10/09/18 Ecosystem: Find Your Support

Peggy and Josh Peschel, assistant professor, agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, says we have been seeing orphaned technology for decades. In some respects, it depends on which part of the technology market, as little guys are more innovative, but have technology that disappears tomorrow, while the big guys are able to absorb those things. An ecosystem enables a company or community to support a technology that may turn into legacy. He adds any technology throughout the world has been vulnerable and the market is responding to that with companies with niches can help address cyber-security issues. We have technologies—that may or not be secure—and next year may have a different protocol, but over time people who educate themselves and become specialists will increase.