Digital Tech Landscape

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart or BLE, is a wireless personal area network technology aimed at novel applications requiring lower power usage. Originally developed as a part of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification, BLE enables devices to exchange data over short distances while using significantly less power than classic Bluetooth technologies. At the core of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon are small, low-cost transmitters called beacons that can communicate with nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices. Beacons broadcast messages containing a universally unique identifier (UUID) and other device-specific information using Bluetooth advertising. Nearby devices with a Bluetooth radio can detect these broadcast signals to determine presence and proximity to the transmitting beacon. Beacon Form Factors and Transmission Technologies BLE beacons come in a variety of form factors depending on their intended use case. Common beacon form factors...

Functional Service Providers Emergence of the FSP model The traditional outsourcing model of having a single, large provider handling all business processes and services for a company has significant drawbacks. These include lack of flexibility and agility to adapt to changing business needs, vendor lock-in risks, and higher costs of maintaining large, long-term contracts. In response, a new paradigm known as the Functional Service Provider (FSP) model has emerged in the past decade. Under the FSP model, different business functions and services are carved out and provided by specialized third-party vendors according to their core competencies. For example, a company may engage separate Functional Service Providers for services like finance and accounting, human resources, marketing, facilities management, technology infrastructure support, and more. This allows companies to work with best-in-class providers for each function based on their capabilities instead of being tied to a sing...