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Digital transformation #mindcandy 5 June 2025
Today’s topics are IoT, B2B commerce, coding, fragmentation, AI trends, AI eating the world, and data becoming a commodity.
Disaster Awaits if We Don’t Secure IoT Now
https://spectrum.ieee.org/iot-security-root-of-trust
Just below the veneer of popular fad gadgets (does anyone really want their refrigerator to automatically place orders for groceries?) is an increasing army of more prosaic Internet-connected devices that take care of keeping our world running.
7 Trends Shaping The Future Of B2B Commerce
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pros/2025/06/02/7-trends-shaping-the-future-of-b2b-commerce/
The B2B commerce landscape is undergoing a profound transformation driven by advancements in AI, shifting buyer expectations, and increasing economic pressures.
AI startups revolutionize coding industry, leading to sky-high valuations
So-called code generation or “code-gen” startups are commanding sky-high valuations as corporate boardrooms look to use AI to aid, and sometimes to replace, expensive human software engineers.
In the rush to digital transformation, it might be time for a rethink
https://www.engineering.com/in-the-rush-to-digital-transformation-it-might-be-time-for-a-rethink/
There are hundreds of engineering software tools and new ones appear every week. About 800 standards apply to engineering information and its connections to the rest of the enterprise
Trends – Artificial Intelligence
https://www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
A starting collection of several disparate datapoints turned into this beast. As soon as we updated one chart, we often had to update another – a data game of whack-a-mole…
a pattern that shows no sign of stopping…and will grow more complex as competition
among tech incumbents, emerging attackers and sovereigns accelerates.
AI eats the world
https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations
From dreams to deployment
The Massive Implications Of Data Becoming A Commodity
The global volume of data created, consumed and stored is expected to increase from 149 zettabytes in 2024 to 394 zettabytes by 2028.
