Home network devices: friend or foe?
Home network devices: friend or foe? Our home maybe our castle, but just how safe are we with our home network devices spying on us? This week’s BBCs Panorama – Hacked: Smart Home Secrets – discussed the risk many...
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Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’?
Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’? Are we taking home automation IoT seriously? By Steve Smith When Rob and I founded Astro a significant element of our work involved building voice and telemetry systems for the offshore...
Read moreThe IoT in Healthcare – improving care in the home. Part 2
The IoT in Healthcare – care in the home, part 2 How can the IoT improve the lives of people being cared for at home? In this second part of two I continue to discuss how the lives of...
Read moreThe IoT in Healthcare – improving care in the home. Part 1
The IoT in Healthcare – improving care in the home. Part 1 How can the IoT improve the lives of people being cared for at home? I have the utmost respect and admiration for anyone caring for a relative...
Read moreIs your home IoT device being used to attack an innocent web user?
Is your home IoT device being used to attack an innocent web user? Your home security or Internet of Things device could be harbouring a dark secret. On the 13th March this year I published a blog about the...
Read moreDon’t make these 7 big mistakes when setting up your home Wi-Fi network
Don’t make these 7 big mistakes when setting up your home Wi-Fi network Check for these 7 common home Wi-Fi network problems before spending another penny We all depend on our home Wi-Fi networks at some point in the...
Read moreWhat will the Internet of Things do for me?
What will the Internet of Things do for me? The Internet of Things past, present and future I have attended a number of events over the past 18 months that featured some very interesting speakers including Vint Cerf, Chief...
Read moreBusiness Broadband Challenges
Business broadband challenges What are the business broadband challenges preventing good customer experience? Following on from my last blog discussing the disparity of broadband services around the UK and more to the point, street to street, in this blog...
Read moreSuperConnected Cities & Subterranean SuperConnected Cities
SuperConnected Cities & Subterranean SuperConnected Cities What would we do without our connectivity? It is so easy to take for granted the way we use technology to run our business. I am multi-tasking while writing this blog sitting at...
Read moreIT Directors Forum 2014, See You There!
IT Directors Forum 2014, See You There! The IT Directors Forum – 2003 to 1013 I was first introduced to Richmond Events in 2002 by one of my longest standing customers – Bourne Leisure. I happened to attend one...
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