The new world of the Internet of Things (IoT) has many old world IT companies talking a lot of IoT without really adding much innovation to the data led, start-up driven revolution. However, Dell, along with their perennial partners Intel, are employing a fresh approach of enabling the innovation of start-ups within the IoT space. While their hardware is a key element of the profitability of the approach, the two companies have created a number of new platforms to foster IoT development. Jointly funded with Intel, Dell has created “IoT Labs” in Santa Clara, California, Limerick, Ireland, and Singapore. The labs provide potential and future Dell customers with a facility to develop proof-of-concept projects in IoT. At the IoT labs, companies collect data from remote sensors, aggregate them from the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series using analytics software and then send them to the cloud. The projects may include work with end point devices, networking, […]