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The Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT Podcast

Proximity and location technologies are key to the Internet of Things (IoT) and are causing our digital and physical worlds to converge. Mr. Beacon is a series of interviews with the leaders of companies that are at the center of this revolution. Steve Statler wrote “Beacon Technologies”, a survival guide for people that want to design solutions that use Bluetooth beacons to create experiences that combine location awareness with the power of cloud computing.

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IoT WAN Management - Jasper Jul 20, 2017

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Is there an alternative to LP WAN to connect IoT devices? Cisco Jasper have proved there is. In this episode, special guest Martyn Etherington, CMO of Cisco Jasper, discusses the ways Jasper's IoT connectivity platform is playing a huge role in the management and monetization of cellular SIM card connections to IoT devices. We hear the inside stories of how some major companies are connecting networks of devices to the cloud.

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Asset Tracking - Aruba Jun 05, 2017

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In an interview recorded shortly before their announcement, Aruba’s General Manager of Meridian Apps, Özer Dondurmacıoglu, reveals a new Bluetooth beacon offering from HP-Enterprises’ Wireless LAN Division. Aruba is getting into RTLS and asset tracking with new Bluetooth tags that work with their Wi-Fi/BLE equipped access points and a new set of cloud services. Ozer explains the offering, what drove the decision to extend into this market segment, the use cases that Aruba will support and what they are hearing from the market.

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Beacon Gateways - Fathom May 29, 2017

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#43 - As the Beacosystem evolves to address the challenge of fleet management and embrace Real Time Location Systems, beacon gateways are becoming an important building block. Rather than focus on beacons Fathom has launched a gateway product that is designed to work with beacons from third parties. They just announced a partnership with Gimbal. Al Juarez describes Fathom's first deployment and an evolution from fleet management to RTLS location sensing using Angle of Arrival technology. For more interviews and articles from the author of Beacon Technologies see https://www.statlerconsulting.com/mister-beacon

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Beacons without Batteries - Uwinloc May 20, 2017

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While the need for Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) to monitor assets in healthcare and manufacturing is spiking, the cost of the tags used in such system is still a break on adoption. Uwinloc, a French startup, the product of the Airbus incubator, has an answer, tags without batteries. Delivering sub-meter accuracy and dramatically reducing capital and maintenance costs this passive UWB technology promises to be profoundly disruptive. We talked to the CEO of Uwinloc, Eric Cariou, at IoT World in Santa Clara and he gave us a full rundown of what Uwinloc is doing. [Audio improves at 2:40]

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Virtual Beacons & RTLS - Mist May 15, 2017

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Ex Cisco CTO now CTO co-founder of Mist, Bob Friday, reveals what his company is doing to use virtual beacons to enhance the management of beacons and eliminate them in some cases. He also describes how their technology, which is OEMed by Cisco can be used in an Real TIme Location System to track assets rather than people.

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Kontakt.io's Field Leadership May 15, 2017

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We get insights into the go-to-market strategy of Kontakt.io, one of the most successful pure play beacon vendors, from their field leadership, Philipp von Gilsa, VP of Market Operations and Filip Karwala, Head of Sales. They share their metrics, information about the projects they are taking live, their latest products and where the growth is.

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Beacons on Broadway May 05, 2017

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We learn how beacons are being used on and off broadway by The Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway. Kyle Wright runs the data analytics and R&D function for Shubert and describes the ways in which beacons can make the experience better for the 13 million ticket holders each year that make up Shubert’s customers. Time Square is one of the most checked in places on earth. Wright is working on how to unlock the value in that. In addition to helping people get to their seats on time, facilitating the link between theaters and restaurants, we hear how Shubert is managing the challenge of getting visitors to use their apps and the partnerships that are helping them to monetize their beacon network.

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Beacons & Mobile Ticketing - HID Apr 30, 2017

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Philip Hoyer, CTO of HID Global’s Trusted Mobile Ticketing division demonstrates a series of applications of electronic ticketing, Bluetooth and beacons at the Ticketing Technology Forum in Dublin. These enable new experiences and business opportunities at events, in the enterprise and for hotel guests using a combination of access control, mobile wallet technology and the offerings from BluVision, the beacon company HID recently acquired.

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Modules and Chips - Nordic Semiconductor Apr 25, 2017

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Bluetooth Smart chips are at the heart of beacons. When beacons first hit the scene, Nordic Semiconductor grabbed the largest share of the market supplying their chips to beacon manufacturers. In a brief discussion with Alf Helge Omr, Business Development Manager at Nordic, we explain how much of a beacon’s function gets supplied by the chip vendors, where their role ends and how the Bluetooth module vendors add value to the chip.

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Physical Web Update - Beeem Apr 21, 2017

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We talk with Beeem's CEO Ferenc Brachmann at the Bluetooth SIG World Event in Silicon Valley about the latest news on the Physical Web, major changes to Chrome and the work his company is doing with retail brands who are early adopters of Eddystone URL.

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