Reimagine Service Delivery using IoT and AI

With a new year come new expectations for your business. Technology companies strive to innovate, grow customer satisfaction, implement new revenue models and get ahead of their competition. Technology company CTOs and CMOs need to work together on digital transformation initiatives, to modernize how their firms build, manage, secure and monetize their software and IoT products.

IoT devices are everywhere, literally expanding the threat landscape, making it an absolute must to protect IoT devices at their core. From routers and smart home appliances to medical devices and more, these seemingly innocent devices are exposed and worse yet, serve as a back door to private networks and personal data.

In the Internet of Things, there's no such thing as a mobile device that operates in isolation. And yet, mobile devices and apps are often marketed, sold, and bought as if they're independent products. Manufacturers and consumers alike need to think less in terms of "discrete product" and more of "interconnected systems." No one wants 50 different mobile apps to control 50 different things in their smart home or smart health environments. With IoT product manufacturers championing different communications protocols, the challenge is to enable one mobile app to control many devices.

Today Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) presented on Smart Homes Made Simple as part of Disability PRIDE Virtual PA 2020. Susan Tachau, PATF Chief Executive Officer, and Kirby Smith, Founder and President of SunKirb Ideas, talked about the ways people with disabilities can benefit from the use of smart home technology, smart home devices that offer control and increased independence, things to consider when selecting and installing your smart home technology, and how to fund the assistive technology you want and need.