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2019 IoTTC Annual Meeting – Day 1 Recap
Yesterday I traveled to Milwaukee, WI for the IoTTC 2019 Annual Meeting. The 2-day event, jointly hosted by University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and Rockwell Automation brought together a group of thought leaders to share insights, research, and best practices around the human side of digital transformation. Read More
Microsoft gifts $1.5M to UWM’s Connected Systems Institute
Microsoft Corp. is gifting $1.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Connected Systems Institute, a learning and research hub focused on the industrial internet of things. Read More
Microsoft Corp. President Announces Donation worth more than $1.5 Million to UW-Milwaukee’s Connected Systems Institute
Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith pledged a donation worth more than $1.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Connected Systems Institute Monday afternoon at UWM’s new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. The announcement was part of Smith’s keynote speech to the IoT Talent Consortium annual meeting, hosted by Rockwell Automation and UWM. Read More
UWM Embraces Entrepreneurship
The UW–Milwaukee stamped itself as entrepreneurship-heavy with a grand opening of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center at Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue, the busiest corner on campus. Read More
Connected Cluster: How the Milwaukee region advances in internet-connected industry
An industry cluster that is quickly gaining momentum is the internet of things and industrial internet of things activity — the business and technology of connecting machinery, power systems and consumer devices to the internet for data extraction, remote management and more. Read More