Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy takes a deeper dive into edge computing, pointing to three of the reasons why more companies are turning to the fog: latency, network bandwidth, and cost effectiveness. The top three industries…

Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, joins Peggy once again to talk about the cloud, fog, and mist. He explains that mist gives us st…

Peggy is joined in the studio by Michael Morton, chief technology officer, Dell Boomi. He explains how everyone wants to talk about the device and device data, but the one thing “we” have learned is …

Edge computing results in faster response time and more optimal use of the network, says Peggy. In conjunction, 5G is set to grow exponentially. Autonomous vehicles will have a big influence that are…

Are Millennials the key to advancing smart cities? John Pletz, senior reporter, Crain’s Chicago Business, joins Peggy to talk about how this generation is shifting what is happening in city centers. …

Peggy and Chuck Byers, principal engineer and platform architect, Cisco, discuss interoperability and he questions how we are going to achieve interoperability if there are 900 different platforms. I…

The sensor market is growing rapidly in part because sensor technology has advanced to the point where sensors consume less power and battery life is significantly longer. For these reasons and other…

Technology and business consultant Craig Brown chats with Peggy about inter-operability and the need for data to be shared in the places where it is authorized to be shared. He says there are a lot o…

Harald Haas, professor, chair of mobile communications, University of Edinburgh, joins Peggy to talk about Li-Fi. His says we are moving into the fourth industrial revolution, and we will see environ…

Peggy introduces Li-Fi to listeners, explaining the technology. She says PureLiFi has already come to market with a couple of products that leverage Li-Fi technology and can be installed alongside ex…

Robin Raskin, founder and president, Living In Digital Times, joins Peggy Smedley to talk about the smart home. She says door locks, cameras, and thermostats work well, but what doesn’t work well is …

Science is the foundation for inter-operability and smart communities. Peggy Smedley chats with Ken Calvert, division director for the computer and information science division of the computer and ne…

Peggy Smedley identifies hurdles and milestones for EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), explaining we still have a ways to go in what compliance really means—and the May deadline is just …

Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, says interoperability has been a problem for a while, and we have started addressing with standar…

Peggy Smedley continues the interoperability and smart cities discussion and welcomes guest Mahesh Veerina, president and CEO, Cloudleaf. They discuss how bad guys are trying to hack the infrastructu…

Peggy Smedley says the vulnerability in security in IoT (Internet of Things) devices is leading to new regulations. She talks about the EU GDPR (general data protection regulation), explaining that i…

Gary Morton, author, Commanding Excellence, says optimizing the selection process from an employer standpoint is understanding the type of people you want and how they will fit inside your organizati…

David Drake, chairman, LDJ Capital, talks about getting the whole world—and the U.S.—behind cryptocurrency. He talks about the knowledge that is needed to raise capital in the U.S. and the many chall…

Peggy Smedley says enterprise needs IoT (Internet of Things) technologies to stay competitive. In particular, robotics are making a mark on industries like manufacturing with benefits including quali…

Donald Lee Sheppard CEO of Sheppard Properties and author of The Dividends of Decency says ethics is what you do when no one is looking, and the same thing with integrity. He explains that there isn’…