What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts focusing on the Internet of Things, predictive analytics and using open source in private clouds.

WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY: IoT paves the way for the democratization of data

As the Internet of Things opens up opportunities in many industries, there will be payoffs for companies – from device manufacturers to end users – that embrace how to utilize the data that come out of IoT, Brian Vaughan writes.

SWC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS: Advancing to 'go' on predictive analytics

Do you have a client that wants to launch a predictive analytics project? Rob Wellen spells out a few questions they should ask.

FORSYTHE TECHNOLOGY: The case for open source in the private cloud

This post outlines four benefits of using open source to run a private cloud, citing a survey that found a nearly 50-percent jump this year in the use of OpenStack over 2015.