Tom Snyder

Editor’s note: RIoT, the grass roots Internet of Things organization based in the Triangle, put on a “demo night” during the recent All Things Open conference. Executive Director Tom Snyder provides a recap of a very busy evening at the request of WRAL TechWire. RALEIGH – Raleigh cemented its leadership position in Internet of Things (IoT) and Open Source last week, drawing over 3,200 people from around the US and the World to All Things Open and the partnered RIoT IoT Demo Night. Every year these programs have significantly grown in size and quality. Todd Lewis, organizer of ATO...

Editor’s note: Tom Snyder is executive director of RIoT, the regional grassroots organization supporting Internet of Things development. RALEIGH – Local company BruVue won the RIoT Championship Belt last week as Raleigh’s strength in leading the Internet of Things economy was evident as nearly 300 people gathered to witness RIoT’s 2nd Annual Startup Pitch night. Larry Steffann, RIoT Founder, explained to the audience: “The Internet of Things has been identified as the fourth Industrial Revolution by World Forum. There have only been three prior Industrial Revolutions in the history of mankind.  You don’t want to miss this opportunity!” RIoT set...

Over 300 people across the state came together via simulcast last night for a RIoT event supporting US Ignite’s national Gigabit Reverse Pitch initiative in North Carolina. Initiated by North Carolina Next Generation Network (NCNGN) in partnership with New City Ventures and RIoT, the event kicked off a statewide competition to create transformative, problem-solving applications that leverage ultra-high speed, low latency fiber networks. Jeff Sural, acting Director of the Broadband Infrastructure Office for North Carolina, Scott Turnbull, National Technology Leader for US Ignite and key member of the Smart Gigabit Communities and Dennis Newman, Program Director of NCNGN made...

Editor’s note: RIoT is the Triangle-based Internet of Things focused organization that seeks to exploit commercial opportunities in the IoT industry as well as provide IoT-related training services. Tom Synder is the group’s executive director. Plus, check out this other news: RIoT is expanding far beyond NC. WAKE FOREST – RIoT Kicked off 2017 in a big way on Jan. 24 by tackling one of the most daunting challenges posed by the Internet of Things. Security. The excitement shown by the 400 attendees demonstrated an optimism that IoT Security is a far bigger business opportunity than technical challenge and...

Editor’s note: NC RIoT, the regional organization focused on making the Internet of Things a reality, recently put on a full-day conference to help educate those wanting to learn more about IoT’s potential. The result was a sold-out developers day with attendees from as far away as Atlanta. Another NC RIoT event also brought out a big crowd in Greensboro last month, including NXP’s huge IoT truck. Two of the organizers recap all the intellectual exchanges at the hands-on IoT ed program. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Last Thursday the community known as NC RIoT launched a new education...