Person Recognition in Images with OpenCV & Neo4j

Time for an update on my ongoing person identification in images project; for all the background you can check out these previous posts: Analyzing AWS Rekognition Accuracy with Neo4j AWS Rekognition Graph Analysis – Person Label Accuracy Person Recognition: OpenCV vs. AWS Rekognition In my earlier serverless series I discussed and provided code for getting… Continue reading Person Recognition in Images with OpenCV & Neo4j

Analyzing AWS Rekognition Accuracy with Neo4j

As an extension of my series of posts on handling IoT security camera images with a Serverless architecture I’ve extended the capability to integrate AWS Rekognition Amazon Rekognition is a service that makes it easy to add image analysis to your applications. With Rekognition, you can detect objects, scenes, and faces in images. You can… Continue reading Analyzing AWS Rekognition Accuracy with Neo4j

Data is the currency of your Digital Transformation

Image Credit: Scott Lewis on Flickr

This is a scary time for a company. But the state of play creates the potential for mass and creative disruption. — $1 Billion for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry @ NYTimes Every company is a digital company. No longer is it a question of if your product will become digital – as… Continue reading Data is the currency of your Digital Transformation

Series – Part 4: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: Securing a Serverless REST API

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

In part three of the series I discussed creating a serverless REST API – using Lambda and API Gateway – to serve the collected IoT data from the security camera devices. In this post I will cover securing the REST API.

Serverless Architecture – Practical IoT Implementation

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

Since the series is getting quite lengthy I’m creating this post as a way to get access to the entire series. In addition – I’ve created a Gitter room to discuss the GitHub Repositories and these posts. Just click on the link and join. Posts in the Series: Part 1: The Setup Part 2: Device… Continue reading Serverless Architecture – Practical IoT Implementation

Series – Part 3: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: Serverless REST API

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

In part two of this series I discussed creating a serverless data collection and processing fabric for an IoT deployment. To recap, we’ve now reviewed the local devices and controller/gateway pattern for the security cameras deployed. We’ve also discussed the Amazon Web Services infrastructure deployed to collect, process and catalog the data generated by the… Continue reading Series – Part 3: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: Serverless REST API

Series – Part 2: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

In part one of this series I briefly discussed the purpose of the application to be built and reviewed the IoT local controller & gateway pattern I’ve deployed. To recap, I have a series of IP cameras deployed and configured to send (via FTP) images and videos to a central controller (RaspberryPI 3 Model B).… Continue reading Series – Part 2: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

The future of data is still Polyglot…

… but vendors will fight you every step of the way. Remember – every vendor wants to get as much of your data in their database as possible. And every data approach (Relational, Document, Key/Value Store and Graph) can be forced to do just about anything; and given the opportunity the vendor will tell you… Continue reading The future of data is still Polyglot…

Series – Part 1: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

Serverless architectures are getting a lot of attention lately – and for good reason. I won’t rehash the definition of the architecture because Mike Roberts did a fine (and exhaustive) job over at MartinFowler.com. However, practical illustrations of patterns and implementations are exceptionally hard to find. This series of posts will attempt to close that gap… Continue reading Series – Part 1: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.