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Cybeats Eating the SBOM Market, One Byte at a Time
Cybeats Demonstrates Strong Customer Traction and Expanding Pipeline Report #2 Recap In Sophic Capital’s The Invisible Grid report, we introduced Sophic Capital client Cybeats Technologies Corp. [CSE:CYBT, OTCQB:CYBCF], a global leader in software supply chain...

The Invisible Grid: Cybeats Secures the Software Supply Chain for Critical Infrastructure
Report #1 Recap In Sophic Capital’s SBOMs Away!, we discussed security and privacy issues related to software development and shared recent significant cybersecurity events that exploited software vulnerabilities. Sophic Capital also introduced the growing global...

SBOMs Away!
Why Software Supply Chain Security Has Become a Top Priority Problem Modern software constantly changes as new features are added, bugs are fixed, and vulnerabilities are patched. Most people don’t realize that modern software isn’t built from scratch—it’s assembled...
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Kicking Some Digital Ass in Las Vegas 99% of manufacturing machine data is trapped inside the machines. Real-time machine data is essentially non-existent because manufacturers fear security breaches in a networked machine environment. Unlocking this data via secure networks and allowing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analysis would weed out invisible and expensive inefficiencies. This issue was at the forefront of IIoT experts in the Connected Machines pavilion at Cisco Live, Cisco’s annual technology conference. We saw Cisco’s secure network solution for manufacturing environments, which was exhibited with partner MEMEX’s Manufacturing Operations Management System platform. Mass adoption of using real-time, machine data analytics to create business outcomes is beginning, and MEMEX is positioned to become the industry leader. Why You Need to Read this Report Learn how MEMEX Inc., a public company, and Cisco are addressing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market; We present a real use case of the Cisco/MEMEX relationship, and; Discover how big the long-term IIoT market opportunity could be – hint: not “billions” but “trillions”. Download Sophic Capital’s “Cisco and MEMEX Partner to Win the Secure IIoT Market” report HERE. Testing more VR platforms: Day three saw us return to the PlayStation VR booth to see if we could have a better gaming experience than Thursday’s London Heist experience. We also had a chance to demo the HTC Vive. To finish the day off we wandered over to the career fair to see the skills that gaming companies seek and got some opinions into when high-end gaming HMDs could become wireless. To read more, click HERE. Playing around with Virtual Reality: We spent our second day at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) queued for hours waiting to try high-end VR gaming platforms. More accurately, we wanted to see the content available for Oculus, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive since we know their head-mounted devices (HMD) are now consumer-ready and ready to begin shipping in the coming weeks and months. Unfortunately, we couldn’t book an appointment with Valve to probe the platform; however, we have one today, and we’ll report our findings on Monday. To read more about our second day at GDC, click HERE. To watch Bullet Train, click HERE. Sophic Capital is at the 2016 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. This is our third consecutive GDC, and what a difference two years makes for the advancement of VR. Two years ago Oculus demoed the DK2, and people were blown away. That quickly resulted in Facebook buying the company. Last year new HMDs entered including HTC Vive and Sony’s Project Morpheus (now called “PlayStation VR” or “PSVR”). This is the year of content, which we have always said will drive VR adoption. Click HERE to read more. Click HERE to watch a video about the games coming to Oculus. How the Industrial Internet of Things is Revolutionizing Manufacturing We live in a data-driven society where we’re constantly connected to each other. Now the Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting “things” together. But one industry lags when it comes to connecting “things”. Most industrial plant managers, CEOs and CFOs don’t know what’s happening on their shop floors since their manufacturing machines are “islands of automation” that aren’t connected to each other, or able to report on their productivity in real-time. One public Canadian company has solved this problem. Leading manufacturers are purchasing this company’s “industrial” IoT, or IIoT, solution and seeing significant returns with an average Internal Rate of Return of 300%, which means payback in 4 months or less. Manufacturers aren’t the only ones recognizing this company; Cisco Systems and Mazak Corporation have formed alliances with it to conquer the IIoT opportunity. Why You Need to Read this Report Discover the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and find out how big the long-term market opportunity could be – hint: not “billions” but “trillions”; Learn how manufacturing evolved from hand tools to big data on machine shop equipment; Unearth established technologies that will benefit from the next industrial revolution; We […] Militaries around the world see the utility of sending unmanned underwater vehicles on missions that typically require expensive resources and heavy manpower. water covers over 70% of the earth, yet we’ve explored less than 5% of seabeds due to the sea’s hostile environment, an environment better suited for machines than humans. The unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) market is expected to be cumulatively worth $91 billion over the next decade. Although military spending dominates the industry, the industrial and consumer markets are quickly adopting drones and have decades of growth ahead.
Cisco and MEMEX Partner to Win the Secure IIoT Market
GDC Day 3: Wrapping up our VR Experiences
GDC Day 2: VR Platforms to Go Long On
GDC Day 1: Virtual Reality Dominates
No Machine Left Behind
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