The ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is moving towards new value-based and event-based pricing, led by smart cities and industrial operatives, according to Cisco.
Until now, device-as-a-service, and latterly anonymised data sharing with third-parties, have thrived as business models in the nascent IoT space. However,...
Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson has added PTC’s Thingworx platform, offering tools for developing industrial ‘internet of things’ (IoT) and augmented reality (AR) services, to its cloud-based IoT Accelerator platform, designed to make it easier for developers to launch IoT applications. It is the latest...
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,...
Three quarters of enterprise-based ‘internet of things’ (IoT) projects are failing, reckons US networking specialist Cisco. This is an alarming statistic, especially when considered in the context of the head-spinning growth of new IoT deployments.
Analyst house IDC calculates the total base of installed IoT...
US firm Rockwell Automation is heading a team of industrial automation specialists and solution providers to create a new communication solution based on the OPC-UA protocol for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications.
ABB, Belden, Bosch Rexroth, B&R, Cisco, Hilscher, KUKA, National Instruments, Parker Hannifin, Phoenix Contact,...
Cisco and IBM have completed the integration of their Kinetic platform and Watson IoT system to improve data processing and intelligence at the network edge. The partnership is being brought to bear on autonomous shipping and logistics in the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest...
The real impact of industrial technologies will be discussed and demonstrated at Hannover Messe next week (April 23-27). Automation and digital twins, powered by data analytics and artificial intelligence, will be the mainstays of the developing Industry 4.0 movement, reckon Bosch, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom,...
Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control over their IoT connectivity...
Manchester city council in the UK has deployed a new smart city lighting system as part of its continuing CityVerve project, led by Cisco. The new lighting system can be fitted retroactively to existing infrastructure. Cisco has managed the installation with the council, in...
SevOne introduces SDN Monitoring Solution 2.0 for Cisco ACI
Infrastructure management software company SevOne premiered the second version of its software-defined defined (SDN) monitoring platform for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).
SevOne launched its SDN Monitoring Solution last year. The solution combines SevOne’s network and infrastructure...
Cisco aims to secure workloads across data centers and multi-cloud environments
Cisco announced it is combining Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Tetration, Stealthwatch and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) technologies into an integrated solution to protect data center workloads.
Cisco noted security challenges are growing alongside sophisticated cyber...
Cisco will provide networking expertise for 5G RuralFirst project will create an end-to-end testbed system to test
Cisco announced it will lead a project to create a complete end-to-end rural 5G testbed system for trials of new wireless and networking technologies and services in the...
Cisco announces updates to network operating systems
Cisco recently announced updates on software disaggregation across service provider, enterprise and data center networking.
The company noted that software disaggregation has been on the rise for a variety reasons. Hyperscale web providers are pushing for disaggregated solutions for...
Cisco and Verizon team up on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) software
Cisco and Verizon announced they recently tested the former company’s hybrid ICN software at the latter company’s lab outside Boston.
Cisco's ICN software is based on Xerox research company PARC’s technology. PARC's originally developed the technology...
A new kind of networking
Many vendors are shifting focus from software-defined networking (SDN) to intent-based networking. Although still an emerging technology, the basic idea behind intent-based networking is to enable a user to determine how a network behaves by choosing and applying policies across...
STC also working on 5G with Ericsson, Cisco and Huawei
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced a cooperation agreement with Nokia, under which the two partners will work to launch a 5G network in Saudi Arabia in 2018.
STC and Nokia agreed to jointly work towards...
Wide range of partners collaborated on Wi-Fi deployment for Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the premiere event for telecom industry professionals. As such, the more than 100,000 people who descend on the Catalan capital each year have relatively high expectations related...
Cisco unveils SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight
Cisco advanced its intent-based networking initiative with two new products, SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight, which reportedly bring insight and visibility into the wide-area network (WAN).
Intent-based networking involves determining how a network behaves by choosing and applying policies...
Cisco announced security updates to its analytics platform Tetration, including workload protection for any data center or cloud.
Cisco announced its Tetration platform in 2016 as a way to provide total visibility across the data center using either server software sensors, network hardware sensors or...
Partnership focuses on analytics, data architecture
Cisco and Teradata are partnering on a platform for smart cities that integrates Cisco's Kinetic for Cities IoT platform with Teradata's big data analytics capabilities.
"The good news is, smart cities are starting to happen," said Maciej Kranz, VP of...
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...
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...
Telenor and Cisco are to establish a “joint lab environment” to develop smart cities solutions for civic authorities and services providers in Telenor’s home market, Norway.
Cisco said the project will build upon Telenor’s existing connectivity infrastructure, including its Wi-Fi, WAN and mobile networks in...
AT&T is looking to integrate Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform into a number of its own city-focused solutions, notably its Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC) proposition, which collects data from multiple departments and services in a centralized dashboard.
Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities is a...
