
Author

Karen Field
Karen Field is Executive Director, Content for Penton’s new Internet of Things Initiative and IoT Emerge event. She has 25+ years experience developing content for an audience of technical and business professionals and a reputation for challenging conventional thinking and taking a novel approach in the creation of world class editorial and conference programming.
Most recently she launched the Internet of Things Summit at the Embedded Systems Conference and has covered the emerging issues associated with the Internet of Things extensively for EE Times, EDN, and Embedded.com.
Karen has a mechanical engineering degree and a master’s of business degree from the University of Minnesota and Boston University.
Recent articles by Karen Field


The Downside of Getting Closer to Your Customer
- 3rd November 2016

7 Traits of Highly Successful IoT Implementers
- 30th October 2016

How to Deal with IoT? Play or Be Played.
- 20th October 2016

Confused About IIoT Standards? Then Don’t Miss This Event.
- 24th August 2016



The Urgent Need to Improve Industrial Internet Security
- 22nd June 2016

Minority Report Meets the Factory Floor
- 8th June 2016

Why Not Deploy Your Own Network? Well, It Might Suck
- 25th May 2016

IoT Emerge 2016: Call for Speakers Now Open
- 25th May 2016

In Free Software Era, Providers Look to Get Paid
- 16th May 2016

Who You Think Rules the IoT Universe
- 11th May 2016

Cisco Investments Tops List of Big Spenders in IoT Space
- 10th May 2016



A Cloud-Based Solution for Managing Cellular Network OPEX Costs
- 26th April 2016

BAM! POW! Industrie 4.0 Meets the Industrial Internet!
- 25th April 2016

Partnering Up, Dell Announces Shift from IT to IoT
- 20th April 2016

Webinars
Events

At Microsoft Ignite: How IoT and Robotics Are Driving Industry 4.0 dlvr.it/Rttgwj

🎙️ Introducing #EIOTWORLD speaker, Obinna Ilochonwu, Industrial IoT Architect at Schlumberger. 📅 Join his session… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#Smartbuilding technology lays the foundation for #energyefficiency efforts but also new COVID-19 goals, such as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

IoT Remote Monitoring Helps Enterprises Traverse COVID-19 and Beyond dlvr.it/RtZ3K5 https://t.co/owJXYf1gkO

Securing the Industrial Internet of Things dlvr.it/RtYfYk https://t.co/khUn79dvQD

📢 Announcing #EIOTWORLD sponsor, @BluetoothSIG — the global standard for simple, secure wireless connections. ➕ Le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

How IoT Devices Can Enhance the Connected Customer Experience dlvr.it/RtPcvS

🤝 Meet #EIOTWORLD speaker Ingo Feldner, Project Lead for Virtual #Hardware Platforms at @RobertBoschGmbH 📅 Join hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…