For you this week:
We check in with a developer who’s wielding cloud tech and IoT sensors to help his daughter manage type 1 diabetes. Then we look at how emerging tech might flip the script on media and entertainment distribution, and explore some common-sense advice on integrated ERP.
— Jeff Erickson, Oracle
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| Tech to Help His Daughter Handle Diabetes | | Just weeks after Todd Sharp’s daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he built a progressive web app to help her make insulin dosage decisions. His app connects a Bluetooth food scale and wireless glucose monitor to various cloud services, including a cloud database and USDA nutritional data. He’s demoing his app at Oracle Code One—and hoping for audience feedback. |
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| | Peering into Fog Computing | | “Edge computing” helps Internet of Things sensors provide split-second response times by moving compute power and analytics closer to the sensor. “Fog computing” does the same, but then also sends the data back to bigger computers for deeper, long-term analytics. This arrangement is seeing significant growth in areas such as autonomous cars, says Dragon Slayer Consulting’s Marc Staimer. |
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| | Blockchain, AI and the Future of Entertainment | | How can emerging technologies impact the media and entertainment industry? For one, “industry players could adopt blockchain to sell their content as digital tokens or in digital blocks instead of as physical media or movie tickets,” says Oracle Cloud Solution Hub Senior Director Jukka Paajanen. These tokens would leave a data trail that companies could analyze to learn more about their customers. What about AI? |
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| Events | Oracle Code One 2019
September 16–19 | San Francisco |
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| Oracle OpenWorld 2019
September 16–19 | San Francisco |
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| Experience Autonomous: Dedicated Infrastructure
September 24 | Online |
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| Hands-on Workshop: Experience Oracle Autonomous Cloud Platform
October 30 | Dublin, Ireland |
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