EP024: Adopting The IoT Perspective - An Interview With Lecida's Tim Chou
Release Date: 12/22/2017
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info_outlineWhat does adopting an IoT perspective mean to you? With a concept as broad and with as many ecosystem players as the IoT, this is a question that is likely to get you a range of answers depending on whether you talk to a technologist, an executive staff or an academic.
In the ninth installment of the "Ventures in Industrial IoT series" brought to you by GE Ventures, be prepared for a highly dynamic discussion with Tim Chou, Executive Chairman of Lecida and author of the book, "Precision: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things" to share with us more on what he thinks adopting an IoT perspective really means to a firm and how it can impact the way it does business.
Learn more about Tim Chou and his books: http://www.precisionstory.com/
Learn more about Lecida: http://lecida.com/
Learn more about GE Ventures: https://www.geventures.com/