Editorial
Wearables for Enterprise: Navigating the Solution Stack
Who are the main players involved in wearables for enterprise, and what solutions do they have to offer? When it comes to implementing wearables into your business, understanding the solution stack is not easy. Potential enterprise users may not know how to go about exploring wearable devices for their business, or who to contact. This is not surprising, since wearables for enterprise is a budding space, and therefore the solution stack is still immature. So what is the solution stack? Well, as I have come to see it, the solution stack refers to all the parties involved in actually getting wearable technology into the enterprise. This includes hardware/device manufacturers, software and app developers, integrators, and network connectivity providers; but how all the players interact is still unclear, and there appears to be no standardized course of action for going about adopting and integrating wearable tech into business. How does one then navigate the solution stack? If you’re a company that wants to start using wearable devices in your operations, who do you approach, when, and how do you partner up? Right now, “the how” varies from user case to user case, sometimes with a consultant advising an enterprise client to […]
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17 Interesting Stats and Predictions About Wearables in Enterprise
If you keep up with wearable technology news, you most certainly have come across or seen referenced a number of reports & studies by the likes of Salesforce, Tractica, Accenture, and Juniper Research. We decided to compile a list of these organizations’ most interesting findings relating to the adoption of wearables in business. Check ‘em out! 1. Tractica forecasts that enterprise & industrial use cases (and especially corporate wellness programs) will drive the deployment of more than 75 million wearable devices between 2014 and 2020. Tractica also predicts that smartwatches will beat out fitness trackers & smartglasses as the most popular workplace wearable. 2. According to Salesforce, use of wearables in the enterprise – to access customer data in real time, view business analytics, create immersive customer experiences, etc. – will more than triple in the next 2 years. 3. 79% of adopters (out of 500 business professionals surveyed by Salesforce) agree that wearables “are or will be strategic to their company’s future success;” 76% reported improvements in business performance after implementing wearable devices; and 86% said they plan to increase wearable technology spending over the next 12 months. 4. 49% of adopters expect smartwatches to have the biggest impact, […]
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Medex ambulance uses Google glass on ambulances
Medex ambulance a leading health care provider is the first to use Google glass in their ambulance to help save lives.
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Lee Co’s Insight Tech Platform for Facility Managers
Lee Company is introducing INSIGHT. The industry-leading platform including smart safety glasses, GPS, geo-fencing, TechLink field mobility tools and our Digital Sound Technology (DST). DST provides ultrasound diagnostics that deliver invaluable “Insight” for trouble shooting, scheduled maintenance and predictive maintenance.
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