My January blog post last year, highlighted that different fields of technology will be coming together to create specific SME based commodity services, and with that, how specific field based devices will help drive the concept of technology-as-a-commodity. So, for 2018, the theme of field devices will continue, with specific interests on how smart devices are transitioning into Smart SME commodity ecosystems - maybe this is the year that next-gen technology becomes the norm.

Coming into 2018, I attended the New Year's Eve celebration at the Savoy Place (IET London). One of the evening’s highlight was to view the spectacular 10,000 firework display organised by London City Hall. They even had an automated City Hall NYE bot on Facebook messenger ! The evening gave opportunity to speak with and enjoy NYE celebrations with a wide variety of individuals – mostly (including myself) snapping away pictures on the balcony overlooking the Embankment and London Eye.