Mesh networks are essential ingredients in almost every IoT platform, as they use short-range wireless standards to communicate with each other and send their data to the “outside world.” So, it’s important to understand how they differ from their counterparts, and why their characteristics...
Regardless of the hyperbole constantly hammered home by marketing departments, IoT as a tangible entity is embryonic. We’re at the very early stages of the IoT learning curve, so it should be no surprise that the success rate for IoT adopters has been in...
The use of software as a service (SaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is well established in the enterprise data center. Now, industrial organizations are beginning to make tentative steps to XaaS offerings for their operational computing. However, there is some trepidation preventing...
Behind the benefits of connectivity and big data that the IoT promises there remains a question: Who will pay for it? And how?
This article will take a look at the available models and give a few tips on choosing what’s best for you.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has warned enterprises all over the world are face a “nightmare” with the security of everyday devices connecting to their networks. Manufacturers of new ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices are not thinking about security by design,...
The recent data privacy scandal surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica has opened up an interesting period of collective soul-searching regarding huge tech firms that operate utilizing “big” data. The overarching question that is being asked and, frankly, still needs to be answered is “what...
The exploding Internet-of-Things (IoT) market has attracted many companies, large and small, to join the modern-day gold rush. To be successful in this market, it is crucial to establish market leadership and develop a brand. Those who get there fast will win. How should...
Perhaps the most succinct definition of the internet of things comes from an April 26, 2018 blog by Sharada Prahladrao of ARC: ”Everyone, everywhere is connected to everything.” With that broad a definition (and appeal), it’s no surprise that it’s spreading into many areas....
Some of the cities in which LoRaWAN networks are now available include Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Miami and Washington D.C.
California-based semiconductor and software company Semtech announced that Comcast’s enterprise internet of things network service MachineQ has connected operational LoRaWAN networks to 10...
Revenues from internet-of-things (IoT) device management will top $20.5 billion within five years, with 70 per cent coming in the industrial, automotive, and telematics sectors, according to ABI Research.
Revenues from device management services – including device provisioning, software and firmware updates, and device monitoring...
Cisco appears to have found its rhythm in the enterprise IoT space by integrating communications technologies and data streams in its Kinetic platform for smart factories and smart cities. Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Bryan Tantzen, in charge of its manufacturing IoT business,...
Helmut Reisinger, veteran of telecoms provider Orange, has started in his new role as chief executive officer of the French company’s enterprise division, Orange Business Services, replacing Thierry Bonhomme. His remit is to position Orange Business Services as a leading digital change agent, and...
Partnership initially focuses on European markets including Germany and Austria
Orange Business Services and Siemens have teamed up to foster the adoption of internet of things (IoT) solutions in the industrial sector.
The partners said that their initial plans are to develop asset tracking and asset-monitoring...
European network operators are prioritizing connected cars over other sectors and assets when it comes to internet of things (IoT) technologies, they have said. Both Orange and Telefónica said the opportunity and focus for them is on cars, ahead of factories and cities.
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Having been the preserve of mathematicians and sci-fi writers for 70 years, since Alan Turing showed digital computers could simulate formal reasoning, the field of artificial intelligence appears to be coming of age at last in practical...
NB-IoT deployments in Saudi Arabia, Greece focus on enterprise and industrial use cases
Narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) connectivity is one of the 3GPP standards for massive IoT support. While the IoT has a number of standard and non-standard access options, NB-IoT is seeing global momentum...
Ericsson has also announced a commercial IoT platform in Sri Lanka with Dialog Axiata
Cisco and the Three Group have announced the global availability of the Cisco Jasper Control Center automated IoT connectivity platform for enterprise customers. The Three Group’s customers can now have access...
IoT connectivity platform provider Actility has released a slimmed-down version of its ThingPark solution for enterprise customers.
ThingPark is the most widely deployed LoRa platform among operators of public LoRA networks. Actility announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona it had signed its fiftieth...
Telecoms carriers should urgently marry innovation with new working practices if they are to capitalise on the opportunity of the industrialised 'internet of things' (IoT), according to GE.
Sue Siegel, the company’s chief innovation officer and chief executive of its business innovations unit, said at...
Cisco has launched the first commercially available global narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) platform, it said at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday (February 27th).
Its Cisco Jasper Control Center for NB-IoT enables operators to manage their IoT networks and devices. China Unicom said early...
Ericsson and China Mobile have signed a strategic framework agreement at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to collaborate on new enterprise and industrial IoT (IIoT) systems and services.
The pair said they will build an ‘Industry IoT Cooperation Center’, as a crossover between China...
AT&T has struck a multi-year deal with U.S.-based Caterpillar to supply IoT connectivity and management services across its international markets.
Caterpillar, manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and industrial power solutions, is using AT&T’s LTE-based internet of things (IoT) services to connect and manage...
Connected ice re-surfacer represents an IoT product-as-a-service
Name two companies that make ice re-surfacers. I'll wait. Seriously though, Zamboni is the gold-standard in ice re-surfacers--the things that smooth out skating rinks between periods in a hockey match, among other uses--so much so that the machine...
In today’s world where consumers are continuously bombarded with marketing messages; delivering the right ones, in the right context, and at the right time is essential.
More than ever, marketing teams are expected to drive revenue growth and, in a maturing telecom industry, exceptional customer...
