Bart Schouw
Chief Evangelist in the Office of the CTO at Software AG
25+ years of experience in the field, particularly in real-time analytics. Helped initiate IoT & Analytics strategy for Software AG in 2015, which ended up with the acquisition of Cumulocity. I am a regular contributor to popular blogs and websites including Big Data Quarterly.
Recent posts
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Executive Voices
Digital ecosystems drive opportunity – and risk
With today’s fastest-growing companies – from Amazon to Google and Uber to JustEat – explicitly positioning themselves as ecosystem players, it is clear that digital ecosystems can offer unprecedented power and growth. But these ecosystems can not only offer your company amazing new opportunities, they can also create it for others, adding risk to your status quo. Ecosystems in themselves are… -
IoT
Is there an IoT rainmaker in your company?
A rainmaker is someone who brings in lots of business to your company. Rainmakers appear across a number of industries, but what unites them is their ability to acquire affluent clients and generate significant revenue for your company. A “digital rainmaker” not only makes your business more efficient, with the use of technology, but also turns you into an industry disruptor by… -
IoT
Smart connected products must live up to their promise
Smart connected products can only provide a great customer experience if they are truly connected. A lot of time and money has been spent by companies in the last few years to create a great customer experience - both online and in stores. Where the origin of customer experience started in store, it has expanded rapidly into other channels. Customer… -
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conXion 2021: Geoffrey Moore speaks
The biggest mistake you can make in a truly connected world is to be disconnected. But transforming your organization to compete in an increasingly digital-born marketplace is a daunting task. At conXion 2021 (October 5-7), Geoffrey Moore, the world-famous organizational theorist and author, will offer some advice on how your company can become truly connected and move the needle toward change. I had the… -
Executive Voices
Customer experience and The Night Watch
What does Rembrandt’s painting have to do with customer experience? I’m sure you have been to museums where the display is either badly lit or placed where you cannot see it properly. Add to that crowds of people gathered in front of you and the result is a disappointing visual experience. The Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands decided to change all that. After… -
IoT
The 100-trillion-dollar jackpot
Can you picture $1 trillion dollars? In $1 bill terms the stack of cash would stretch almost three times around the Earth’s equator. In $100 bills, it would fill 4.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Now imagine how huge $100 trillion is. That is the combined value of digital transformation to society and industry that will be realized over the next 10 years. This astonishing value… -
IoT
Play your queen’s gambit in IoT
Today is IoT Day, when those of us in the IoT community are encouraged to get together and learn from each other by talking. Now I don’t know about you, but I have some older kids, and distracting them with an invitation to sit down at the table to talk normally doesn’t work out so well for the conversation. However, doing… -
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How 5G edge computing enables time-critical applications
Distance is relative. For an industrial robot on the factory floor, the distance between it and the nearest compute resource is critical. Latency between the robot’s hardware and the software that tells it what to do can cause product defects or worse. For example, if a robotic paint sprayer’s nozzle is a bit clogged it might miss a spot on… -
IoT
IoT and the digital paradox
Many organizations are in the throes of a digital paradox; failing to use one of the most disruptive technologies to pursue growth opportunities – the Internet of Things. Five years ago, the promise of IoT led to some grandiose predictions - such as 1 trillion connected devices by 2020. Yet, here we are in 2020, and the number of “real” IoT-connected devices globally is…
