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Membership of the World Economic Forum’s fledgling Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (Centre Network) has swelled to over 100, with five nations and a number of international organisations …

I read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the …

Revenues generated by technology in the global supply chain will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 11 per cent over the next five years, reaching $440 billion by …

  The study said that organizations believes blockchain technology would be ideal to solve security concerns in the IoT field   Nearly half of businesses — 53% — cannot detect …

Ericsson, Huawei, Intel among companies studying blockchain for telcos Best known for providing the ledger behind various cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology is being eyed from multiple sectors as potentially useful for, …

Will blockchain help to democratise power generation and power consumption? It is a tangential, and tech-minded, question, which came out of the central narrative at European Utility Week 2018 in Vienna …

One of the areas of focus for CableLabs, the cable industry’s research and development group, is in how to improve the security of internet of things devices — both those …

The vast majority of enterprises are struggling with the business case for blockchain, even among those already working with the distributed ledger technology. They are also struggling with interoperability issues, …

Manufacturing, transportation, retail—that’s the supply chain Blockchain is largely associated with the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, but AT&T sees significant value in applying the generalized ledger that supports blockchain to …

A new Industry 4.0 design and policy centre has been opened in India by the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with the Indian government and the major industrial states of …

Editor’s note: Click here for part 1 and here for part 2 of this three-part series on blockchain technology in the telecom industry. The first six telecom applications of blockchain are covered …

Editor’s note: Click here for part 1of this three-part series on blockchain technology in the telecom industry. Blockchain applications in the telecom industry `1. Blockchain in fraud management Revenue leakages …

Blockchain for telecom: Operational systems and business applications 1. Introduction to blockchain   It started with a Hash function… then the data blocks…then the chained/permissioned data blocks and mining … then distributed …

Logistics company Maersk and technology company IBM have introduced an open blockchain platform, called TradeLens, to digitise the global shipping trade. The pair said 94 organisations are already involved, or have …

The practicalities of implementing decentralised blockchain governance, and the fear it raises within the supply chain about a lack of control, remain major stumbling blocks for the technology, said a …

Sprint will add NXM’s blockchain security technology into its connected car module due out in fall. Cars, like any device with chips embedded and connected to the outside word, can …

Platform includes maintenance reminders, preventive notifications and roadside assistance   Sprint has partnered with NXM Labs to launch a 5G-ready connected car platform. The carrier said the platform will offer …

Disruption is an overused word, often describing a potentially more significant than anticipated growth cycle rather than genuine creation. However, when a dramatic shift toward new ways of doing business …

IBM’s new facility will focus on IoT, AI, blockchain and quantum computing   IBM has launched a new innovation center in Abu Dhabi which will mainly focus on advanced technologies …

A consortium of car makers and tech companies including BMW, Bosch, Ford, General Motors, Renault and IBM have joined together to explore how blockchain could enable businesses and consumers to …

The European Commission (EC) has increased its Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding to €1.5 billion for the period through to the end of 2020, as it attempts to raise …

In January, Gartner said 2018 would be the year of AI, digital twins, blockchain and edge computing. Fast forward to April, and the leading lights of the Industry 4.0 movement …

In the face of rising political disruption, the European Commission (EC) has in recent weeks redoubled its innovation schedule with new commitments to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare …

NEW YORK–As the internet of things (IoT) continues to take shape, working toward projections of tens of billions of new networked devices by the end of the decade, there need …

The European Commission (EC) has called for both national governments and private enterprises to contribute to the region’s digital transformation programme from 2021. If new finances are not secured from …