“Figuring out how to best capitalize on the Industrial Internet can be daunting and confusing. Here in Precision, Dr. Chou is helping to demystify the processes behind getting better outcomes from assets of any kind – machines, real estate, people, factories, etc.; from the initial setup of an organization’s IOT framework to defining the principles behind the operations and on to examples and best practices. With a proven case study approach, Timothy has gathered the right examples to help leaders grasp what they need to do and how to do it.”

William Ruh, Chief Digital Office, General Electric

“The promise of the Internet of Things isn’t delivered by connected devices or machines. The promise is in the data that they generate and the insight that can be mined from it. Dr. Chou’s IoT Framework presents an excellent roadmap for enterprises struggling to transition the IoT promise to realized value.”

Dr. James Goodnight, CEO, SAS

“Precision is an accurate, insightful presentation of the complex challenges facing data scientists, technologists and businesspeople who are solving some of the world’s biggest operational challenges through the Internet of Things, machine-generated big data and machine learning. If you want to go beyond the hype and really understand what the Internet of Things is today, what it could become tomorrow, and how you can gain value from it, Precision should be in your library.”

Godfrey Sullivan, Chairman, Splunk

“A glimpse into how modern technology will affect methods of doing business today, tomorrow and for future generations. This is a must read informative guide for anyone who is truly connected. Read it. Read all of it.”

— Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President and CEO, AGCO

“Our ability to capture and process the data coming from the inter-connectivity of things is critical. Connected devices have increasingly more to tell us. Precision sheds light on the technical and organizational challenges that lay ahead on this next major step in enterprise computing, and shares many real solutions implemented in the world of IoT today.”

— Vinod Kumar, CEO, Tata Communications Group

“IoT represents a real opportunity for new enterprise applications. Precision does an excellent job of identifying the key attributes of the technologies that will be required to connect and collect data from Things and turn them into game-changing insights and business models.”

— Rob Bearden, CEO, Hortonworks

“Love the framework and the practical approach. It has already helped me identify strengths and gaps in our current IoT strategy.”

— Helge Jacobsen, VP Operations Excellency, United Rentals

“I’m devouring this. Scary isn’t it? [I] might be becoming a techie.”

— Mark Taylor, Vice President, Global Channel Pitney Bowes

“Truly impressive work. Most remarkable is the simple, intuitive and consistent framework. It can be consumed by every audience, plus a rich set of cases, making the whole lofty IoT so close to us and so much more real that it can be touched right there with your fingers. To the CIO/CTOs who are still scratching their heads where to start, this will give them a sense of direction and a sense of urgency.”

— Jane Ren, President, Atomiton, Inc. 

“Timothy Chou has authored an outstanding compendium of relevant issues and real life applications of Internet of Things. As an ardent aficionado of artificial intelligence, I find this work to be beyond calculable value for understanding the essence of interconnectivity and artificial intelligence.”

— Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer Children’s Hospital of Orange County

“As an investor and business manager I find Tim Chou’s books uniquely informative, clear and timely. Tim identifies important technologies early in their emergence. His clear explanations dispel the fog of jargon and hype. He provides cogent examples of companies implementing IoT to solve genuine business problems and of companies building IoT solutions for profit. His books should be essential reading for any business person touched by technology. Which is everyone.”

— Mick Hellman Founder and Managing Partner, HMI Capital, LLC