This blog is about software technology and innovation from a business perspective i.e. the core of what we do within IFS Labs. It also gives you the views and opinions on current events, latest innovation trends, news, and technology from the viewpoint of an enterprise software development team.
How IFS Labs connected an actual flying drone to IFS Applications. Digital transformation is a subject that is much spoken of these days. However, digital transformation is not just applying new technologies to do something different from before. It’s about doing what you do today but better. It’s about innovating in new products and services…
Fancy controlling a drone from an IFS Lobby? What other tech will make your life better? And how are we changing how we work with partners?
How the IFS IoT Business Connector brings together sensor data acquisition, analytics and business process automation. Internet of things – why now? Back in 2012, the Harvard Business Review[1] estimated that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis and, the retail chain Walmart was generating 2.5 petabytes of customer transaction data…
IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and prepare for what’s next in their industry. What is IFS? That’s a great question with an even better answer. Let’s start from the beginning… The founding of IFS IFS was founded in 1983 by a group of five Linköping…
The next IFS World Conference experience that will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from October 25-27, 2016. A highlight in the IFS calendar is, without any doubt, the IFS World Conference. Mixing together hundreds of IFS customers with scores of IFS subject-matter experts, plus the innovation architects from IFS R&D and IFS Labs combines into an experience…
At IFS Labs, we have been researching the Internet of Things (IoT) for some time. This has resulted in a number of customer projects, interesting prototypes, and a reusable architecture on the Microsoft Azure cloud. At this point, I want to introduce IFS Labs senior software developer Gökhan Kurt, whose ingenuity, curiosity, and willingness to…
I have been in the enterprise software business for almost 20 years where the dominant user interaction has been through keyboards and screens in different sizes and form factors. It started with desktop computers with big monitors, then laptops, then smartphones and tablets. What’s next? Whatever innovation we have seen throughout the years, talking remains…
The Internet of Things is a phrase that’s getting much attention these days. In the enterprise context, it’s one that IFS is also giving attention to in IFS Labs, the part of IFS R&D that explores new areas of business application functionality, and serves as a testing ground for new development initiatives and proof of…
This is an IFS 2015 liveblog which means everything was written at-the-moment. Of the many products played with in the IFS Labs (aka the coolest part of the company’s RnD division), around 30% will become a real product at some point. The rest are good for research. Martin Gunnarsson, Director Product Strategies and IFS Labs,…
2014 will go down in history as the year when the Internet of Things (IoT) hype peaked. Thus the interesting question becomes what will happen next? Will IoT follow the usual pattern of a set-back due to overinflated expectations, only to return later as widely adopted part of our lives? Or will IoT be the exception that goes directly from hype to use?
