to a different age, where retailers have closer relationships with customers and more insight on their stock, their stores...
Dixons prepares to enter smart home market
UK retailer Dixons Carphone is moving to become a service-based business, and looks set to enter the nascent smart home market in the near future.
In an...
IoT skills gap drives growing demand for freelancers
The Internet of Things (IoT) skills gap is resulting in a big drive for freelancers, according to freelance website Upwork.
The firm, which claims to...
Think you know your IoT? Take our quiz and find out!
Think you know your Internet of Things? Reckon you're a cut above the rest? Take our monthly to find out if you're an IoT expert!
The...
The 5 top technical challenges of building your own IoT network
System and network architects beware – putting that IoT network in place isn’t as straightforward as it looks.
The Internet of Things has been hugely...