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Comcast's MachineQ expands playbook for enterprise IoT
Season 4
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Here are some topics we cover during the podcast:
- Witkowski offers an updated overview of MachineQ and its approach to the enterprise IoT sector (1:33)
- Examples of how MachineQ is tailoring its platform for various verticals, including hospitality (4:20)
- How MachineQ is gaining traction outside the US (6:15)
- How MachineQ collaborates with Comcast Business to market and sell enterprise IoT services (7:30)
- How MachineQ's platform has evolved to go beyond LoRaWAN to cover a wider range of enterprise IoT applications and services (11:50)
- Why smart cities are not a key area of focus at MachineQ (15:00)
- How MachineQ is starting to apply AI and machine learning to enterprise IoT (17:45)
- MachineQ's priorities for 2024 (27:00)
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