Alexa Guard makes waves for DIY security and insurance – but only a ripple...
Announced last week by Amazon, Alexa Guard turns any Amazon Echo into a security device, using what the company calls “guard mode.” Once in guard mode, Echo devices will send an alert and audio...
View ArticleTelcos desperately turning to value-added ICT services for revenue growth,...
“Telcos could talk to enterprise customers about applications and security,” one vendor advises. “And I could become a Princess” says one analyst sarcastically. As revenues from core connectivity...
View ArticleCybersecurity and the Internet of Things: Time for biometrics?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a rapid pace, with connected devices and white goods entering our domestic and working environments faster than ever before. Now, thanks to the advent of...
View ArticleIndustrial ‘things’ produce ‘industrial-sized’ outcomes
Companies are instrumenting and connecting their industrial equipment, buildings and facilities, and vehicles with billions of sensors to create what is known as the Industrial Internet of Things...
View ArticleRealising the growth potential of low-bandwidth IoT use cases
(Sponsored) Realising the potential of the Internet of Things and the often-quoted promise of 50 billion connected devices by 2020, relies on the very tangible challenge of enabling affordable...
View ArticleUsers failed by VPN security and performance, but SD-WANs no option for...
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have significant security and performance drawbacks for use in networking cloud applications. This was the start-point for a recent survey and primary research by...
View ArticleConnected journeys: Unlocking solutions that aim to transform transport
Three technology advancements are set to transform the transport industry ‒ command and control technology, connectivity, and the cloud. The combination of these will, says Greg Alcorn, divisional...
View ArticleWhy utility companies need to look at agile mobile applications to increase...
The public utility space is a competitive one, and as this competition continues to increase, power and utilities providers are increasingly investing sizeable amounts in infrastructure projects...
View Article8 reasons why Fleet Managers should connect ELD’s to a cellular network
It’s estimated that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) mandate will affect approximately 3.1 million vehicles and 3.4 million drivers, with the deadline for compliance moved to...
View ArticleHow IR sensor 2.0 will improve IoT technology
The next generation IR sensor 2.0 will be more flexible, much thinner and cheaper to manufacture than old sensors. This opens up for a big improvement and more areas of use within IoT. The development...
View ArticleWill YouView be a more trustworthy custodian of the connected home?
For the Internet of Things (IoT) to work best it needs to be like a top class referee. Since they keep the game flowing, says Nick Booth, the very best refs are the ones you hardly even notice....
View ArticleOffshore rig monitoring: A true reflection of IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) has not left out any industry with its challenges and has paved a way for them to come out with more opportunities. With its ongoing operations in the onshore...
View ArticleLow power connectivity powers up across IoT
Low power wide area networks (LPWAN) are currently one of the fastest growing communication technologies in the world, with several companies experiencing double digit growth. Kerlink, a France-based...
View ArticleInstead of sending data to the cloud, why not send the cloud to the edge?
In the IoT era, companies increasingly require critical decisions to be made in fractions of seconds. Yet in the most time-sensitive situations, says Adi Hirschtein, director of product at Iguazio, the...
View ArticleConnecting clouds – Have your (layer) cake and eat it, too
Cloud Computing offers businesses many benefits, not in cost savings – that myth has been well and truly busted – but in flexibility of deployment and responsiveness to changing business demands. In...
View ArticleWelcome to the production of the future
Knud Lasse Lueth, the managing director of analyst firm IoT Analytics, recently interviewed Eberhard Klotz, the head of the Industry 4.0 Campaign at Festo, to discuss success stories but also obstacles...
View ArticleIoT, IIoT, connected industry and Industry 4.0 come together to create a new...
Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are both terms describing potentially disruptive technology trends in industrial settings, writes Matt Wopata, a senior analyst at IoT...
View ArticleHow to ride the wave of digital disruption – a manufacturer explains
Digital transformation has arrived in manufacturing and the potential shows no signs of abating. European Commission research estimates Industry 4.0 will boost manufacturing production by 20% by 2020,...
View ArticleCase Study: Attack of the invaders – how IoT technology is helping stop...
Hollywood has it all wrong. The sweeping waves of unfamiliar beings with the intention of gobbling up every last remaining resource won’t come from slowly rotating spaceships. They are already among us...
View ArticlePrinting the IoT
Dr Janos Veres, who leads Parc’s Novel and Printed Electronics programme, looks at turning printing into a manufacturing technique for electronics to meet the needs for Internet of Things (IoT)...
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