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Technology is rapidly transforming the way global business is done – from the amount of data housed centrally to how services are delivered locally at the edge. This acceleration is particularly visible in banking and finance where the traditional bank branch is transforming into a digital branch, and services are delivered directly to the end user via new digital technologies, much like how the IoT is being deployed in traditional retail with kiosks and self-service information. Traditional banks branches where customers queue at the bank counter are quickly being replaced with digital branches.  Image by © Hiya Images/Corbis While edge computing applications are not new to the banking world , there is an identifiable acceleration at work. Consider the incremental demands for more traditional banking services over the last decade such as high-frequency trading, smarter ATMs and video tellers – all pushing the need for more bandwidth. Watch my latest video to learn more about ...

Don’t Give the DHS Free Rein to Shoot Down Private Drones When government agencies refuse to let the members of the public watch what they’re doing, drones can be a crucial journalistic tool. But now, some members of Congress want to give the federal government the power to destroy private drones it deems to be an undefined “threat.” Even worse, they’re trying to slip this new, expanded power into unrelated, must-pass legislation without a full public hearing. Worst of all, the power to shoot these drones down will be given to agencies notorious for their absence of transparency, denying access to journalists, and lack of oversight. Back in June, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 (S. 2836), which would give the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice the sweeping new authority to counter privately owned drones. Congress shouldn’t grant DHS and DOJ such broad, vague a...