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James Blackman

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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • Sigfox opens radio specifications to capture new IoT markets and use cases

    by James Blackman February 14, 2019
    by James Blackman February 14, 2019

    Sigfox has publicly released the specifications of its radio protocol for connected objects. The company said it expects a “boom” in the number of objects, including consumer devices, connecting to …

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  • State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 3): Use case modelling

    by James Blackman February 14, 2019
    by James Blackman February 14, 2019

    This article is the third instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …

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  • Trump enters US into global AI arms-race with detail-light federal investment plan

    by James Blackman February 13, 2019
    by James Blackman February 13, 2019

    US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to commit certain federal government resources to the research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and services. Trump stopped …

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  • UK starts testing private 5G for autonomous vehicles at Millbrook proving ground

    by James Blackman February 13, 2019
    by James Blackman February 13, 2019

    The AutoAir consortium has demonstrated the first application of independently operated 5G for connected and autonomous vehicles in the UK. The showcase took place at the Millbrook proving ground in …

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  • Nordic Semi fixes global eSIM into NB-IoT/LTE-M modules to simplify IoT roaming

    by James Blackman February 13, 2019
    by James Blackman February 13, 2019

    Nordic Semiconductor is bundling an eSIM with 10MB of data into all its nRF9160 development kits. Network operators buying the company’s dual-mode LTE-M / NB-IoT nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP) can connect …

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  • State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 2): An alternative truth

    by James Blackman February 13, 2019
    by James Blackman February 13, 2019

    This article is the second instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …

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  • From coffee machines to paint shops: IIoT at the cutting edge – four Software AG use cases

    by James Blackman February 12, 2019
    by James Blackman February 12, 2019

    As part of Enterprise IoT Insights‘ investigation into edge-cloud setups in industrial plants, we have unearthed a number of case studies showing how manufacturing companies and technology providers are collaborating …

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  • State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 1): The hype and the glory

    by James Blackman February 12, 2019
    by James Blackman February 12, 2019

    This article is taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The report tells the story of smart …

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  • Nokia intros IoT starter packs for operators to target agriculture, livestock, logistics

    by James Blackman February 12, 2019
    by James Blackman February 12, 2019

    Nokia has introduced four ready-made IoT packages to help mobile network operators go after the agriculture, livestock management, logistics, and asset management markets. Its new IoT packages – available “off-the-shelf” …

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  • Abu-Dhabi district cooling firm Tabreed chooses OSIsoft for digital transformation

    by James Blackman February 7, 2019
    by James Blackman February 7, 2019

    Abu Dhabi-based district cooling giant Tabreed has integrated California based OSIsoft’s big-data analytics system across its network of 74 district cooling plants to monitor, analyse, and improve performance and reliability. …

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  • Talking heads: What to consider when matching industrial IoT use cases to edge-cloud setups

    by James Blackman February 7, 2019
    by James Blackman February 7, 2019

    Jean-Philippe Provencher, vice president, manufacturing strategy and solutions, PTC “The governing factors are the facilities, the cost of downtime, and speed of product development. “Cloud computing could hit a snag …

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  • Itron starts certifying Wi-SUN devices for smart cities, utilities, factories

    by James Blackman February 6, 2019
    by James Blackman February 6, 2019

    Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron has started to certify devices under the Wi-SUN Field Area Network (FAN) 1.0 programme. It follows fellow Wi-SUN leader Cisco to have its products passed …

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  • Digi launches first in new line of ruggedised edge routers for smart cities and utilities

    by James Blackman February 6, 2019
    by James Blackman February 6, 2019

    Digi International has released a ruggedised LTE edge computing router for smart cities and utilities. The Digi IX14 is designed for low-cost, low-bandwidth single-asset applications, its maker said. It contains …

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  • Telensa intros smart city platform to tackle cost and trust issues with urban data

    by James Blackman February 5, 2019
    by James Blackman February 5, 2019

    UK smart street lighting company Telensa has launched an open data platform for smart cities to collect, protect, and make use of urban data. The city of Cambridge in the …

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  • Beyond bandwidth and latency: Reasons to move to the edge, and the rule of three

    by James Blackman February 5, 2019
    by James Blackman February 5, 2019

    It’s not just bandwidth and latency that are dictating the migration of industrial machine intelligence to the edge of the network. There are benefits in terms of compliance, security, and …

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  • Smart manufacturing: HPE and Foxconn’s edge-based AI video system for quality assurance

    by James Blackman February 4, 2019
    by James Blackman February 4, 2019

    Quality assurance is a critical part of manufacturing; it’s just humans are not very good at it. Their faculties are not trained to pick out anomalies in rapid carousels of …

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  • HPE primes new Edgeline 8000 system to lead its IT/OT convergence play

    by James Blackman February 4, 2019
    by James Blackman February 4, 2019

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is poised to release a new product, the Edgeline 8000, in its family of ‘converged edge systems’. The 8000 will provide the most advanced edge capabilities …

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  • From 50ms to 1ms and 5x9s to 6x9s – Nokia makes case for private industrial networks

    by James Blackman January 31, 2019
    by James Blackman January 31, 2019

    Note, this is the second part in a feature about Nokia’snew industrial strategy. The first instalment can be found here.  Nokia’s latest results, which saw shares slip on a slow …

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  • Chain of custody: Supply chains, blockchains – and the Spice Girls

    by James Blackman January 31, 2019
    by James Blackman January 31, 2019

    The Spice Girls have been back again (at writing) nwith a reunion tour and a souvenir t-shirt. It is a nostalgia trip, for sure – in terms of the songbook …

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  • Ericsson maps cellular IoT to 5G, with new categories and solutions

    by James Blackman January 31, 2019
    by James Blackman January 31, 2019

    Ericsson has redefined its portfolio and vision for cellular IoT technologies in four categories, including two new segments for Broadband IoT and Industrial Automation IoT. It said the objective of …

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  • Total LoRa devices reach 80 million, making it ‘de facto’ IoT tech, says Semtech

    by James Blackman January 30, 2019
    by James Blackman January 30, 2019

    The total installed base of LoRa enabled chips and nodes reach around 80 million units at the end of 2018, according to California based semiconductor company Semtech, which owns the …

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  • Nokia joins Nordic smart city project to build energy-positive urban data centres

    by James Blackman January 30, 2019
    by James Blackman January 30, 2019

    Norwegian real estate and tech firm Miris is building 20 data centres in business parks and residential areas in Norway during 2019 to support the smart city applications and services. …

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  • From power grids to oil rigs: IIoT at the cutting edge – four AWS use cases

    by James Blackman January 29, 2019
    by James Blackman January 29, 2019

    In simple terms, the prevailing wisdom is the more data, the better. More data equals better decisions, which equals better products, and more users. That is the theory, anyway. The …

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  • 10m factories, 3m warehouses, 50k mines – Nokia counts out its new industrial targets

    by James Blackman January 29, 2019
    by James Blackman January 29, 2019

    Nokia’s biggest opportunity, it explains, is to go beyond its traditional customer base to serve industrial markets directly, with private networking solutions. The total market for private LTE, and later …

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  • Siemens opens digital factory to build batteries for ferries, fishing boats, drilling rigs

    by James Blackman January 28, 2019
    by James Blackman January 28, 2019

    German company Siemens has opened a fully automated battery factory in Trondheim, in Norway. The facility will produce batteries for the marine sector, including for ships, rigs, and other offshore …

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