Cisco fog applications provide factory maintenance
Machine tool provider Mazak teamed with Cisco in a move to increase its manufacturing line availability and improve machine utilization through the use of fog applications. If you need a refresher on what fog computing is all about, our article Fog...
Securing the industrial IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium, an organization formed to accelerate the industrial "internet of things," today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework, a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five IIoT characteristics: safety,...
Securing the industrial IoT
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an organization formed to accelerate the industrial internet of things (IIoT), today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed his "biggest epiphany of 2016:" what really matters in production are the machines building the machines.
In an interview with Y Combinator's Sam Altman, Musk said that creating the machines that are to build Tesla automobiles is at least...
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed his "biggest epiphany of 2016:" what really matters in production are the machines building the machines.
In an interview with Y Combinator's Sam Altman, Musk said that creating the machines that are to build Tesla automobiles is at least...
IoT accelerators focus on deployment and maintenance
ATLANTA--Teradata highlighted the company’s late August release of four accelerators built to speed up the transformation of IoT data to actionable insight during its PARTNERS 2016 conference. The company’s “Analytics of Things Accelerators” (AoTAs) were created from successful...
Machine vision sales growth stuck in single digits despite advent of Industry 4.0
Very sophisticated sensor technology is key to the next phase in the development of the internet of things. Machines, vehicles and devices will need to be able to “see” to collect valuable...
Drones are a capitivating IoT example
According to a report from retail research firm NPD group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million in sales. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of the best illustrations...
The Swedish operator acquired internet of things security firm Kombridge
Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 Group announced that Tele2 IoT has closed a deal to acquire compatriot internet of things company Kombridge, which specializes in security services, connected device management and application management for IoT applications and...
A dangerous problem with an IIoT solution
One in five American adults has at least one kind of disability, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, drawn from 2013 data, says the disabled are the largest minority group in North...
Aruba's sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA
N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the entire island.
The grid was built...
Cisco fog applications provide factory maintenance
Machine tool provider Mazak teamed with Cisco to increase its manufacturing line availability and improve machine utilization through the use of fog applications. Mazak required a common, standards-based method to securely connect and receive value from the raw data in...
Intel devices will use GE Predix industrial IoT cloud platform for smart manufacturing
During the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was joined on stage by GE CEO Jeff Immelt to discuss how the companies are working together to develop industrial IoT...
LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification created for wireless, battery-operated devices. LoRa is already deployed in millions of sensors, according to the LoRa-Alliance. Some of the main components that serve as the foundation for the specification are bi-directional communication, mobility and localization services.
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The fuel to IIoT: LPWAN
Low-power, wide-area networks (LPWAN) are the response to the need for reliable, efficient, easy to deploy connectivity to help unlock the potential of the internet of things. According to Ingenu, which licenses RPMA, 86% of all current IoT devices use less than 3...
As the internet of things (IoT) continues to evolve, a wealth of connectivity options—utilizing a variety of different spectrum options—are emerging. The 2.4 GHz band—also called unlicensed spectrum—has thrown its hat into the ring as a legitimate option. There are three key reasons 2.4...
IIoT security: critical importance, under-addressed
The industrial internet of things presents a cybersecurity concern of a scale we have never before seen. Its premise alone – making every "thing" around us connected to a network – is enough to spur the imagination of entire environments...
IIoT at the construction site
The industrial internet of things has the potential to disrupt nearly every enterprise domain in existence. While the prospect of smart cities, automated vehicles and energy management spark the interest of consumers and entrepreneurs alike, several under-the-radar industries have already...
Oslo will see the first pilot of the internet of things network
Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor confirmed plans to develop and launch a dedicated, next-generation internet of things (IoT) network in several Norwegian cities.
The telco said that Norwegian startups and students will get cost-free access...
Autonomous vehicles are poised to ultimately disrupt the automotive and transportation industries with many watchers speculating that car ownership will be eventually give way to widespread ride sharing. Signaling efforts to embrace this coming shift, Ford on Tuesday announced "its intent to have a...
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A talk about the smart city with Ericsson's Beverly Rider
AUSTIN, Texas--In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities for Ericsson, spoke to RCR Wireless News at Galvanize in Austin, Texas.
Rider began the discussion...
APT launching the new IoT platform in Taiwan
Taiwanese telecommunications operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) launched an internet of things (IoT) dual-network multi-platform, called Gt Smart Life.
APT said the necessary research and development of the new IoT platform took approximately two years.
The Asian telco said that...
The dangers of an insecure IIoT system
Wired detailed the frightening consequences of vulnerable computer-based systems in its 2008 article Industrial control systems killed once, and will again, experts warn. With the expansion of “smart devices” into the automobile and medical industries, those predictions are more...
Challenges and considerations of IoT testing
Internet of things (IoT) vulnerabilities and their potentially catastrophic results make it imperative that IoT devices go through rigorous testing before seeing the light of day. But testing the security, performance, connectivity, and a number of things for millions of...
