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On this week's show we have a listener review of the NETGEAR Orbi 770 Series WiFi 7 Mesh System as well as a review of the Aqara cameras. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: Yamaha's Unveils Its Most Compact Dolby Atmos Soundbar Yet Philips Adds Two TV Lighting Sync Options Fubo will offer local hockey games in four markets  Sony Is Skipping CES 2027 for the First Time in Over Six Decades Apple's Smart Home Launch is Set Netgear Orbi 770 and Aqara Camera Review This week we have a listener review of the NETGEAR Orbi 770 Series WiFi 7 Mesh System. These can be bought in One, two, and three packs costing $300, $550, and $700 respectively. Netgear's specs say that a single unit can cover up to $2750 square feet and a three pack can cover 8000 square feet combined. And just for good measure John talks about his experience with Aqara cameras.These are the same cameras Ara uses so let's see if John has similar results. Product Features: Tri-band hardware with a dedicated backhaul is meant to keep throughput more consistent when many devices are online at once. WiFi 7 peak rating is up to 11 Gbps and it also connects WiFi 6 and WiFi 5 devices; real speed depends on your plan and hardware. Devices can easily roam between the router and satellites. Setup, device management, and guest WiFi are handled in the Orbi app. Sold for use in the United States only. John Lyman's Review A few years ago, I replaced my old Netgear Orbi system with a TP-Link Deco XE75 mesh system. At the time, my older Orbi just wasn't able to handle all the devices we had in the house. After doing some research, the Deco XE75 and XE75 Pro had great reviews, so I decided to give Deco a try. The Deco worked, but as we added more devices—and because of the design of our house—I kept having to add more and more nodes to get good, consistent coverage. Even with gigabit fiber, I never really felt like I was getting the speeds I should have been getting throughout the house. When Amazon Prime Day came around in July, I decided it was time for an upgrade. At the same time, I decided this was going to be MY "year of home automation." Back to Orbi — This Time with Wi-Fi 7 For the network, I went with the Netgear Orbi 770 Series Wi-Fi 7 mesh system. I considered going down the Ubiquiti route, but ultimately I wanted something easier to manage and more "set it and forget it." I spent enough time around networking years ago. These days, I'd rather leave my network-engineering hat in the past and have something that simply works. I've now been running the Orbi 770 for about four months, and—with one exception—it has been pretty much bulletproof. That exception was automatic firmware updates. I didn't realize they were enabled, and Orbi decided to install an update in the middle of the day. That's something I'd definitely check when setting up the system. Other than that, the performance has been excellent. I have AT&T Fiber with the AT&T gateway configured to pass the connection through to the Orbi. My office is upstairs and away from the main router, but I have my computer connected by Ethernet to an Orbi satellite. I'm consistently seeing speeds in the low 900 Mbps range both down and up. My media/home-theater room has historically been the hardest room in the house to reach with good Wi-Fi. With the Orbi, I'm seeing roughly 700–800 Mbps there over Wi-Fi, connecting on 5 GHz. More importantly, coverage throughout the house is now excellent and the system has been extremely stable. If you're considering a mesh system and aren't ready to go down the Ubiquiti route, I'd strongly suggest looking at the Orbi 770. Based on my experience with both systems, I'd skip the Deco, spend a little more and get the Orbi. The Orbi also gives you separate IoT and guest Wi-Fi networks. Devices connect quickly, stay connected and, in my experience, have worked considerably better than they did with my Deco system. Moving Away from Ring The next part of the project was home automation. Over the years, I had accumulated a hodgepodge of smart-home products: Ecobee thermostats, Ring doorbells, different cameras, Hue lights and other devices. Even the Ecobee that was supposed to work with Apple HomeKit would periodically disconnect. I wanted to simplify everything, and I particularly wanted to move away from Ring. While researching alternatives, I came across Aqara. They make doorbells, cameras, thermostats, switches, sensors and a number of other smart-home products, with particularly strong integration with Apple's Home ecosystem. So during Prime Day, I jumped in. I bought two thermostats, two cameras and two doorbells. There was definitely a settling-in period. Between changing the network and adding all the new smart-home equipment, it probably took about six weeks before everything really fell into place. Since then, however, it has been remarkably solid. The network can go down and come back up, and the Aqara devices reconnect on their own. About the only problems I've encountered have been when somebody physically unplugged one of the doorbell hubs. Since some of the other devices were relying on that hub, unplugging it naturally caused those devices to disappear as well. The $34 Camera That Surprised Me One of the biggest surprises has been the Aqara G100 indoor/outdoor cameras. I paid $33.99 each for them, and they've been excellent. For the price, I'm genuinely impressed with how well they've worked and how nicely they integrate into the Apple ecosystem. Security and privacy were also part of my decision to move away from Ring. I like having my cameras integrated with Apple Home and being able to use iCloud/HomeKit Secure Video rather than building my smart-home camera system around Amazon. The Doorbells — A Big Improvement Over Ring The Aqara doorbells have also worked really well. I have two of them. One is at our front door, and the other is on a door that we added to the house where I don't have wiring available. For that one, I use rechargeable batteries, and that setup has worked well. The front-door unit is very small and unobtrusive, which I like. More importantly, both doorbells have been rock solid. That's probably the biggest difference I've noticed compared with my old Ring setup. The Aqara doorbells are consistently connected and integrate directly into Apple HomeKit. I don't feel like I'm waiting for the doorbell to connect when I actually need to see who's at the door. They just work, which is becoming a recurring theme with most of the Aqara equipment I've installed. For me, replacing the Ring doorbells with Aqara has been one of the better parts of this whole home-automation upgrade. Aqara Thermostats — Simple, Which Is Exactly What I Want The Aqara thermostats were very simple to install. I was replacing my Ecobees, and the changeover was straightforward. They connected to Apple HomeKit easily and, since getting everything settled, they just run. Easy peasy. There's really not much more I want from a thermostat. I don't need it to be exciting—I need it to control the temperature, stay connected and work when I open the Home app. So far, that's exactly what they've done. One feature that really interested me is Apple Home's Adaptive Temperature. Instead of relying on a traditional fixed schedule, the temperature can automatically adjust based on whether people in your Apple Home are actually home or away. There are four modes you can configure: Home, Away, Night and Extended Away. Home and Away automatically adjust the temperature depending on whether anyone from the household is home. Night mode lets you set different temperatures for specific days and times, so the house can automatically adjust while everyone is sleeping. The one I'm particularly happy to have is Extended Away. When we're going to be gone for an extended period, the system can automatically adjust the temperature appropriately. That's one less thing I have to remember to change before we leave—and, more importantly, remember to change back when we get home. It's another example of what I'm looking for with this whole project: home automation that actually automates things instead of giving me another app and another device to manage. The One Finicky Aqara Device I also bought an Aqara Smart Climate Sensor with three programmable buttons. This has been the one finicky device in my Aqara setup. Getting it set up properly with HomeKit was a little tricky. Each of the three buttons is supposed to support three different actions—a single press, double press and long press—which theoretically gives you nine different programmable actions. In practice, I've only been able to get the single-press actions to work somewhat reliably. I currently use Button 1, the middle of the three buttons, and even that hasn't been as seamless as the rest of my Aqara equipment. That said, I like the concept enough that I'm planning to put a second one in my media room. The idea is to program the buttons for lighting and temperature control so the kids can simply push a button rather than flipping off the actual light switch—which, of course, defeats the whole purpose of having smart lights. So this one is still a work in progress. I really like what the device is supposed to do; I just wish the HomeKit button actions worked as reliably as the rest of my Aqara setup. Finally, One Home App That's probably the biggest improvement from this whole project. Instead of having different pieces scattered across different ecosystems, I can now open Apple's Home app and see essentially everything in one place. I've also settled on Nanoleaf as my primary smart-lighting platform. I still have some Philips Hue lights in the house, and I'm not ripping out perfectly good bulbs just for the sake of replacing them. As those eventually die, however, I'm replacing them with Nanoleaf. Four months into this project, I'm very happy with where I've ended up. For networking, the Orbi 770 has been fast, stable and about as close to "set it and forget it" as I could have hoped for. If you want a high-performance home network but don't want to make the jump into something like Ubiquiti, I think Orbi deserves a serious look. And if you're an Apple/HomeKit household and looking to build out a smart-home ecosystem, I'd also recommend taking a look at Aqara. The combination of Orbi, Aqara, Nanoleaf and Apple Home has finally given me what I was looking for: A smart home that doesn't require me to constantly mess with it.  

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The best piece of technology is often the one you don't even notice. When it works, everything runs smoothly and the tech itself vanishes – but how we achieve this is changing dramatically with the power of AI.This week on the show, we're following up our ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-1' episode with a ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-2': what do these networks look like in practice? Sunalini Sankhavaram, VP Product Management, HPE Networking, joins host Michael Bird to discuss:How machine learning works to help networks anticipate demand and respond accordinglyWhy proactive prevention is replacing traditional troubleshootingHow self driving networks can isolate and treat threats before they have a chance to cause damage

Small business growth increasingly depends on using connectivity, data, cloud services, and AI to work smarter and compete more effectively. Andrew Dawson, Managing Executive: Small, Medium and Diversified Business at Telkom Business, explains how technology can help South African SMEs become more efficient, resilient, and prepared for future opportunities. Dawson discusses why small business owners often struggle with limited resources and the need to manage everything from IT to HR themselves. He explains how reliable connectivity has evolved from a basic utility into the foundation for cloud applications, digital customer journeys, IoT, and data-driven decision-making. The conversation also explores where businesses should begin with AI. Dawson recommends starting with clearly defined problems, establishing governance and data safeguards, and introducing AI gradually rather than adopting technology simply because competitors are doing it. He also explains why technology itself will not determine which businesses succeed. Critical thinking, leadership, and the ability to apply technology to well-understood problems will remain key competitive advantages. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Telkom Business's new strategy 3:56 Challenges facing South African SMEs 5:59 Connectivity as a business advantage 8:33 Building a business for the future 11:58 Where businesses should start with AI 14:25 Technology solutions for small businesses 17:23 What will define successful businesses Follow MyBroadband: X - https://twitter.com/mybroadband Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mybroadband Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mybroadband/ Website - https://mybroadband.co.za/news/ #SmallBusiness #ArtificialIntelligence #TelkomBusiness

AI has learned from the digital world. Physical AI brings real world data into the picture.Doron Hazan, Director of Products and AI at Wiliot, joins The Tech Trek to explain how physical AI connects AI systems with objects, environments, and supply chains.The challenge is not simply processing data. It is collecting accurate, current information from the physical world.Doron explains how ambient IoT, sensors, statistical inference, and cloud systems can help companies understand where assets are, what condition they are in, and what may happen next.The conversation also covers the role of human judgment. Supply chains require many decisions, often with consequences that spread across the system. That makes guardrails and human involvement especially important.Key Takeaways• Physical AI connects AI systems with data from the real world.• Better supply chain visibility starts with accurate, current physical data.• Real time decisions matter, but decision accuracy matters more.• Human judgment remains important when AI affects physical operations.Highlights01:53 What separates physical AI from traditional AI03:18 Why real world data collection changes the problem07:19 Supply chain visibility and practical use cases11:57 How quickly physical AI systems can make decisions12:48 Why guardrails matter in supply chain automation15:28 Robotics, distributed physical AI, and connected systemsFollow The Tech Trek for more conversations about AI, engineering, product, and technical leadership.

Episode Detail John Kellington has spent his career on every side of the same question: how does data move reliably across an industry built on thousands of separate systems that all need to talk to each other? He's built the standards, lived by them as a carrier CIO, and now, as the new CEO of ACORD, he's back to run the organization that sets them for the entire global insurance industry. In this conversation, Kellington and Bryan dig into what ACORD actually does beyond its well-known forms library, why AI in insurance can only be as trustworthy as the data underneath it, and how a reference architecture built inside IBM more than 30 years ago is still shaping how the industry should think about modeling risk today, including the messy, high-volume data coming from connected cars and IoT devices that doesn't fit neatly into any existing field. Guest Bio John Kellington is the Chief Executive Officer of ACORD (the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development), the insurance industry's global standards-setting body. He returned to ACORD in August 2026 after 16 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Cincinnati Insurance Company, where he applied an architecture-led model to transform the carrier's technology operations. Kellington began his career at IBM, then spent seven years as a carrier technology leader at Ohio Casualty (later acquired by Liberty Mutual). He previously spent three years at ACORD as Senior Vice President of Standards Development, Information Technology, Corporate Finance and Membership, where he helped develop what is now known as the ACORD Reference Architecture. This episode was recorded live at ACORD Connect 2026. Show Notes: What ACORD Actually Does: Reach: roughly 30,000 participants worldwide set data exchange standards across the global insurance industry through ACORD, not just forms. Still forms, but not only forms: ACORD maintains roughly 800 to 900 active forms, but the bigger job now is electronic data exchange, getting carrier, agency, and vendor systems to talk to each other in the same format. Where competition actually lives: exchanging data isn't a competitive advantage. What a carrier does with that data in underwriting, pricing, and service is where the real competition happens. Why ACORD Has to Stay Independent: Owned by the industry: ACORD runs on membership dollars, not venture capital or any single company, which Kellington says is the only reason it can set standards without an agenda. "Switzerland": his own word for ACORD's role. Not a vendor, not a carrier, not a broker, just an organization funded to make the industry work better. The line it won't cross: if ACORD ever competed directly with the vendors and carriers it serves, he says it would lose the credibility to set standards for the industry. AI Needs Trust Before It Needs Anything Else: The core argument: AI can only "flourish" in insurance if it's built on data that is consistent and traceable, exactly what standards provide. "Invent from here": Kellington's framing for the industry's next move. Build on the existing standardized data pipeline rather than reinventing it from scratch. AI as the bridge: he sees AI solving the industry's hardest data problem, the huge volume of freeform text and inconsistent formats that never fit neatly into a standard field. The ACORD Reference Architecture, Explained: Where it came from: intellectual property IBM and Prima Solutions donated to ACORD, building on modeling work IBM's research team did decades earlier. Kellington helped bring that donation in. What it is: Kellington calls it the most advanced model of the insurance world in existence, broad enough to represent literally anything that can be insured. What it did for one carrier: he personally used it to transform Cincinnati Insurance's IT organization, driving reuse, lower cost, and higher software quality across the company's systems. What the Industry Needs to Do Its Part: Start with distribution: when agents and brokers voice a need clearly, carriers listen, and when carriers listen, vendors follow. Build a community, not just a standard: Kellington wants an "architecture community" of the people who actually work inside these systems, improving the Reference Architecture together rather than leaving it to ACORD alone. His near-term goal as CEO: define a clear future state for how the industry's tools should work together, then map the practical steps to get there. This episode is brought to you by The Future of Insurance book series (future-of-insurance.com) from Bryan Falchuk. Follow the podcast at future-of-insurance.com/podcast for more details and other episodes. Music courtesy of Hyperbeat Music, available to stream or download on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music and more.

Ismail Hamdad, Co-Founder of Adsum Networks, joins Mr. Beacon to explore how AI can accelerate IoT firmware development from months to hours. We discuss Adsum's IoT Decoder, giving AI coding agents the tools and context to work with physical hardware, the future of open IoT development, and Ismail's journey from telecom engineering to entrepreneurship.Ismail's Top 3 Songs:“Hurricane” by Bob Dylan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZvg_FjL3Q“Pourquoi Cette Pluie” by Idir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlShQr3yO-E“Not Afraid” by Eminem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64sMister Beacon is hosted by Steve Statler, CEO of ambientChat.ai — Using AI to connect people with places and products with an app that puts you in control of YOUR data.Our sponsor is Identiv https://www.identiv.com, whose IoT solutions create digital identities for physical objects, enhancing global connectivity for businesses, people, and the planet. We are also sponsored by Blecon http://www.blecon.net. Blecon who delivers asset tracking and condition monitoring using the devices your team already carries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why the Physical World Is Now the Biggest Cybersecurity Vulnerability in Most Organizations - and Why AI Changed EverythingGuest: John Gallagher, VP Viakoo Labs at Viakoo Host: Seth Earley, CEO at Earley Information Science Published on: September 28, 2026In this episode, Seth Earley speaks with John Gallagher, VP of Viakoo Labs at Viakoo, a company that has spent 12 years building automated cyber hygiene for IoT and OT systems across millions of devices. They explore why the physical world - cameras, building automation, water infrastructure, manufacturing equipment - is now the most underprotected attack surface in most organizations, how AI has eliminated the obscurity that passively protected these systems for decades, why ransomware has shifted from stealing data to shutting down operations, why human-in-the-loop is a hard line that can never be crossed in OT remediation, and what it actually takes to build a digital twin of every device in an enterprise environment and use it to match the speed of AI-driven threats.Key Takeaways:IT security investments do not transfer to OT and IoT environments - the 150,000 operating systems, device types, and tightly coupled application relationships require a completely separate approach.AI has eliminated security through obscurity - threat actors who previously could not justify the effort to attack niche OT systems can now use AI to read manuals, understand device architectures, and find vulnerabilities at scale.Ransomware has shifted from stealing data to shutting down operations - holding a manufacturing line or energy facility hostage is a fundamentally different and more consequential threat than data exfiltration.Organizations typically have 5 to 20 times more OT and IoT devices than IT systems - the attack surface is orders of magnitude larger than most executives realize.Threat detection in OT is now a solved problem - the unsolved problem is remediation at scale, which requires AI-assisted preparation and autonomous execution with a human in the loop for every deployment decision.A digital twin of every device - tracking make, model, firmware, memory state, configuration, and change over time - is the foundational knowledge layer before any security action can be taken.The defense is not a smarter model - it is knowing what you own, what connects to what, what breaks when you touch it, and who is accountable. That is an inventory problem, a normalization problem, and an information architecture problem.Insightful Quotes:"AI has brought what we call the inversion. It's taken things like remediation - firmware, password, certificate updates - and said, if you were okay updating even a few hundred devices manually a few times a year, those days are gone. It's a daily occurrence now, and you have to match AI speed." - John Gallagher"Will we ever put AI in charge of deploying that firmware update? Never. That is a hard line. There is a strong argument that AI never should be put in a decision-making process in this environment without a human in the loop." - John Gallagher"For decades, devices running on the physical side of business were protected by the fact that they were too obscure to be worth an attacker's time. That protection was never a strategy, and AI has erased it. The defense is not a smarter model - it is the knowledge of what you own, the firmware, what connects to it, what breaks when you touch it, who is accountable." - Seth EarleyTune in to discover why IoT and OT security is the most consequential and most underestimated cybersecurity challenge in the enterprise today - and what the path from awareness to remediation at scale requires.LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b2bpipelinebuilder/ Website: https://www.viakoo.com/company/Thanks to our sponsors:VKTREarley Information ScienceAI Powered Enterprise Book

For years, Middleby executives arriving at investor conferences faced a storytelling problem: 30 minutes wasn't much time to explain three different businesses, each with its own brands, markets, investments, and stage of development.Today, CFO Brittany Cerwin has a different story to tell.Over the past 18 months, Middleby separated its food-processing business into a standalone public company and sold 51% of its residential kitchen business to private equity firm 26North. What remains is a more commercially focused Middleby—and, Cerwin says, a clearer capital allocation story. The change arrives after Cerwin spent 15 years inside the company, moving from financial analyst through controllership and chief accounting responsibilities while Middleby continued acquiring businesses and building its platform. Early on, she deliberately sought work that would keep her from being siloed. That breadth now meets a narrower portfolio.Middleby's first capital priority, Cerwin explains, is investing in core operations, followed by returning value to shareholders, with acquisitions occupying a more opportunistic third position. Meanwhile, operational excellence—lean manufacturing, SKU rationalization, product teardowns, and margin improvement—has moved squarely onto the agenda.Perhaps the bigger shift is one of visibility. Middleby wants closer connections to customers, equipment, and service networks while expanding IoT capabilities and using AI to support both customer-facing platforms and internal finance work.

AI, robotics, and automation are advancing quickly, but successful transformation takes more than adopting the latest technology. It requires the right strategy, the right people, and a clear understanding of the business outcomes you're trying to achieve.In this episode of The Buzz, powered by MFG.inc, Scott Luton is joined by guest co-host Dr. Muddassir Ahmed and Christine Bush, Director of the Robotic and Motion Center of Excellence at Schneider Electric, to explore how AI and robotics are changing manufacturing and the workforce. They discuss the growing debate around AI safety and speed, why companies should focus on augmenting people rather than simply replacing them, and how manufacturers are using robotics to address skilled labor shortages and create more flexible operations. Christine also shares insights into IT/OT convergence, open software-defined automation, and what separates organizations that successfully scale automation from those that remain stuck in pilot mode.Key TakeawaysWhy organizations need a clear AI strategy that balances speed, safety, and business outcomesHow AI can augment engineers, operators, and maintenance teams rather than simply replace themWhy labor shortages are accelerating investments in robotics and advanced automationHow manufacturers can build greater flexibility into production by making robotics part of the process from the startThe role of IT/OT convergence, IoT, and open software-defined architectures in the future of manufacturingWhy successful automation projects require the right mix of people, perspectives, and technology to move beyond pilot modeAI and robotics offer enormous potential, but technology alone won't transform manufacturing. Tune in to hear practical perspectives on how manufacturers can combine human expertise with smarter automation, build more adaptable operations, and turn promising technology investments into real business value.Additional Resources & Links: MFG.inc: https://mfg.inc/With That Said: https://bit.ly/WTS-19SEP2026The Buzz APAC Edition: https://bit.ly/The-Buzz-APAC-Edition-Sept2026SCM Sensei AI: https://www.scmsensei.ai/U.S. Bank Strategic Alliance Leader page: www.supplychainnow.com/us-bankU.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: freight.usbank.comAI rivals found rare agreement on safety. 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My co-host Ken Suzan and I are welcoming you to episode 179 of our podcast IP Fridays! Today's Interview guest is Peter Berg. If you don't know Peter, he is the Chief IP Counsel at Infineon Technologies and is also serving as the VPP president. We talk about the industry association of in-house practitioners VPP, politics, patent strategy at Infineon, litigation ready patents, NPEs, acquisitions, the German emloyees invention act and many more things. So stay with us for this very interesting interview. Before we jump into this interview, I have news for you! The USPTO has issued its first AI-related disciplinary action, published on August 27, 2026 in In re Brian E. Mitchell (Proceeding No. D2026-16) before the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. The underlying settlement was signed by the attorney on July 20, 2026 and by the OED Director on July 21, 2026, with final approval given on July 27, 2026 by Tricia Choe on behalf of USPTO Director John A. Squires. The action resulted in a public reprimand against California patent attorney Brian E. Mitchell after a generative AI tool produced a claim comparison chart containing fabricated citations to the patent’s internal file history. The case underscores that AI-generated hallucinations must be verified by a human before filing. InterDigital has escalated its patent dispute with Disney across three fronts within a month. On August 25, 2026, InterDigital filed two new actions at the Unified Patent Court: a preliminary injunction request at the Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_3044/2026) and a main infringement action at the Düsseldorf Local Division (UPC_CFI_3043/2026), covering Germany, France and the Netherlands. Both target Disney+ Premium’s switch to the VP9 video codec, which InterDigital says still infringes patent EP 2 465 265, a patent the Mannheim division had already found valid and infringed in an earlier ruling that also branded Disney an unwilling licensee; the Düsseldorf action adds a second patent, EP 2 605 473, covering the Up Next continue-watching feature. On September 2, 2026, the Düsseldorf Local Division granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney covering Germany and the Netherlands over a separate patent protecting seamless playback continuation when switching between devices, upholding the patent’s validity in the same ruling. It was InterDigital’s third UPC injunction against Disney. Then, on September 15, 2026, InterDigital filed a damages claim for EUR 101.7 million against Disney at the Munich Regional Court I (case no. 7 O 8870/26), based on a November 2025 finding that Disney+ infringes InterDigital’s HDR video patent EP 2 132 923; the claim also covers viewers in 19 European countries served through a Frankfurt-based server location. For companies relying on codec or connectivity technology, the dispute is a reminder that switching to a different standard does not automatically avoid infringement if the asserted patent is drafted broadly enough. The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal ruled on September 3, 2026 in G 1/25 that a patent description only needs to be amended to match amended claims if a discrepancy between the two causes a requirement of the EPC, such as clarity, novelty or inventive step, not to be met. The EPO’s Board of Appeal 3.3.08 fully revoked Moderna’s key mRNA patent EP 3 590 949 following a two-day hearing that concluded in mid-September 2026, on the grounds that the claimed subject matter extended beyond the original application. The revocation removes the basis for Moderna’s earlier wins against BioNTech and Pfizer in Düsseldorf and London. On September 15, 2026, US sportswear maker New Balance filed a trademark suit against Decathlon’s US units, Decathlon America LLC and Decathlon USA LLC, in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts (case no. 1:26-cv-14235). New Balance argues that the K logo on its Kiprun running shoe line, when mirrored, reads unmistakably as an N and imitates the N mark it has used for roughly 50 years, claiming post-sale confusion. On September 8, 2026, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in Case C-298/23, Inter IKEA Systems v Vrijheidsfonds, on a referral from the Brussels Enterprise Court, that the owner of a well-known trademark can prohibit its use by a political party unless the party sets out the specific reasons why its freedom of expression outweighs the trademark owner’s interests. The case arose from the Vlaams Belang party’s 2022 campaign promoting a migration plan styled as IKEA assembly instructions. And now for the interview with Peter Berg! In this episode of IP Fridays I talk with Peter Berg. He is Chief IP Counsel at Infineon Technologies and President of VPP, the German association for in house IP professionals, since May 2025. Berg is an electrical engineer by training and leads a team at Infineon that manages a portfolio of more than 12,000 patent families, while the company simultaneously enforces its rights offensively in Germany, the US and China. That combination of hands on portfolio work and association leadership makes him one of the rare guests who can speak to both the operational detail of one of Europe’s largest patent portfolios and the political side of Germany’s IP landscape. The guest: Peter Berg and the VPP Peter Berg is an electrical engineer who became Chief IP Counsel at Infineon Technologies and, since May 2025, President of the VPP, the association representing in house patent professionals in Germany. His team manages a portfolio of more than 12,000 patent families while running an offensive enforcement program across Germany, the US and China. That mix of operational and political experience is exactly why I wanted him on the podcast. Germany’s national IP strategy: more than a promise on paper I asked Berg what has become of the national IP strategy promised in Germany’s coalition agreement, and what happens if it does not materialize during this legislative term. His answer was clear. The question is no longer whether the strategy will arrive, only how comprehensive it turns out to be. If it falls short of what industry needs, the profession will simply push for adjustments afterward. Berg names three levels that need attention. First, society as a whole, from kindergarten to retirement, needs to understand that intellectual property underpins our prosperity rather than being a line item in the accounts. Second, academia and professional education. Third, startups and the broader Mittelstand, where well funded structures are still missing. The German Patent and Trademark Office has an educational mandate but far too small a budget for it, and the regional patent information centers are underfunded as well. Berg makes a point that is easy to miss from outside Germany: the patent office reports to the Ministry of Justice rather than to an innovation focused ministry, even though its real purpose is to strengthen the economy. That three ministries, research, economy and justice, are now working on the strategy together strikes him as genuine progress. Litigation ready patents: how Infineon manages 12,000 patent families Infineon has roughly tripled its turnover since 2017 while keeping portfolio size largely stable. The answer, Berg says, is quality over quantity. Inventors pitch their ideas to a panel of senior technical experts and patent attorneys, and the process does not stop there. The draft itself is reviewed by multiple stakeholders, and once the notice of allowance arrives and the patent is granted, it goes through another review. The criteria stay consistent throughout: technology assessment, market size, detectability, circumventability and fit with Infineon’s own roadmap. Internal discipline alone does not make a patent litigation ready, though. That requires real experience with conflict, and most of that experience comes from the defensive side, where Infineon has plenty of practice finding weaknesses in patents asserted against it. Being on the offensive, Berg says, is a different level of learning entirely, whether in court or in licensing negotiations where the other side is not sure it would get a fair outcome if the case went to trial. In practice this also means systematic pruning. Internally Infineon calls the relevant phases US8 and US12, the years when annuity costs peak in the US portfolio, by far the most expensive part of the estate. Berg says his team knows every one of the more than 12,000 patent families in detail, and offensive enforcement is focused on the markets that matter most for electronic products: Germany, the US and China. An injunction at a trade show: national courts versus the UPC One concrete trigger for this conversation was an ex parte preliminary injunction Infineon obtained at a German trade show, without the defendant having filed a protective letter in advance. For Berg, enforcement at trade fairs is nothing new, it has been part of the playbook for years, now extended to venues outside Europe that Western companies have used less often in the past. His view on the UPC is nuanced. He credits the court with a strong start, good management and judges selected for quality rather than politics, and praises the body of case law it has built in a little over three years. On the other hand, some member states are still missing, a comprehensive body of case law takes time to develop, and costs do not fit every business case, especially where achievable damages barely justify the expense. Infineon in any case validates most European patents in only a handful of countries rather than dozens, so the practical difference between national and UPC enforcement is smaller than it might seem. For smaller cases the option to opt out and litigate nationally alongside UPC rights remains important, even though systematically double patenting is not something Infineon pursues for cost reasons. Four systems at once: coordinating cross border enforcement Infineon’s legal and patent departments have grown together over 25 years into a fully integrated international organization, with teams in Europe, North America and several Asian countries that, by Berg’s account, communicate on close to a weekly basis. Add to that a strong network of outside counsel. The commitment to management is not to shy away from any jurisdiction where the need arises. Berg is careful that patent attorneys do not spend their entire careers doing only litigation or only prosecution. Attorneys who rotate into a litigation team bring that experience back into their regular business support afterward, and that cycle in turn improves the quality of new filings. Litigation has become part of daily business, but never something a team slides into unprepared. Going on the offensive against a competitor requires planning several steps ahead. IP due diligence in practice: the Marvell Brightlane deal I found Berg’s answer on the Marvell Brightlane acquisition, Infineon’s 2.5 billion dollar deal for Marvell’s automotive Ethernet business that closed in August 2025, particularly revealing. In the semiconductor industry, he explains, IP is rarely primarily the patent portfolio. What matters more are frozen technologies and so called IP blocks, reusable design blocks that enable fast product development. Infineon almost never acquires a company because of its patents. Being a large, established player, its own portfolio is usually broad enough to secure a new technical area against incumbent competitors. The real work starts after signing. It means listening without being pushy, understanding the new colleagues’ processes and tools before deciding how to integrate the portfolio. Since none of Marvell’s IP staff joined Infineon in this deal, the team had to build up portfolio expertise using the acquired engineers and set up an operational patent committee, then plan which areas of the portfolio were already strong and where investment was still needed. The faster that integration decision gets made, Berg says, the better, because product development can never be allowed to stall because of an acquisition. The Cypress lesson: NPE exposure from legacy portfolios One risk many companies underestimate in acquisitions is patents an acquired business sold to a non practicing entity, or NPE, before the deal closed. That happened with Cypress Semiconductor in 2016, after its merger with Spansion left it with an oversized portfolio it did not need. Cypress sold around 2,000 patents to the NPE organization IP Value, and only a few years later Infineon acquired Cypress. Because the sale included a retained license for Cypress’s own business, Berg sees no exposure for Infineon from those specific patents today. The broader issue of NPE enforcement, though, remains real. Realistically there are many dozens of new cases a month, often directed at customers or the wider ecosystem rather than at chipmakers directly. Even when Infineon is not the target, it has to support its customers whenever its own technology is implicated. For the industry as a whole this consumes a great deal of resources without moving innovation forward, a point that comes up especially often at this time of year in Munich, when IP practitioners from around the world gather for meetings. Post quantum cryptography: patent density ahead of standardization In December 2024 Infineon became the first company to achieve a CC EAL6 certification in post quantum cryptography, one of the highest security certifications available. Berg describes two angles to the work. On one side, Infineon develops its own chipsets to enable quantum computing itself, already a real business rather than pure research. On the other side, customers across Infineon’s application fields need to be prepared for what he calls quantum day, the point at which powerful quantum computers become available, including to bad actors. Because that day may only be three to five years away, infrastructure needs to be built now so it can handle new cryptographic approaches. On standard essentiality he is measured rather than evasive. There are certainly patents in this field from Infineon and others, but security standards have historically leaned toward royalty free licensing rather than the large patent clusters seen in cellular communication from 2G through 5G. Whether that pattern repeats for post quantum cryptography, he cannot say, but Infineon is preparing for either outcome. Germany’s Employee Invention Act: opportunity or burden Asked whether Germany’s Employee Invention Act is an opportunity or a burden for the country’s innovation ecosystem, Berg does not hold back. With more than 30 years of experience, he estimates that 99 percent of all inventions are simply the regular work product of engineers in R&D, requiring no extra incentive at all. In countries without an equivalent law, employees are demonstrably just as innovative and just as willing to share their inventions with the company. His core objection is that invention does not equal innovation. Procurement, production, quality management and many other functions all contribute to a product’s success, not just the named inventors. That the inventor alone receives extra compensation while everyone else does not strikes Berg as unfair, especially since Infineon already rewards its top engineers appropriately regardless of statutory requirements. He calls the law a bureaucratic nightmare that should be abolished or at least radically simplified. Smaller organizations, he notes, often just ignore it or implement it badly, and every company Infineon has acquired with German operations has come with its own legacy mess to clean up. Artificial intelligence in day to day patent work at Infineon On AI, Berg describes three layers. The first is established tools: patent search, translation between the team’s main working languages, and, for about two years now, drafting replies to office actions. As with any tool, the benefit only shows up with repeated use at real volume, which is why Infineon works deliberately with outside counsel to broaden adoption across the team. The second layer is ongoing testing of new tools, limited mainly by the time available to evaluate them. The third is everyday office use. Since spring 2025, everyone from paralegals to attorneys has been able to use AI tools broadly within a secure environment. The bar stays the same throughout: if AI output is not at least as good as an attorney’s prior work, it is not worth using, or the cleanup afterward eats up any time saved. Where it does work, responses to standardization proposals, for instance, can be produced far faster. One question Berg expects to face next year, without yet having an answer: how should efficiency gains be split between the company and outside counsel once both sides benefit from AI? Three messages for the IP community I closed by asking Berg for the most important messages he would want to give our listeners, mostly IP professionals in companies and law firms. His first message: think about IP strategy from the end, starting with what needs to be asserted against whom and for what purpose in ten or twenty years, rather than letting today’s deadlines dictate everything. Only that kind of multi year plan, combined with a sound cost benefit ratio, produces genuinely litigation ready patents. His second message is again about artificial intelligence: anyone who has not started training with it yet risks missing the wave, and this is not a skill built overnight. His third message is aimed at anyone not yet connected to peers in the profession: use the associations and networks that already exist to build that exchange, a thought that ties neatly back to the VPP, where our conversation began. And here is the full transcript: Peter Berg: Hi, I’m Peter Berg, Chief IP Counsel at Infineon Technologies and President of VPP, the Association of In-house Patent Practitioners in Germany. And you are listening to IP Fridays. Rolf Claessen: Today’s interview guest is Peter Berg. If you don’t know Peter, he is an electrical engineer by training and is the Chief IP Counsel at Infineon Technologies and also serving as the VPP president. Thank you very much for being on IP Fridays. Peter Berg: My pleasure. Rolf Claessen: So first I want to talk about VPP. You succeeded Beat Weibel from Siemens as VPP president in May 2024 and have publicly called for Germany to finally deliver on the coalition agreement promise of the national IP strategy. So politics, what are the two or three most concrete things that strategy must contain? What happens if it doesn’t get done in this legislative period? Peter Berg: First of all, I think I need to correct you. It was May 2025, so not that long as a standing president. But if you mention national IP strategy, national means here for Germany. I think the question isn’t anymore whether or what happens if we don’t get that strategy. I think that is now on its way. The question is rather how good and comprehensive the national IP strategy will be, and if it’s just not enough from an industry perspective, I would say then we adjust afterwards. Of course, there is a big paper out from the BDI, the German Industry Association, published in 2024, and I need to focus on something which is really close to my heart. If you ask me the main content it should have, it is first of all better IP education, and I see there are kind of three levels. One is really society as such, so each and everybody from kindergarten to retirees, we need to acknowledge in the knowledge society that IP is central for our well-being. We have to respect the IP of others. We have to be proud to create IP, not just treat it as an entry in the accounts. Yeah, society at large. The second level is really academia and education in our professional environment. And finally, life is difficult for startups, people who want to create a new company, and small and medium-sized enterprises. There is good stuff out there. The German Patent and Trademark Office has a mandate to educate, but a very small budget to do so. In a federal country like Germany, there are local support systems, be it the chambers of commerce or the patent information centers. The structure is there, but it’s underfinanced, and Germany has to gear up on that one. So besides IP education, I believe solid national IP institutions are key. This is also a funding issue, be it headcount or technology. Think of the German Patent and Trademark Office, think of the courts, be it on the infringement side or the nullity side, so the Federal Patent Court. We need to back up nationally the European institutions, since we believe not every case is worth taking to the UPC, so for smaller cases we need a good national system as a backup. And government needs to have that in mind and not rely too much on European institutions alone. Finally, facilitate the IP transfer from universities and research institutions into industry. Right now it’s all about startups, et cetera, but that kind of IP transfer starts first of all with people leaving university, leaving those research institutions and joining industry, be it as staff or through research contracts. And finally, of course, startups are the area where Germany needs to catch up in particular. Perhaps I need to add for non-German listeners, there is a particularity in Germany in that the IP institutions, like the Patent and Trademark Office, report into the Ministry of Justice, although it’s an instrument for thriving innovation and building a solid economy. So it’s right now a totally new thing for this country that three ministries, research, economy and justice, are working together on this national IP strategy, with only recently some good progress. Rolf Claessen: You’ve said publicly that Infineon’s primary focus is patents that provide clear competitive advantages, and that for you it’s about litigation-ready patents. That’s a very specific phrase. How do you define it operationally, and how has the pruning of your more than 12,000-family portfolio changed in the last two years? Peter Berg: Yeah, I think that’s a process which lasted much more than two years, and it’s never over. This is work in progress. Thinking back to 2017, I joined Infineon, and the company has developed very nicely since. I think we roughly tripled turnover but kept the portfolio size roughly stable, despite acquisitions, despite that growth, also in R&D, et cetera. We’ve even been able to shrink costs since then, and I believe we’ve achieved our strategic goals, now with a good, or let’s say not yet good enough, cost-benefit ratio. And the answer to that equation is quality. Now, we as patent practitioners might call it differently, but at the end it comes down to the fact that, most likely for all companies and for practitioners who support companies in private practice, you need a collaboration platform. That means for Infineon, the inventors are key. They are involved in decision-making, so they pitch their invention to senior technical experts, my team members, and patent attorneys, and the quality of that expert panel makes a big difference. Then come repetitive reviews, not just once the decision to file is taken, but the draft itself is also reviewed by multiple stakeholders. Then we get the notice of allowance, the patent is granted, another review, and later on we try to apply consistent criteria: what’s the technology assessment, what’s the market size, is it detectable, is it easy to circumvent, et cetera, and does it fit with our own roadmap. And of course it would be nice if you could easily compare it with a competitor’s roadmap, or take the time to speculate on certain market changes which might be disruptive. And I believe if you apply that consistently over a sufficiently long period, you get patents you could call litigation-grade or litigation-ready. What is then missing, though, is real experience with conflicts against competitors and how the courts look at that. So the truth comes out once you go to court. On the defensive side, of course, we have tons of experience trying to find weaknesses in patents being asserted against Infineon, et cetera. But I think it’s another level of learning to be on the offensive, and that might play out in court, but it might also play out in licensing negotiations, where the other side is sufficiently unsure whether they would get an outcome they believe would be fair if they went to court with those patents. You asked me about the pruning of all this. So what is our approach there? There is a kind of forced pruning rate which we believe is necessary, to make it mandatory for everybody to identify the weakest patents in the respective portfolios. We focus on the years where costs are highest, what we internally call US8 and US12, since a big chunk of money needs to be spent on annuity payments for the US portfolio, which is the dominant one, and for the rest of the world it’s rather towards the end of the patents’ lifecycle. Now, having a good team, people who really like the technology and stay in charge for a long time, I could proudly say that my team knows every one of those 12,000 patent families well, and not just on the German or the US side, but really focuses on the jurisdictions with the biggest markets for electronic products. And there we see offensive litigation as a good choice, and that is Germany, the US and China. Rolf Claessen: Yes, talking about patent quality is really a hot topic right now, especially in industry and at the EPO, I guess, but that’s a topic for a different hour, probably. But talking about litigation-ready patents, you recently obtained possibly the first ex parte preliminary injunction at a German trade show in recent history, without a protective writ having been filed by the defendant. What does that show about your view on German national courts versus the UPC for this kind of enforcement? Peter Berg: I mean, first of all, litigation is not an end in itself, and in the markets a semiconductor company like Infineon operates in, a product might implement potentially hundreds or thousands of patents. So litigation itself doesn’t resolve all of that, but it has its place in our strategy execution. You’ll understand that I can’t get into specifics of any of the litigations you hinted at. But enforcement of trademarks, and I think you mentioned a patent case, trademarks and patents at trade fairs has been part of our activities for years, and sometimes you can catch somebody by surprise. It’s all about good preparation. But what I believe is more important is that we also prepare for venues so far less used by Western companies, be it China, et cetera. So being litigation-ready means looking into different venues. The UPC is certainly one of them, but there’s more beyond that. Enforcement for us is not only a German or European measure. I personally believe national courts and the UPC will both have a role to play in the future. There are pros and cons to each, which need to be evaluated case by case. I need to congratulate the UPC, which had a great start, good management, good communication about what they do, and a selection of judges based on quality, not politics. In a little more than three years, they’ve built up a pretty good body of case law. On the downside, some countries are still missing, building a really comprehensive body of case law will take time, and the cost side is still a concern, meaning that not every kind of business case reaches damages high enough to justify it, and there’s a certain risk that the case won’t be decided quickly by the court. In such situations, it might not make sense to go to the UPC. We have, I guess, quite a few companies in the electronics or mechanical engineering field where we don’t validate European patents in dozens of countries, maybe two, three, four, and over time it might be even fewer. So geographically, the difference between US, UPC and national enforcement isn’t that big. That’s why the alternative, and I mentioned this a bit at the beginning regarding the national IP strategy, needs to stay a good alternative. So the possibility to opt out and litigate nationally in lesser business cases remains, from my perspective, important, and we continue to use that as well. Rolf Claessen: Yes, and also the hurdle for double patenting has been lowered a little, so you can still have national patent rights in parallel with UPC patent rights. That’s also an advantage, probably. Peter Berg: Yeah, I think that was almost an invitation to say, you know, if you’re not sure whether the unitary patent is your choice, you can do both in parallel. True. But again, all we need to do is achieve our goals with a good cost-benefit ratio, so systematically double patenting is not really the way forward for us. Rolf Claessen: Right. Yeah, that was a very interesting insight about German national courts versus the UPC. But in fact you’re also litigating across borders, in many different countries, for example the US, Europe, Germany, and other countries, in China maybe. So what does coordinating enforcement across all these different systems simultaneously actually look like from the inside, and was it always the plan to have such complex litigation and enforcement systems, or did it evolve? What’s your take on this? Peter Berg: Yeah, at Infineon, our legal and patent departments, as we call them, have grown together over the last 25 years, roughly the age of our company, into an organization that doesn’t just have broad general legal or semiconductor application market expertise, for us that’s automotive, consumer goods, industrial and IoT, but is an organization that’s been tested by hundreds of assertions against us and our customers, and by negotiations with operating companies and NPEs. So that comes with experience. If I look now at our organization, not just my own team but legal in general, we have patent and legal teams in all the hotspots, and that’s grown in the last couple of years too. It’s Europe, of course North America, and various countries in Asia, and it’s a fully integrated international organization. We know each other and communicate, it feels like, on at least a weekly basis. Not to forget a good network of outside counsel to execute enforcement wherever strategic needs require it. That’s kind of our promise to management: we don’t shy away from any jurisdiction, if the need is there we can act and set up a team. Perhaps we’ve learned more on the defensive side, which we can now translate into offensive action. And I guess you’re somehow relating your question to a specific litigation against a Chinese competitor, and that’s not a litigation you kind of slide into. You need to plan a few steps ahead. Litigation has become part of our daily life, and the key moment is always, once it’s decided that this is going to happen, to set up a team for the new litigation. It starts to feel like a routine operation. The staffing depends of course on the technical area of the enforcement, the jurisdiction, and the workload of existing attorneys. And the good thing is that once we rotate patent attorneys into a litigation team, it’s great experience for them, that leads to expertise, and since we try not to over-specialize, so that people don’t only do litigation or only do prosecution, that experience from litigation is a great asset when they go back to supporting a certain business unit doing prosecution work. And coming back to your first question, that personal experience also helps in creating litigation-ready patents over time. Rolf Claessen: Yes, you’ve also acquired a couple of companies, and I have a question about a certain deal, especially the Marvell Brightlane acquisition and the IP due diligence. This $2.5 billion Brightlane deal closed in August 2025 and presumably transferred a substantial patent portfolio in the automotive, let’s say networking, technology field. How much of that big deal is really about buying IP, and how does a deal like that change your daily work in your IP function the day after closing? So once you’d signed the deal, did your daily life change? Peter Berg: It depends on the size of the deal. A couple of questions in there. Let me start with IP in the semiconductor industry, my industry, and that’s more than patents, trademarks and design rights. Speaking to practitioners and R&D colleagues, IP for them is rather frozen technologies and what we call IP blocks, design blocks which enable fast product designs that you can reuse. And if I take that as a basis, although each acquisition is different, IP plays a very big role because it should enable us to bring new products to market quickly, et cetera. Seldom does Infineon acquire a business because of its patent portfolio. Being a large, established player, our existing patent portfolio should be good enough to move into whatever technical area is of interest, and to make sure incumbent competitors couldn’t easily attack us when entering that field. Now, you mentioned the Marvell acquisition. We call it rather the Marvell automotive Ethernet acquisition. From Marvell’s perspective it was a smaller part of their business, which they sold to Infineon about a year ago. How should I say it, you get the assets but you get relatively little IP. So it’s more that you try to familiarize yourself with the assets and how they fit our business case, et cetera. Of course there is due diligence to get an idea and to make sure that everything that should belong to the business is transparent, but the more important part comes after the acquisition. Once the business is owned by Infineon, all the other functions handle their own areas of responsibility. For us, when it comes to IP rights, it’s about reaching out to the new colleagues, helping them for the first couple of days, but also leaving them alone, because there are so many changes they have to go through, and not being overly pushy. Understanding their current processes and tools, and their view of their own portfolio, is important at that point. So you hold back a little and see what they do and why they do it, sometimes you can learn from their best practices. But there comes a moment when we need to finally decide how to integrate the portfolio, and which of our processes and tools they have to adopt, and the faster you make that decision, the better. Since in the case of Marvell none of the IP staff joined us, the task was to build up a portfolio using the expertise of the senior engineers, get a good operational patent committee running, and develop a plan for which areas of the portfolio are good enough and which need to grow, in line with the growth of the business. It’s now more than a year ago, but that was an interesting time, and I doubt many people listening are aware of it, but a big thank you to everybody involved back in 2025. Rolf Claessen: From your answer I get that your job involved a lot of listening, basically, to the needs of the teams that joined your company, right? Peter Berg: At least as much talking as listening. Of course they want to know as well how we do things and what’s expected of them. So first of all it’s about reaching those people and making sure, and this is also a concern, that if everything changes for them, then perhaps the patenting process isn’t the most important thing. Product development is key, and making sure there’s no interruption so they can keep their timelines, et cetera. So being very mindful of that setting. But you’re right, it’s not just about telling them, it’s about listening to them and finding the right moment to switch. Rolf Claessen: Right, I have a very different question now, about NPEs, non-practicing entities, and exposure. I think some NPEs acquired patent families that trace back to Cypress, just before you bought it, or around the time of your acquisition. Are these patents, held by these NPEs, now a problem for Infineon? Peter Berg: That would be it, right? Actually, no, let me give some context first. Companies in distress, or with an overly large patent portfolio for their business, sometimes sell patents at a certain point in their history. Regarding Cypress Semiconductor, that happened around 2016, after they merged with a company called Spansion and ended up with a large combined portfolio they didn’t need. At that point Cypress teamed up with an NPE organization called IP Value and sold them around 2,000 patents, that’s public knowledge, and only a few years later Infineon acquired Cypress. So that was done by Cypress before it became an Infineon company. But good practice is, if you sell a patent, you retain a license for your own business, so in that sense I don’t feel any exposure from those patents. But of course this touches on the general topic of exposure to NPE enforcement, which is a concern in the electronics industry. Realistically, hundreds is perhaps too much, but many dozens of new cases a month, often against our customers or the wider ecosystem. But since it involves technology implemented in our products, even if the enforcement doesn’t target semiconductor players directly, we need to support our customers, and that is a kind of a load we need to help carry. But these are typically patents that somebody else sold to an NPE. You were also asking whether acquiring businesses brings new opportunities as well as new risk. I think that’s natural, and we shouldn’t shy away from that kind of risk. If we, like any other company, go for the big, high-margin, fast-growing businesses, the stakes are high in those areas, and you can’t complain if these also turn out to be litigious marketplaces, because many people want to be there. Around this time of year, since it’s Oktoberfest season here in Munich, many IP practitioners from around the world gather for meetings and share their view on the world. Everybody talks about AI, and NPEs try to acquire whatever patents are on the market that could be the basis of stronger or weaker infringement actions against that part of the industry. From an industry perspective, this consumes a lot of resources and doesn’t really help accelerate innovation in our space. Rolf Claessen: Good that you have a solution for the patent families that were acquired before you acquired Cypress. And now, turning to a very different topic, cryptography. You’re also working on quantum cryptography and post-quantum cryptography, a difficult word, and you, Infineon, were the first to obtain a certification, a really high certification in post-quantum cryptography, the so-called CC EAL6 certification, a very high certification in cryptography for our listeners, in December 2024. Now this field of technology is heading towards standardization. How patent-dense is Infineon’s patent stack in this field, and how are you thinking about the potential standard-essentiality of this new post-quantum cryptography technology, where maybe the American standards from the NIST institute become the infrastructure, or the standard? Peter Berg: It’s a big field with different components. We take the quantum challenge seriously at Infineon, but there are two elements to it. You spoke more about cryptography, but for us, as a semiconductor player, on one hand we want to enable quantum computing with our own chipsets, and we support two different technology streams there, it’s not just development, it’s already a real business. On the other hand, we need to educate and enable customers in the application fields we serve to prepare for that quantum day, the day quantum computing becomes available, and not only to the good guys. You need to think about this now, because it might be just three, four, five years away, you don’t know for sure. It means investing in infrastructure able to handle post-quantum cryptography and security in communications, because you need certain computing power and different ways of handling cryptography algorithms compared to today. Today’s approaches won’t be enough, you need better ones, and you mentioned one at the beginning, which Infineon has proposed. That’s not easy. If you invest in a core today, you’re investing in something like a power station, which stays connected to the internet for a long time, so you need infrastructure robust enough to handle post-quantum cryptography. Regarding the patent stack question, yes, certainly there are several patents in this field owned by Infineon, but also by others. In general, I believe, both in semiconductors and in security more broadly, this tends toward royalty-free licensing, and standard setting has in the past been marked by the avoidance of the big patent clusters we saw building up in cellular communication, from 2G through 5G. I don’t see that happening in the post-quantum cryptography field, but who knows, so we prepare for whatever scenario comes. Rolf Claessen: Let’s see if the Infineon patents end up in a big pool or something later on, and you get all these license fees. Peter Berg: I wouldn’t mind, yeah. Rolf Claessen: Let’s see. Right, now turning to another topic, maybe, for example US colleagues ask me a lot about the German employee invention law. It’s very different from other countries, especially the US. Do you see the German employee invention law rather as an opportunity or a burden for Germany’s innovation ecosystem? Peter Berg: As IP professionals in larger corporations in Germany, we’re so used to that law that we hardly challenge its usefulness. To your question, though, with more than 30 years of experience, I’d say that 99% of all inventions are made by engineers in R&D as part of their regular job, nothing extra on top, so they don’t need an extra motivation for it. And we see it in other countries too, where that kind of law doesn’t exist, and people are just as innovative and just as ready to share their inventions with us as an IP organization, with or without the law. So it doesn’t seem to fulfill the role some see as a competitive edge for Germany, and because of that inventor law, people just end up being more cautious, or more descriptive, about their work results. There are more reasons why I believe this is obsolete. Invention does not equal innovation. There are many other colleagues in a company, in procurement, production, quality management, et cetera, and all of them contribute to a product becoming a bestseller. It’s not a single person, and it’s not just one team’s result, and somehow it doesn’t feel fair that the inventor gets an additional bonus and the others don’t. In any case we’d give our top engineers a premium anyway, and we reward inventors in all other countries, with the law or without it, without any worldwide mandate for that kind of remuneration. So from a corporate perspective we don’t need a law to help us work out the benefits and share them with our top inventors. The law is a bureaucratic nightmare. It needs to be abandoned, or at least radically simplified. In smaller organizations, I guess it’s often just ignored or badly implemented. Believe me, every company we’ve acquired with operations in Germany has left us a bit of a heritage to clean up. Rolf Claessen: Yeah, I understand. Now for a different topic, AI, the use of AI. We as patent attorneys talk about this a lot, it’s a big topic, how to use AI, whether to use AI, and how to use AI in law firms. But can you tell us about the use of AI in the operations of your team? Peter Berg: Recently we discussed this and agreed on kind of three layers to it. First, good use of established AI tools. AI, in that sense, isn’t something that started three years ago with ChatGPT. It began with search, patent search, then translation, at least between the major languages like German and English, which most of my team masters, and then, I’d say about two years ago, drafting and replies to office actions. So there are established tools, and as with every tool, you need to use it repeatedly, at a certain volume, to really benefit from it. We try to work with the best of these established tools, driving wider adoption within the team and partnering with our law firms, since a substantial part of the legal work is done by our outside counsel. So this is a bit of a joint exercise. Second, there are constantly new tools coming up, which we try to test. There are many, so the time we have available to look into them is the limiting factor. I’d like to test more, because there might be a new frontrunner coming up that we should definitely try ourselves. But last, and certainly not least, we try to implement AI into everyday operations, into the office environment itself. The company made a good decision in spring to allow wide adoption of AI-specific tools in a secure environment, and that has opened up a lot of opportunities for everybody, paralegals and attorneys alike, and now it’s about fostering an open exchange on what’s possible and what’s not. And finally, since Infineon, like most corporations, doesn’t do everything in-house, there’s the question of what the benefits are that we can plan around, so that we get better quality. If the quality of the AI results isn’t as good as the attorney’s results before, then we shouldn’t use it, or we’d spend so much time cleaning it up afterwards that nobody could tell the difference. Second, we can now do things that weren’t possible before, because they were too tedious or took too long, or we get faster turnaround times, so we can respond more quickly to standardization proposals, what used to take many days we can now do in a few days, while still trusting the quality of the output. And only then comes what’s often discussed as efficiency gains, and the question that will probably be asked next year is how we split the pie: if both we and outside counsel benefit from using AI, what do we do with those benefits, how much stays with outside counsel, and how much should also benefit my budget? Rolf Claessen: But I clearly see the advantages of using AI, I’m using it myself, especially for cases like oppositions, where in earlier times you had to read through some 30 papers, patents and books, and now you can just ask the AI where you find a certain feature across those 30 documents. So it’s really useful in a lot of cases. Now my last question to you, and maybe the most important one, what do you think are the three most important messages you want to convey to our listeners, who are mostly IP professionals, both in-house and in law firms? Peter Berg: Do you want me to repeat things I said before, or can I think freely, in general? Free thinking, of course. Okay. Many of the things we spoke about now were about what to do next, and how to execute certain things, how to prepare. I believe that if you think about IP strategy, you think about it from the end: what do I need to assert, against whom, for what purpose, before building a portfolio of IP rights. So it’s not just about the deadlines you have today and tomorrow, which you somehow have to get through, but about taking a step back and thinking, what should this be good for in 10 or 20 years’ time. If you do that, it helps you get to litigation-grade patents and litigation readiness. We’re all busy, and there are so many things we need to do today and tomorrow, so it’s easily forgotten to look a little further down the road. So I’d say, think about a multi-year plan to achieve your goals, and there are hardly any moments, unless perhaps you’re one of the big AI platforms with unlimited resources, where that isn’t true. So plan for multiple years, but with a good cost-benefit ratio in mind. And I can’t really avoid mentioning AI here. It’s having a major impact on our operations. We’ve talked about it, we’ve tested it, but ramping it up is a different matter, and I think next year will be decisive. That’s really the full value chain, from interacting with our inventors to get better quality ideas, all the way to claim charting and negotiating, the bread-and-butter activities of patent attorneys, drafting office action replies is of course part of that too. I’m really keen to see that happen, and I’m trying to keep my team ahead of the wave. And I can only encourage everybody in our profession, if you don’t yet have a contact, team up with friends or colleagues in the profession, use the various associations that exist in our profession to network and discuss. The worst thing is to miss the train, and it takes time, this isn’t something you become good at overnight, so it needs time to train, and it’s good to start now. Rolf Claessen: Yes, that’s a very good point, and closing where we began, with the VPP, exchanging ideas among colleagues really is key, I think, important. Thank you very much for being on IP Fridays, on our podcast. That was really interesting, and I think our listeners can learn a lot from this interview. Thank you very much. Peter Berg: Don’t mention it, it was a pleasure talking to you, and for me it was also the first time doing this kind of podcast. Thank you. Rolf Claessen: Thank you

Join Pratik Sharda, Co-Founder and CEO of CraftifAI, for a deep dive into the next frontier of artificial intelligence: moving beyond text and screen-based software to power physical systems. While generative AI has revolutionized web and enterprise software development, building software for physical devices—such as robots, autonomous vehicles, industrial machinery, and IoT hardware—presents a fundamentally different engineering challenge. Drawing on his background as an Electronics Engineer, MBA Gold Medalist, and deep-tech founder, Pratik explains how CraftifAI's multi-agent platform automates low-level firmware, edge AI perception pipelines, and FPGA development. In this episode, he breaks down why off-the-shelf foundation models fail in real-world hardware environments, and how specialized AI agents are unlocking production-ready software for the physical world.

Podcast: Industrial Cybersecurity InsiderEpisode: When Cyber Stops the Line, Safety Is on the LinePub date: 2026-09-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSafety starts with a goal. So should cybersecurity.Craig Duckworth sits down with Shankar Somasundaram, CEO of Asimily and former head of Symantec's IoT business, to explain why plant floor cybersecurity is a safety issue, not an IT expense. They cover why industrial cybersecurity programs stall after the tool is purchased, how to start with a goal instead of a solution, and why fixing the biggest risks first beats trying to secure everything at once.The conversation also covers network segmentation mistakes, AI as both a helper and a new threat to critical infrastructure, protecting legacy OT and IoT equipment without disrupting production, watching traffic inside the plant, what drives cybersecurity maturity, and what OT security market consolidation means for manufacturers.Shankar's three takeaways for your next budget cycle:Cyber risk is safety riskStart with the goalVisibility and fixing the problem are one program, not twoChapters:(00:00:00) Cybersecurity is patient safety, operational safety, plant safety(00:00:45) Meet Shankar and the four pillars behind Asimily(00:03:50) Why OT security projects stall after the tool is purchased(00:06:20) Start with a goal, not a solution(00:09:20) Exposure management and the segmentation myths that slow teams down(00:11:45) AI as enabler and attacker inside critical infrastructure(00:15:40) Collecting data on legacy OT and IoT without disrupting operations(00:18:20) North south, east west, and the flow data most teams skip(00:20:00) Does maturity come from size, budget, or management(00:24:20) Consolidation in the OT market and the advice Shankar leaves behindLinks And Resources:Want to Sponsor an episode or be a Guest? Reach out here.Industrial Cybersecurity Insider on LinkedInCybersecurity & Digital Safety on LinkedInBW Design Group CybersecurityShankar Somasundaram on LinkedInAsimilyDino Busalachi on LinkedInCraig Duckworth on LinkedInThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Industrial Cybersecurity Insider? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube to leave us a review!The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Industrial Cybersecurity Insider, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Embedded Insiders, Eystein Stenberg, Co-founder and CTO of Northern.tech, joins the podcast to talk about how challenging IoT products have been to manage over the past few years. During the time of this recording, Northern.tech released the 2026 State of Industrial IoT Device Lifecycle Management report, and we discuss what that latest industry data reveals. Next, Nick Comfoltey, the Vice President of Home & Industrial IoT End Markets at GlobalFoundries, joins contributing editor Rich Nass to discuss power in AI. AI is front and center in so many conversations these days, and while we focus on processing, we often forget the need for sufficient power. For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

In this episode, Halton Group executive Shuresh Maran joins Madelyn O'Farrell to explore how Halton designs mission-critical HVAC and ventilation systems for the most demanding environments, including cruise ships, naval vessels, nuclear facilities, offshore oil and gas, offshore wind, and modern data centers. Shuresh explains how Halton's core strengths—high-integrity engineering, rigorous testing, and long-life reliability—carry across sectors, and why their equipment must function flawlessly in rare but life-or-equipment-saving moments. He outlines the company's growth strategy to double revenue by 2030, driven by rebounding cruise demand, long-cycle nuclear buildouts (including small modular reactors), and booming offshore wind. The conversation also covers the shift to unmanned offshore platforms, the importance of cybersecurity and supply chain resilience in defense and energy, the rising expectations of data center owners around longevity and climate adaptation, and Halton's cautious approach to IoT and remote monitoring in security-sensitive environments. A key takeaway is that as energy and digital infrastructure scales, getting the physical built environment “right” from day one—by partnering with experienced suppliers—dramatically reduces operational risk and cost over a project's lifecycle.Highlights from their conversation include:Shuresh's Background and Global Career Journey (0:51)What Halton Group Does and Its Four Divisions (1:47)Why Ventilation Is Mission Critical in Extreme Environments (3:00)Operating Differently Inside Halton for Demanding Sectors (4:47)Growth Strategy and Doubling Revenue by 2030 (6:06)Offshore Wind vs Oil and Gas: What Transfers and What's New (7:18)Naval and Defense Demand, Long Project Cycles, and Cybersecurity (9:14)Data Centers, Reliability, and Climate Adaptation Pressures (11:41)Supply Chain, Standardization, and Reducing Bottlenecks (14:06)IoT, Remote Monitoring, and Cybersecurity Constraints (16:09)Future of Mission Critical Built Environments and Final Takeaways (18:44)Dynamo Ventures is a venture firm backing founders upgrading the physical economy. As intelligence moves into critical infrastructure and technology collides with physics, industry is entering a new era of transformation - the industrial renaissance.Born from the dirt and grit of supply chains and shaped by operations, not spreadsheets, Dynamo focuses on the complex realities of building in the real world. We invest in companies transforming infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and the systems that power global commerce.Dynamo works closely with founders who combine ambition with a bias to action, bringing a builder mindset to venture capital through deep operational insight, systematic pressure-testing and hands-on partnership.Our purpose is simple: to back the relentless shaping the industrial renaissance. Learn more at www.dynamo.vc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IoT has matured beyond the hype, but many organisations still struggle to scale successful deployments. In this episode, Analysys Mason's Ibraheem Kasujee speaks with Yannik Kopp, Chief Strategy Officer at Loriot, about how enterprise attitudes to IoT have evolved and what it takes to move from pilot projects to large-scale implementation.  They discuss the shift from proof of concept to proof of value, the challenges of securing internal buy-in, how organisations can demonstrate business impact beyond cost savings and why a strong operational foundation is essential for long-term success. The conversation also explores how IoT data can unlock new use cases over time and create opportunities for wider digital transformation. 

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Yanshi Tao, VP of Public Safety & Vision Systems at Jabil, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the future of AI-powered public safety. The conversation covers the shift from surveillance to intelligence, what makes AI-powered public safety possible, automated decision-making, flock cameras, balancing security and privacy, and the technical challenges of AI solutions.Yanshi Tao leads a multinational business spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, with responsibility for up to $2 billion in annual revenue and full P&L ownership. Throughout his career, Tao has built trusted C-suite partnerships, developed and executed long-term growth strategies, and successfully expanded business performance through commercial transformation, operational optimization, and supply chain innovation. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and completed the Executive Leadership Program at UC Berkeley.Jabil is a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Jabil's commitment extends beyond business success as the company strives to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.Discover more about IoT and AI at https://www.iotforall.comFind IoT solutions: https://marketplace.iotforall.comMore about Jabil: https://www.jabil.comConnect with Yanshi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanshi-tao-72a8b022/Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2NlcEwmJoin Our Newsletter: https://newsletter.iotforall.comFollow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/iot4all

In this episode, we kicked things off with a fresh Bitcoin mining network update, covering hash rate, difficulty, pool distribution, and some interesting movement from Ocean. Even though Eco accidentally called this episode #125, it is actually #126. Moving on, we zoomed in on our hosted HydraPool dashboard at dash.256f.org, where recent updates have made the experience more gamified and sparked a broader conversation about better miner metrics, including luck, loyalty, difficulty, and clearer ways to represent huge hash totals. We also got into a fun but revealing discussion about the long-term future of mining rewards, fee pressure, and whether today's network usage is enough to support Bitcoin miners as subsidies continue to shrink.We then spent most of the episode unpacking the bigger picture behind open source Bitcoin mining. We reflected on our recent fundraiser in San Francisco with the 256 Foundation and how helpful it was to present, in person, why open source mining matters and how our core projects fit together: hash board, control board, firmware, and pool infrastructure. We talked through the pain of today's proprietary mining stack, why miners should not be limited to the same closed “shoebox” form factor, and how community research, public documentation, and shared tooling can unlock new mining systems for heat reuse, off-grid energy, home mining, and other specialized use cases. Along the way, we also touched on AI's growing usefulness for hardware development, the importance of publishing field knowledge, and some of the security concerns emerging from current mining and IoT device ecosystems.

As smart buildings become more connected, they also become more exposed to cyber threats. In this episode, host Dr. Matt Tucker, IFMA's Director of Knowledge and Insights, sits down with Stacey Shepard, Advisory Board Member at Building Cyber Security, to discuss how facility managers can bridge the gap between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) to protect their organizations. Together, they unpack: Why global cybercrime is now a multi-trillion-dollar issue impacting business continuity, productivity, and physical safety. Understanding how building automation, HVAC, access control, and IoT devices create non-traditional entry points for bad actors. Lessons learned from high-profile hacks involving ransomware, supply chains, and interconnected smart devices. How FMs can establish strong communication channels with CIOs and C-suite executives. Practical advice on performing asset inventories, reviewing vendor contracts, and leveraging free tools like the 16-step checklist from Building Cyber Security. Whether managing a single facility or a global portfolio, this episode provides essential strategies for treating cybersecurity as a core component of emergency preparedness and all-hazard resilience. Resources Mentioned: Building Cyber Security Website Connect with Us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifmaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFacilityManagementAssociation/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IFMAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifma_hq/YouTube: https://youtube.com/ifmaglobalVisit us at https://ifma.org

What happens when AI moves beyond generating content and starts autonomously optimizing the physical world? In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Riaz Raihan, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Trane Technologies, about how the company is applying AI, connected equipment, and massive volumes of IoT data to make buildings more autonomous and energy efficient. Riaz explains how BrainBox AI acts as an “autopilot” for complex HVAC systems, continuously making small adjustments to optimize energy use without sacrificing comfort. He also discusses Trane Technologies' three-pillar AI strategy, responsible data use and cybersecurity, and a future in which smart, resilient buildings coordinate energy consumption, storage, and generation autonomously.   This episode is presented by Tines — Freedom to build. Complete security. No compromises. Learn more at tines.io  

Welcome back to "Data Driven," the podcast where we explore the cutting edge of data science, AI, and the rapidly evolving world of data governance. In this episode, we sit down with Richa Kaul, founder and CEO of Complyance, an AI-driven platform transforming governance, risk, and compliance for enterprises. Drawing on her experience as a data privacy enthusiast and leader in the compliance space, Richa Kaul dives into the pressing challenges of securing sensitive data, the complexities of global compliance frameworks, and how AI both complicates and protects our interconnected world.We discuss the pivotal role of the Chief Information Security Officer, the importance of proactive, layered security measures, and why compliance is rapidly gaining attention—not just as a regulatory checkbox, but as a central business strategy. With practical advice for both enterprises and individuals on maintaining digital privacy and security, this episode is essential listening for anyone navigating today's high-stakes data landscape.Timestamped overview00:00 Privacy and security frameworks overview03:54 Impact of Equifax data breach06:21 Focusing on data security09:58 Managing complex enterprise security controls15:53 Focus on AI and information security18:37 Learning from Fire Safety Education20:47 Phone security in modern cyber warfare24:48 Concerns about IoT device security29:10 Protecting Privacy from Algorithms30:44 Security and privacy concerns35:23 GTA's social commentary on privacy39:11 AI's Role in Cybersecurity Awareness41:03 Global connectivity and surveillance issues44:47 Ending on a positive note

Genetec's Lee Shelford says AI and cloud are giving security teams faster investigations while turning physical security systems into tools for broader business operations. Organisations should stop treating AI as a box-ticking exercise and focus on where it can deliver measurable operational gains, according to Genetec's Lee Shelford. Speaking on the Cyber Uncut podcast with David Hollingworth, Shelford says AI-powered video analytics can cut investigations from hours to minutes, allowing operators to find people, vehicles, objects, and behaviours using natural-language searches and respond while incidents are still unfolding. Shelford urges organisations to look beyond traditional surveillance, with Genetec combining video, access control, vehicle recognition, communications, and IoT data through a single interface. The technology can also support use cases beyond security, including bushfire detection, remote monitoring, car park management, and improving the movement of people and vehicles through airports and shopping centres. According to Shelford, remote management can eliminate the need for onsite upgrades and configuration, while AI can reduce the manual tuning previously required as conditions change. But cyber security must remain central, with Genetec having pursued Australian requirements, including IRAP assessment and Essential Eight alignment. Enjoy, The Cyber Uncut team

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Your next opportunity might start with a message you haven't sent yet. When I started sharing my cell phone number on the podcast, I thought I might get overwhelmed with calls and texts. Turns out, very few people reach out. But an irrigation contractor in Indiana did—and the day this episode drops, we're meeting in person to explore technology, IoT, and possibilities for their business. In this nano episode, I'm reflecting on that small step between being curious and acting on it. Asking a question. Starting a conversation. Taking a little chance on something you'd love to understand better. We spend plenty of time talking about connecting devices. Here's a reminder to connect with people, too. Bring your curiosity. Just press send.

On episode 59 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Emily Long and Alex Zenla, co-founders of Edera, about rethinking the foundations of cloud and AI security. They explain how an IoT side project became an approach to workload isolation built around Xen and Rust, and why AI agents are making stronger security boundaries increasingly urgent. Along the way, they discuss complementary leadership skills, fundraising lessons, and the value of questioning the industry's technical assumptions.

On episode 59 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Emily Long and Alex Zenla, co-founders of Edera, about rethinking the foundations of cloud and AI security. They explain how an IoT side project became an approach to workload isolation built around Xen and Rust, and why AI agents are making stronger security boundaries increasingly urgent. Along the way, they discuss complementary leadership skills, fundraising lessons, and the value of questioning the industry's technical assumptions.

Keith McCall is building a company that watches the Earth from above. Omniris pulls imagery from drones, satellites, and IoT sensors, overlays it on a map, and adds the one thing that makes data powerful  time. Capture the same field or cell tower ten times across a year and you get a living database, a digital twin more useful than anything sitting in a spreadsheet. His network of 4,000 independent drone pilots has flown Walmart's headquarters, Amazon distribution centers, 11,000 Verizon cell towers, and solar farms around the world.  Keith is the CEO of Omniris, along with the ag-tech company Pollen Systems and the wine venture Everyvine. He and Jason get into why he ripped out a $2 billion incumbent and bet on open source, how he handles data sovereignty across Azure, AWS, and on-premise servers from Saudi Arabia to Chile, and why he thinks the billions being poured into AI valuations could evaporate faster than anyone expects. We also discuss: Why he went open source to scale past a $2 billion competitor The AI valuation bubble and how Chinese model distillation could wipe it out Smart cities. Why Seattle's cameras, drones, and traffic lights aren't on one geospatial layer The coming food crisis and the aging-farmer knowledge problem behind his ag-tech work Hiring for communication, collaboration, and compassion over pedigree Ranking family offices first and venture capital last when raising money    Keith's links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithmccall/ Omniris: https://omniris.world/ Pollen Systems: https://www.pollensystems.com/ Everyvine: http://www.everyvine.com Eastside Entrepreneurs: https://eastent.org/ Jason links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncavness Follow the show so you don't miss an episode.

SummaryIn this episode of the Blue Security Podcast, hosts Andy and Adam celebrate six years of consistent podcasting, reflecting on their journey and the evolution of their roles in the tech industry. They delve into a significant controversy surrounding LG TVs, discussing privacy concerns related to data collection and microphone usage. The conversation transitions into smart home and IoT security, where they provide practical strategies for securing connected devices and protecting personal data. In this episode, the hosts discuss the importance of securing IoT devices through VLANs, the ongoing threat posed by the hacker known as Nightmare Eclipse, and the implications of a new vulnerability discovered in CrowdStrike's Falcon product. They also delve into the ethical considerations surrounding vulnerability disclosure, emphasizing the need for coordinated responses to prevent collateral damage in the cybersecurity landscape.----------------------------------------------------YouTube Video Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠----------------------------------------------------Documentation: https://www.techradar.com/televisions/lg-tvs-collect-far-more-data-on-you-than-youd-expect-says-new-report-including-logging-microphone-audio-while-on-standbyhttps://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/crowdstrike-privilege-escalation/----------------------------------------------------Contact Us:Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bluesecuritypod.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bluesecuritypod.comLinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluesecpodYouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueSecurityPodcast-----------------------------------------------------------Andy JawBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ajawzero.comLinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠andy@bluesecuritypod.com⁠----------------------------------------------------Adam BrewerTwitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ajbrewerLinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠adam@bluesecuritypod.com

AI is changing how businesses operate, and the elevator industry isn't immune. In this live conversation, I met with Jonathan Taub, President of Fieldboss, who has over twenty years of experience in software strategy, implementation, and customer success running high-performing operations. We discussed what AI means for elevator professionals and companies, what opportunities and concerns are emerging, and how it could affect company valuations, job responsibilities, and the value of employees' skills. The goal of this conversation is to clarify: where an elevator company should start with AI, what risks companies should consider before adopting new technology, and what AI could mean for your business, your skills, and your career.Chapters:00:00 Intro: AI and the Elevator Industry00:54 Jonathan's Journey Into Software and Elevators07:03 How AI Has Changed Since the NAEC Conference10:28 Why Elevator Companies Need to Pay Attention to AI12:35 What AI Means14:24 AI Governance, Security, and Guardrails20:26 What AI Can Do for Elevator Companies 23:22 The Future of AI, IoT, and Predictive Maintenance26:19 Where AI Can Have the Biggest Impact31:00 AI Opportunities for Independent and Large Contractors34:33 AI Adoption Starts With Operations38:01 Making Technology Transformations Work42:59 AI, Technology, and Elevator Company Valuations45:51 How AI Could Change Elevator Careers49:18 The Human Skills That Will Matter More52:16 How Elevator Companies Can Start Using AIResources: Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@elevatorcareers/ Submit a Topic Idea for the Podcast: https://elevatorcareers.net/ Connect With Us: linktr.ee/AllredGroupA Message From Our Sponsor: Looking for top-tier talent to join your team? Call The Allred Group for your elevator recruiting needs! With a deep network and unmatched industry expertise, we quickly connect you with skilled professionals who are ready to elevate your team. Let us handle the hiring process, so you can focus on growing your business with the best in the industry. Reach out today, and let us help you take your business to new heights! To contact us go to: https://allredgroup.com

For anyone working in energy or considering where their career might take them next technical knowledge is only part of the picture. The sector increasingly sits at the intersection of technology, economics, infrastructure, geopolitics and digitalisation. Understanding how those pieces connect can be just as valuable as knowing one technology in depth.In this episode of Energy Sector Heroes, I speak with Edmund Hain, an engineer and business development professional with more than 25 years of experience across technology, IT, IoT and industrial markets.We discuss why Edmund believes energy professionals need to think beyond individual technologies and understand the wider systems they operate within. Using smart grids as an example, we explore how solar generation, battery storage, smart meters, electric vehicles and software can work together and why decisions about energy infrastructure are as much economic and geopolitical as they are technical.We also talk about what this means for people building careers in energy.Edmund challenges the idea that everyone needs to become a narrow specialist. Instead, he makes the case for developing enough breadth to understand how different disciplines connect, while knowing when to bring in deeper technical expertise.

Matt Maupin of Silicon Labs joins the Mr. Beacon Podcast to discuss the evolution from Zigbee to Matter over Thread, the company's concurrent multi-protocol technology, and its collaboration with Philips Hue. We explore interoperability, wireless reliability, commercial IoT, chip integration, Bluetooth Channel Sounding, and how these technologies can make connected devices easier and more dependable.Mister Beacon is hosted by Steve Statler, CEO of ambientChat.ai — Using AI to connect people with places and products with an app that puts you in control of YOUR data.Our sponsor is Identiv https://www.identiv.com, whose IoT solutions create digital identities for physical objects, enhancing global connectivity for businesses, people, and the planet. We are also sponsored by Blecon http://www.blecon.net. Blecon who delivers asset tracking and condition monitoring using the devices your team already carries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send me a messageMore supply-chain data does not automatically produce better decisions. Digital systems can expose risk, but they can also reproduce the same governance failures, blind spots and weak assumptions already embedded in the operation.My guests today are Lara Schilling, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Technical University of Denmark, and Professor Stefan Seuring, a long-time researcher in sustainable supply chains. Their latest paper used 52 conversations from this podcast as its dataset, examining how technologies including AI, IoT and blockchain connect with supply-chain sustainability and risk.We look at why visibility is only the beginning, why failure stories are so hard to find, and why even academic research can become skewed towards positive outcomes. We also examine what leaders may be missing when indicators look reassuring, what happens when digital investments are judged at implementation rather than over time, and why the question “visibility to whom?” matters more than it first appears.Listen now to understand what separates useful supply-chain visibility from expensive digital capability that fails to improve decisions. If disruption hit tomorrow, would you know where your supply chain was most exposed? In 15 minutes my free scorecard helps you assess 27 resilience statements, calculate your score, and turn the result into three priorities and a 30 day action plan. You can download the scorecard free at tomraftery.com/scorecard.Support the showPodcast supportersI'd like to sincerely thank this podcast's generous Subscribers:Alicia FaragKieran OgnevGary LynchAnd remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

By Doug Green “No physical SIM, no Wi-Fi and no manual step from the end user.” In this Telecom Reseller podcast, I speak with Cédric Jarkowsky, Head of Product at NTT Transatel, about a major step forward for eSIM technology: giving a smartphone connectivity from the moment it is first powered on. NTT Transatel is working with Samsung to provide eSIM Bootstrap Connectivity for Samsung Galaxy Z series devices, initially in the U.S. The technology gives a new device access to 4G and 5G networks before the user has installed a physical SIM, connected to Wi-Fi or completed carrier enrollment. Jarkowsky explains that a bootstrap profile is loaded onto the device's eSIM at the factory. When the phone is switched on, that profile can provide the connectivity needed for activation, software updates and carrier provisioning. “Bootstrap turns powering on a device into getting online,” Jarkowsky says, effectively collapsing several steps of the activation process into a much simpler experience. For Samsung, the approach can also reduce operational complexity. Instead of maintaining different SIM configurations and device SKUs for individual carriers and regions, a universal bootstrap profile can support devices across markets. The implications extend well beyond the consumer smartphone experience. For large enterprises deploying phones across a distributed workforce, bootstrap connectivity can simplify the process of getting devices into employees' hands and connecting them to the appropriate corporate carrier profile. IT teams can avoid some of the logistical challenges associated with shipping physical SIM cards or manually provisioning devices. Carriers and service providers can benefit as well. Because the connectivity capability is already embedded in the handset, providers can provision their own services through applications, QR codes or remote profile installation without requiring a physical SIM. Jarkowsky also sees an opportunity for MSPs, MSSPs and channel partners delivering mobility services. Any provider packaging mobile connectivity, devices and related services can potentially benefit from a simpler activation and provisioning experience. The podcast also explores why Samsung selected NTT Transatel. Jarkowsky points to the company's ability to provide 4G and 5G connectivity across more than 200 countries and territories, its distributed network infrastructure, and its ability to support deployments involving tens of millions of devices. Another important distinction is longevity. Rather than functioning only during the device's first activation, the bootstrap service can remain available throughout the handset's lifecycle. That becomes valuable when a phone is factory-reset, transferred to another employee, resold or moved to another country. The result is a technology that may change something users rarely think about until it goes wrong: the first few minutes of a device's life. In this podcast, we discuss what eSIM Bootstrap Connectivity is, how Samsung is deploying it, what it means for enterprises and service providers, and how embedded global connectivity could reshape device provisioning in smartphones, IoT, connected vehicles and other enterprise applications. Learn more at transatel.com.

The episode centers on operational best practices and core risk factors for MSPs preparing to sell their businesses. The discussion highlights that a business must be able to function independently of its owner, with Amy emphasizing that the most important prerequisite for sale is organizational self-sufficiency. Buyers prioritize businesses that can maintain their operations, client relationships, and financial health following a change in ownership. The need for clean, auditable financials and contract organization is underscored as key requirements for reducing risk and promoting transaction confidence.Further guidance is provided regarding exit strategy planning and business positioning. Owners are advised to clarify the desired type of exit—such as complete disengagement versus remaining in the business post-sale—and to consider factors such as buyer preference and legacy concerns. Both buyer and seller risk are increased by high client concentration, undefined leadership teams, and missing or ambiguous vendor commitments. Steady, incremental growth—rather than stagnation or decline—was cited as a marker of business stability and a factor that increases attractiveness to potential acquirers.Adjacently, the conversation addresses developments relevant to technology and operational security. The discussion notes Microsoft's release of updates to address over 400 vulnerabilities in Windows in a single month, which represents a four to ten times increase over the previous year's counts for the same periods. The accelerating pace of vulnerability discovery and exploitation, driven in part by adversarial and defensive use of AI, is causing traditional patching regimens to become inadequate. Amy described this collapse of the patch window as a significant industry risk, with particular exposure in under-patched IoT and embedded systems.MSPs and IT decision makers are advised to update succession and sale-readiness practices, stressing the importance of organizational hygiene, data transparency, and realistic self-assessment. The acceleration of security threats and increased complexity of vendor landscapes indicate that risk management processes must evolve rapidly. Owners should prioritize eliminating operational dependencies, ensuring rigorous contract and financial management, and modernizing their approach to security and resilience to preserve value—both for ongoing business health and as preparation for potential sale or transition.What are the top 10 things I should do before I sell my business?Question of the Week: Top 10 things to do before selling your MSP — prepare the business, finances, operations, team, customers, legal documents, and due diligence.Facebook's $17B Settlement: What does it mean for tech companies and accountability?https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mayes-announces-largest-big-tech-settlement-historyMSP Market & PSA Trends: Jay McBain's latest market-share and growth trends.Microsoft Patching: 400+ vulnerabilities fixed in August. What does this mean for MSPs and proving value?https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-august-2026-patch-tuesday/Marketing for MSPs: What's actually working for lead generation?https://www.connectwise.com/resources/msp-marketing-reportAI Agent Safety: Key safety rules for using AI agents and meeting assistants.Tales from the Field: Why are you selling — burnout or retirement? Get your story straight. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dominick Zangaro is an experienced insurance professional across multiple lines of coverage and in multiple roles. He has a Master of Science in Cyber Risk Management and a BA in Finance from Mercyhurst. Through his Master's education, he developed technical knowledge of computer science and cyber risk management to ensure compliance with state, federal, and international regulations. In 2022, he launched Great American Insurance Group's cyber loss control offering and, most recently, launched Miti, an AI native safety platform designed to orchestrate data from IoT systems to identify, analyze, and mitigate business risks from a centralized dashboard. Here, Dominick joins Chris Hampshire on In The Know for a discussion about his endeavors in utilizing AI and preventative measures in the insurance sector, the current state of AI and data in the insurance sector, and what the future of technology and insurance might look like.   Key Takeaways ● Dominick's journey into the insurance world. ● The importance of designations and insurance credentials. ● Dominick's Master of Science in Cyber Risk Management. ● Offerings from AI native safety platform Miti. ● The current state of AI and data in insurance. ● Dominick's message to those considering an insurance career. ● Lessons learned from starting up a new business. ● A five-year look to the future of the industry. ● Dominick's advice to his early-career self.   In the Know podcast theme music written and performed by James Jones, CPCU, and Kole Shuda of the band If-Then.   To learn more about the CPCU Society, its membership, and educational offerings, tools, and programs, please visit CPCUSociety.org.   Follow the CPCU Society on social media: X (Twitter): @CPCUSociety Facebook: @CPCUSociety LinkedIn: @The Institutes CPCU Society Instagram: @the_cpcu_society   Quotes ● "When I heard that insurance was such a recession-proof industry, I started to understand what the benefit could be of a life in insurance." ● "I got my CPCU and other designations because I want to be able to articulate accurately why decisions are being made." ● "The CPCU gave me a holistic education to be able to provide a comprehensive analysis of any ongoing situation." ● "Find something you're interested in, and look for an organization that you're interested in, and find a company that works with that industry."    

Step onto a modern farm today and you might see server racks, IoT sensors, and high-tech drones generating terabytes of data before lunch. This lively podcast episode takes a deep dive into the USDA's official plans for integrating artificial intelligence into our fields. Far from replacing the crucial human element, AI is stepping in as the ultimate "executive assistant" to help farmers navigate skyrocketing costs, crippling labor shortages, and unpredictable weather extremes, turning a chaotic flood of field signals into a single, highly readable dashboard. Tune in to discover why the future of food isn't about becoming artificial...it's about making our food system vastly more precise, resilient, and informed! Hungry for more? Read our original post!

What if your website already supports post-quantum cryptography, but nobody inside your organization knows how, why, or which provider controls it? I speak with David Warburton, Director of F5 Labs Threat Research, about new F5 research examining post-quantum cryptography across the world's top one million websites. According to the research discussed in our conversation, 54% now support PQC. It is an encouraging sign that preparations for future quantum threats are entering mainstream infrastructure. That figure is also easy to misread. David explains that much of the adoption comes from cloud and CDN providers enabling hybrid post-quantum protection for their customers. A smaller business could therefore appear better prepared than a large enterprise simply because its provider activated the technology automatically. However, that customer may have little understanding of the chosen cipher, the protection applied elsewhere, or the dependencies created around a small number of technology companies. David says the adoption rate looks very different when major CDN providers are removed from the data. This raises an important question about whether businesses are developing their own post-quantum security capabilities or temporarily benefiting from decisions made on their behalf. We discuss why current deployments combine established cryptography with newer post-quantum algorithms. This hybrid approach protects compatibility while browsers, APIs, operational technology, IoT devices, and older enterprise systems catch up. It also carries performance costs through larger cryptographic material and increased network traffic. David argues that crypto agility matters because organizations need the ability to change algorithms, certificates, and encryption methods as threats develop. The conversation also moves beyond encrypted traffic. Harvest now, decrypt later attacks involve collecting sensitive information today so it can potentially be decrypted when capable quantum computers arrive. David believes authentication and digital identity could create an even greater concern. A quantum computer able to produce valid certificates could potentially impersonate trusted websites, signed software, devices, or firmware. Legacy infrastructure remains one of the largest barriers. F5 Labs found that roughly one in ten leading websites lacked TLS 1.3 support, preventing them from supporting current hybrid PQC connections. David also explains why Germany and France may trail countries including the US, UK, Australia, Ukraine, and Singapore, despite strong national policies. Factors include digital sovereignty concerns and the concentration of older manufacturing and operational systems. For leaders beginning this work, David recommends speaking with suppliers, establishing internal ownership, reviewing business continuity plans, and creating a cryptographic bill of materials covering certificates, algorithms, libraries, applications, and devices. I'd love to hear your thoughts, so does your organization know where its cryptography lives and who controls its post-quantum readiness?

Everyone is racing to add AI to healthcare. But what if the bigger problem isn't adopting AI… it's the fragmented systems underneath it? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Nader Fathi, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Enlil, to explore why the future of MedTech innovation may depend less on adding more intelligence—and more on creating integrated foundations that allow innovation to scale. With decades of experience spanning AI, big data, IoT, and regulated product development, Nader makes a compelling case that many MedTech companies are solving the wrong problem. While others rush toward AI tools, he argues the real risk is fragmentation across compliance, engineering, quality systems, and manufacturing—creating hidden vulnerabilities that slow innovation and threaten scale. We explore why integrated compliance is becoming a strategic advantage, how private AI models and agentic AI may reshape product development, and why "customers, customers, customers" remains timeless advice for founders building scalable companies. From FDA readiness and change control to product-market fit and investor storytelling, this episode is a masterclass in moving from product innovation to enterprise execution. If you're interested in AI in healthcare, MedTech quality systems, regulatory strategy, SaaS for medical devices, or startup scale-up strategy, this episode delivers a powerful blueprint for building innovation that lasts.

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky serves as the CEO of the future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts where he is an author who was dubbed the "Office Whisperer" by The New York Times and he helps tech-forward leaders stop overpaying for AI while boosting adoption and decreasing resistance. Mike Petrusky asks Dr. Gleb about his brand-new book, "The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results", in which he explores how AI will fundamentally transform the workplace, applying his findings to facility managers and workplace strategists. He believes that FM leaders will need to evolve with increased integration of AI, IoT, and robotics, demanding new skills and adaptability as their role becomes that of "a managers of agents" overseeing both digital and physical assets. AI adoption faces unique psychological barriers beyond traditional change management challenges, specifically fear, identity threat, and shame. So, workplace professionals must start by addressing these emotions through supportive leadership, transparency, and the normalization of AI use. Leaders should focus on upskilling and preparing their teams for this transition, so Mike and Dr. Gleb offer the encouragement and inspiration you need to be a Workplace Innovator in your organization! Connect with Dr. Gleb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gleb-tsipursky/ Buy the book: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/aibook/ Learn more about Disaster Avoidance Experts: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkmmkVFvM4H3pwnlU2AuqynuRDpvnh4J Discover free resources and explore past interviews at: https://eptura.com/discover-more/podcasts/workplace-innovator/ Learn more about Eptura™: https://eptura.com/ Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/  

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Tony chats with Jesse Benedick, CEO & Co-Founder at Chainmail Solutions, an insurtech MGA helping protect the gaps especially around hurricane deductibles using an IoT grid that helps verify the exact conditions at the property.Jesse Benedick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-benedick-b436833/Chainmail Solutions: https://www.chainmailsolutions.ai/

In this episode of the RF Career Series podcast, Jenn DiMarco sits down with Dermot O'Shea, Co-Founder and CEO of Taoglas, to explore the experiences, opportunities and lessons that have shaped his career in the RF and wireless industry. From co-founding Taoglas and growing the company into a global provider of advanced antennas, RF components and IoT solutions to navigating the challenges of building a business in a rapidly evolving industry, Dermot shares insights from his professional journey. He also offers advice to students, young engineers and professionals looking to grow their skills, pursue new opportunities and build a career in RF and wireless.

Max Rünzel, CEO and co-founder of HiveTracks, discussing the integration of bees and beekeeping practices in solar farm operations. Max explained how HiveTracks uses beehives as monitoring tools to assess pollinator health and ecosystem resilience on solar farms, with hives capable of foraging up to 10,000 acres and traveling 2-4 miles from their location. The company places two hives as a starting point and collects data through regular visits, pollen analysis, and IoT devices to determine foraging patterns, habitat quality, and potential ecotoxicology issues from PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), microplastics, and pesticides. Max described how they work with local experienced beekeepers rather than providing bees directly, and how they use bee intelligence to identify dearth periods and recommend specific plantings to create year-round foraging resources. The discussion covered practical aspects including hive placement considerations, safety protocols, and the potential for solar-powered monitoring equipment, with Max noting they currently have 12 solar sites and are beginning to produce honey for sale.   Topics Covered Hive Mind Concept (Star Trek reference) Solar Farm Beehives Agrivoltaics Ecosystem Health Hive Health Monitoring Pollinator Habitat Design Pollen Foraging Analysis Bee Foraging Range Manuka Honey Beehive Placement Strategy Queen Bees (Sean is a big Freddie Mercury fan) Bee Breeding & Docility Beekeeper Training Waggle Dance Communication Ecotoxicology Testing Microplastics Contamination Solar Honey Harvest IoT Hive Sensors PV = Photovoltaic PFAS = Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances NABCEP = North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners   Reach out to Max Rünzel here: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maxrunzel/ Website: www.hivetracks.com/ Email: max@hivetracks.com   Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean's classes at www.heatspring.com/sean www.solarsean.com/esip

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/27/26). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. 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Watch for it on UH channels. https://t.co/SRC8RbapKL" / X New Tab (21) Glenn Beck on X: "UPDATE: THE LAKE AMERICA TROLL JUST BECAME AN EXECUTIVE ORDER" / X Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid Canada trade war (17) Dr. Simon on X: "Four months later, the Epstein Files still have vanished from the conversation, as if one of the biggest scandals in American and Israeli politics never happened." / X New Tab Controlled Political Leak Pipeline Exposed, Trump's Mystery Beef & The Control Grid Materializes (21) Daniel McAdams on X: "Just like Tulsi told him not to attack Iran. Point is, Trump just doesn't care." / X USDA recalls 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer – The White House EDC's Are Not Conspiracy Theory, Hotez Meltdown, Lab-Grown Meat, Your Dark AI-Modulated Future Israel's Redefine Meat serves up plant-based whole cuts of beef | Reuters Robert Kadlec Claims "Vaccine Research" Caused COVID, Tick Bioweapons & Vaccines To Stop Meat Eating New Tab (17) The Last American Vagabond on X: "For those who have not yet noticed, this is NOT Wikileaks. This is a malicious account trying to manipulate people." / X US11107588B2 - Methods and systems of prioritizing treatments, vaccination, testing and/or activities while protecting the privacy of individuals - Google Patents Compulsory moral bioenhancement should be covert - PubMed Google & Oracle to Monitor Americans Who Get Warp Speed's Covid-19 Vaccine for up to Two Years New Tab The Anarchism Solution, Trump's Gavi Lie, FBI Manufactures Another Plot & US Military Censorship (21) MintPress News on X: "Activists Exposed An IDF Soldier Who Was Posing In Kuffiyeh At Columbia University He was exposed as a Sergeant that participated in the Gaza genocide. According to reports he was telling people he was a Hamas fighter & showing October 7 footage, attempting to trick people and https://t.co/LMdT8vEKiv" / X (17) GenXGirl on X: "Don't worry Israel, he will be on a flight back to you shortly." / X The Violent Crime Story Missing From the Transgender Prison Lawsuit - NH Journal Senior Israeli official flees US following arrest over paedophilia | Middle East Eye New Tab (21) Optimus on X: "@DougAMacgregor @_whitneywebb Below the in the interview @_whitneywebb explains it all. How israeli firms control the water system, electrical grid, nuclear facilities and other infrastructure. But why would israeli companies have contract with US critical infrastructure? Sometimes AI does come in handy https://t.co/Mx9lYinZpH" / X She's EXPOSING the WEF false flag coming in 2024, Journalist Whitney Webb | Redacted - YouTube New Tab Trump Order Aims to Block Foreign Backdoors in US Power Grid Gear - SecurityWeek Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America's Bulk-Power System – The White House Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System – The White House6) (21) Grok / X Countries with biggest political cyberattacks launch share 2026 | Statista Trump Makes It Easier For Foreign Governments To Secretly Operate US Companies The Unit That Ate Cybersecurity: From Stuxnet to a $32 Billion Exit, How Israel's 8200 Became the Backbone of Global Cyber Defense — and a 'Critical' Threat | Breached.Company Trump Creates State-Backed Private Cyberattack Force Trump Deputizes Private Companies for Offensive Cyber Strikes Against Foreign Criminals Palantir Partners w/ Major News Orgs To Use Your Data As "Actionable Intelligence" Army embeds active-duty PSYOPS soldiers at local TV stations - Yahoo Sports Justice Department records confirm PROMIS scandal's ties to Israel • MuckRock Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House - POLITICO Israeli NSO Spyware Found on Phones of U.S. State Department Officials - Israel News - Haaretz.com SignalGate Meets WordPress: Outgoing National Security Adviser's Phone Dumps Messages via Israeli App - UNICORN RIOT State Dept Revealed To Be Using Israeli Intelligence-Linked Chat App Involved In Trump Admin Hack Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA | WIRED Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian (17) The Last American Vagabond on X: "Well this is Shlomi Lior, Algorithm & Systems Engineer for Flock, and he spent 7 years with Israeli Military Intelligence before ending up with Flock. https://t.co/JY2Es2eDLn https://t.co/4Bvyo4u1Eg" / X Israeli Firm Plans Expanding Its Deployment of Video-Altering Tech | Truthout New Tab Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You've Never Heard Of Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You've Never Heard Of a16z-backed Toka wants to help US agencies hack into security cameras and other IoT devices | TechCrunch Toka Deepens Engagement with U.S. and Allied Government Partners, Names Gregg Smith CEO | Toka JEHhjLPyZOvyEuX_.mp4 The Prince and The Spy - The Last American Vagabond Trump Makes It Easier For Foreign Governments To Secretly Operate US Companies (17) International Cyber Digest on X: "‼️ BREAKING: Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a company selling air defense by subscription to protect data centers, military bases, shipping lanes and refineries. The founder has launched Vectus Air Defense Systems — jammers, cannons and interceptors sold as-a-service to https://t.co/yvOp6J8ZSN" / X The founder of the American private military company Blackwater, Eric Prince, has created a company that will offer air defense by subscription, writes Axios - Pravda USA Erik Prince and Swarmer Announce Formation of Vectus Air Defense Systems - Swarmer Israel Expands Cooperation with Ukrainian Drone Manufacturers for Defense Collaboration - Oj Nigeria is the second most targeted country in Africa for cyber attacks. Most business owners are still not taking it seriously - Businessday NG Nigeria's Cybersecurity Reckoning: The Breach Wave and the Council Racing to Catch Up The State Of Data Protection In Nigeria | Web Security Lab Chile suffered 27.6 billion cyberattack attempts in 2024 - Mundo en Línea 8 months after the cyber attack on GTD parent company of Telefónica del Sur: The consequences of the impact – Hour12 Entel Digital report warns of rise in ransomware, data leaks and cyberespionage in 2025 | Financial Journal AUMENTO CRÍTICO DE RANSOMWARE EN CHILE Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon | Surveillance | The Guardian Meet the Spyware Companies Preparing to Unleash Their Tech During Trump's 2nd Term Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Group Found Liable for Hacks of WhatsApp Users Trump Releases White House App With Dangerous Spyware & Israeli Spyware's Quiet Comeback Under Trump Smartphones Worldwide Silently Infected With Israeli Spyware & The "Peace President" War State Peter Thiel-Funded Company Anduril to Triple the Number of Autonomous Surveillance Towers Along the US-Mexico Border Oracle and the Rise of the AI Surveillance State Under Trump The Technocratic Trump Administration New Tab (17) Ben Norton on X: "Bombshell: a former electoral counselor in Honduras has published leaked recordings proving his country's 2025 election was stolen. The US helped put in power far-right politician Nasry "Tito" Asfura, who is closely linked to drug trafficking. Trump personally interfered in" / X HondurasGate & The Technocratic Takeover Of South America The Technocratic Regime Change: Under The Guise Of Freedom Technocrats Are Slowly Taking Control Trump & The Zionist/Globalist Technocrats Are Building Your New Society Whether You Like It Or Not The Network State Coup And The Engineered Transition To "Tech Zionism" The Israeli Election Interference and Psychological Operation Industrial Complex Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections | Technology | The Guardian Erik Prince wants to sell you a "secure" smartphone that's too good to be true | MIT Technology Review   Bitcoin Donations Are Appreciated: www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/bitcoin-donation (3FSozj9gQ1UniHvEiRmkPnXzHSVMc68U9f)

In this episode of The New CISO, host Steve Moore welcomes Sherri Douville for a conversation that sits outside the show's usual lane — less war story, more blueprint. Sherri works alongside CISOs rather than inside the role, and arrives with a pointed argument about what the job is becoming.She starts with why TTIC exists. IEEE UL 2933 gave healthcare a full-stack standard for clinical IoT device and data interoperability, but a standard on paper does nothing until it is adopted, implemented, and maintained. Getting there in a high-reliability industry means pulling in CIOs, CISOs, physicians, and engineers — and, Sherri admits, negotiating turf wars with bodies who assume you have come for their territory.Then the headline: how to make security cool. Sherri's answer starts with visibility — getting CISOs onto stages, onto podcasts, and into print in front of clinical leadership. Underneath it is a claim about trust. In healthcare, trust is the core of the business rather than an adjacent concern, which makes the CISO its natural steward. With AI pushing trust to the center of every industry, she argues that is the opening to become the rock star of the C-suite.Steve raises a banking CISO's framing of AI as a curious seven-year-old with a gun. Sherri pushes back on the spot: her analogy is the gifted teenager — capable, resource-hungry, and badly in need of direction. That leads to her real thesis. Scarce expertise used to carry economic value, and AI is rapidly compressing the worth of expert analysis. What appreciates instead is judgment, authority, execution, verification, organizational integration, and ownership of the outcome. Executives do not want more reports; they want the security problem to go away without adding coordination burden.The last stretch turns practical. Sherri walks through running Exabeam's open-source Praxen against Medigram's own code — painless to run, with remediation effort scaling to whatever standard you are chasing — and pairs it with Observra for continuous runtime telemetry. She closes on why it matters: when systems go down in a hospital, the real damage is not the outage hour but the fortnight of delays, miscommunications, and pile-up that follows for clinicians and patients.Key TopicsWhy standards bodies stall at adoption, not authorshipMaking security “cool”: visibility, stages, and executive presenceTrust as the core of the business in high-reliability industriesThe gifted teenager vs. the curious seven-year-old with a gunJudgment, authority, execution, verification, integration, ownershipSelective depth and the player-coach executiveRunning Praxen pre-deployment; Observra for runtime telemetryWhat a healthcare outage really costs, 14 to 20 days outGuest BioSherri Douville is CEO and Architect of Medigram and Founder and Chair of the Trustworthy Technology & Innovation Consortium (TTIC). She co-chairs the Trust subgroup of IEEE UL 2933 (TIPPSS), the standard for trust in clinical IoT. Medigram builds and operates Darwin, a governed AI decision platform whose agentic fleet runs in production and writes a sealed governance record at the moment of every agent action — an auditable trail for counsel, courts, insurers, and credit rating agencies. Sherri spent over a decade at Johnson & Johnson across a dozen disease states before physician leaders pulled her into healthcare IT and AI. She calls herself an accidental technologist: a domain expert who got into the code, logging 200 GitHub commits across June and July.GET A DEMO:

AI is transforming the technology industry, but it's also transforming how we think about energy. As AI models continue to grow, data centres continue to pop up, and agentic AI becomes part of everyday life, our tech infrastructure is consuming more energy than ever before. So how do we power the next generation of AI? In this penultimate episode of our HPE Labs miniseries celebrating 60 years of innovation, Technology Now is joined by Cullen Bash, Deputy Director of HPE Labs, to discuss:Why energy is becoming a strategic concern for CIOs and CEOsHow the increasing demand for compute in data centres is reshaping how we think about energyWhy innovation in electricity generation is as vital as making infrastructure more efficientHow AI could help solve the very problems it is creating

Where did an item go, what happened to it along the way, and is it still in the condition a customer expects? In this episode, Reid Jackson chats with Amir Khoshniyati, Vice President at Wiliot. Amir explains how Wiliot describes physical AI for everyday assets: battery-free tags can give products and containers a digital identity, while Bluetooth Low Energy connections capture signals such as location, motion, temperature, humidity, and light exposure. That information can help teams see what happens between facilities where traditional tracking can lose sight of an item. The discussion also covers how physical AI can work alongside RFID, barcodes, QR codes, existing readers, ERP systems, and warehouse management systems rather than forcing companies to replace prior technology investments. Amir shares five core use cases—departure, receipt, condition, location and cycle count, plus visibility into reusable transport containers, and explains why food, grocery, CPG, automotive, logistics, healthcare, and 3PL operations are strong candidates for this approach. Looking ahead, Amir sees lower tag costs, broader deployments, and assets that may one day communicate with one another. For supply chain teams, the bigger idea is simple: better item-level data can support earlier decisions when products are delayed, misplaced, exposed to the wrong conditions, or headed to the wrong destination.   In this episode, you'll learn: How physical AI can track an item's location and condition across the supply chain Why lower tag costs could expand item-level visibility across more industries How condition history can add context that inventory data alone may miss   Things to listen for: (00:00) Introducing Next Level Supply Chain (03:23) Wiliot's physical AI platform for everyday assets (05:00) From IoT and ambient IoT to physical AI (09:01) Filling supply chain data blind spots (10:17) Brownout spots between facilities and in transit (12:26) Five core use cases for item and container visibility (14:48) Where Wiliot sees adoption across industries (18:05) How physical AI can coexist with RFID, barcodes and QR codes (22:10) Interoperability, standards and building on existing investments (25:01) What supply chains could look like over the next five years (29:52) Condition-aware perishables and product safety questions (31:54) Amir's favorite technology (32:41) What Amir wants to learn next   Connect with GS1 US: Our website - www.gs1us.orgGS1 US on LinkedIn Connect with the guest: Amir Khoshniyati on LinkedInVisit Wiliot at https://www.wiliot.com/ 

For about a decade, a customer data platform's job was to be the place your customer data lived. What happens to that job when the most valuable thing a system can do goes beyond remembering and evolves to deciding and acting?Agility, in a category that's been declared dead more than once, isn't chasing whatever the market renames itself this quarter. It's being able to change what your product does without losing the thing your company is actually good at.Today we're going to talk about what it takes to evolve a category from the inside. Specifically:- Why fifteen years of data infrastructure turned out to be an advantage rather than baggage to shed.- What actually changes — in the product and in the company — when a system stops solely storing customer data and starts acting on it.- Where the line sits between a marketer steering an agent and a system running on its own.This conversation also kicks off a four-part series we're running this week with the product team at Treasure AI: four leaders, four vantage points: the vision, the roadmap, the operational reality, and the design.To help me start it off, I'd like to welcome Rafa Flores, Chief Product and Growth Officer at Treasure AI.About Rafael FloresAs a proud immigrant from Honduras, Rafael's journey is rooted in three core values passed down from his family: the power of education, treating everyone with dignity—no matter their background—and lifting up the next generation. Once he was an wide-eyed kid with big dreams, and today, he's living them. He's dedicated his career to scaling SaaS companies from startup spark to high-growth success. At Meltwater, he played a key role in driving product innovation and market readiness that led to a successful IPO. At Datanyze, he led strategic initiatives that culminated in an acquisition by ZoomInfo—boosting their data intelligence footprint. At ARM, he spearheaded innovation in Retail SDK and IoT, opening new frontiers in connected experiences. And at 6sense, he led all automation, data, and AI-powered products, building inclusive teams and solutions that empower GTM leaders to sell smarter. At Treasure Data, he helped orchestrate a landmark $600M acquisition by ARM and secured record-breaking funding for the Customer Data Platform. Now, he's back—leading Treasure Data into a new era of intelligence and automation built for scale. It's more than a comeback; it's a homecoming. This is a team he deeply believes in—brilliant, driven, and purposeful. Beyond tech, he's a devoted father of three and married to a registered nurse whose compassion and strength inspires him every day. My expertise lies in product strategy, CDPs, data privacy, and scaling GTM solutions—from agile startups to Global 2000 enterprises. He's passionate about solving hard problems with technology, driving sustainable growth, and mentoring rising product leaders. As a member of the Forbes Technology Council, he aims to share insights, spark dialogue, and help shape the future of innovation—one conversation, and one leader, at a time.Rafael Flores on LinkedIn---------- Resources ---------- Treasure AIReach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad creditCheck out the Treasure AI Studio sandbox for yourself.Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show.Connect with Greg on LinkedInDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more.Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology.The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are joined by Ian Goldin, Senior Lead Information Security Engineer, and Mike Horka, Principal Information Security Engineer, from Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, discussing their research entitled "Expanded JDY IoT and SOHO botnet enables rapid vulnerability exploitation." Black Lotus Labs has uncovered a major resurgence of the JDY botnet, a China-nexus reconnaissance network now comprising more than 1,500 compromised SOHO and IoT devices. The botnet uses these devices to conduct targeted scanning and fingerprinting, helping threat actors rapidly identify vulnerable infrastructure—sometimes within hours of a new vulnerability disclosure—and appears to have a particular focus on U.S. military-related networks. The research highlights how compromised routers and IoT devices can be turned into distributed reconnaissance infrastructure that evades traditional IP-based defenses and supports follow-on exploitation. The research and executive brief can be found here: Expanded JDY IoT and SOHO botnet enables rapid vulnerability exploitation

Remember those grainy old baby monitors? So passé. Today, the modern nursery can be equipped with HD cameras and biometric sensors — all analyzed with artificial intelligence.The technology can detect hazardous position changes or a blanket covering a baby's face, but also tracks less critical metrics that purport to help optimize infant sleep and health. Sapna Maheshwari, business reporter at The New York Times, recently wrote about this. She's been an avid user of the Nanit Smart Baby Monitor System with both of her children.More on this“Aw, It's Baby's First A.I. Surveillance System” from The New York Times“AI-powered IoT is creating a new security challenge” from Spiceworks