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IoT’s Power to Innovate and Disrupt | Eseye's Nick Earle

IoT For All Podcast · 10 May 2021 · 36m

What this episode covers

Nick Earle, CEO of Eseye, discusses how IoT enables business disruption by moving beyond simple connectivity to create new data-driven business models. He highlights case studies including Freddie Hirsch's sausage machine ecosystem, Costa Coffee's personalized vending machines, and Bosch's global lawnmower deployment to illustrate the power of ubiquitous, agnostic connectivity. Earle identifies the two main inhibitors to IoT adoption as the underestimated complexity of hardware design and the lack of global interoperability in mobile networks. He concludes by emphasizing that successful IoT requires focusing on the end-user experience and ROI rather than just the technology stack.

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Eseye, Cisco, Freddie Hirsch, Costa Coffee, Bosch, Amazon, Hewlett Packard, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, Tesla, Mayo Clinic, SET, Verizon, AT&T, Apple, Kodak, Pfizer
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Alexa, Ring Doorbell

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