Press Releases

Research shows 68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for the IoT, says Canonical

Businesses are struggling to recruit employees with the skills needed to make the Internet of Things (IoT) a success. So says, a new IoT Business Models report from Canonical, the makers of the IoT operating system, Ubuntu Core. (more…)

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August 10, 2017

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Open standards-based Silver Spring platform to connect 28,000 more London smart street lights with urbancontrol

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. is to deploy its Starfish™ platform-as-a-service (PaaS) across the City of London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This adds to the previously announced London deployment in the City of Westminster. (more…)

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VR ‘try before you buy’ use case is compelling for young adopters, says Strategy Analytics

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive medium that offers unparalleled immersion, and allows users to experience, preview, and escape reality. (more…)

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August 9, 2017

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Easy access to LPWA technologies for smart cities in India provided by Atoll Solutions and u‑blox

u‑blox, a provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, and Atoll Solutions Pvt, an IoT gateway platform, sensor node and wireless module provider, announce the availability of an IoT starter kit based on LTE Cat M1 and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) modules from u‑blox. (more…)

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WTTx is a ‘game changer’ in delivery of Ireland’s superfast broadband, claim Huawei and Imagine

Huawei and Imagine Communications Group have announced the formation of a strategic partnership which will witness Ireland become the first country to benefit from the deployment of a pioneering national wireless-to the-x (WTTx) network. (more…)

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Wireless VR will strain data networks, creating an extra 21,000Pb of traffic by 2021, says Juniper

A new report from Juniper Research on Virtual Reality (VR) forecasts that wireless VR headsets (smartphone-based and standalone) data consumption will grow by over 650% over the next 4 years, from nearly 2,800PB (Petabytes) in 2017 to over 21,000PB in 2021. (more…)

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Vodafone joins prpl Foundation to spur Open Source innovation in digital homes and smart gateways

The prpl Foundation, an open-source, community-driven consortium with a focus on enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the smart society of the future, announced Vodafone Group has joined the Foundation. (more…)

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August 7, 2017

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Tantalum Corp and SAP agree to deliver one-click parking payments for connected car drivers

Tantalum Corporation (Tantalum) announced an agreement with SAP to integrate SAP® Vehicles Network into Tantalum’s Pay.Car end-to-end payment platform for connected cars, making it easier for motorists to find and pay for services with just one click. (more…)

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Alibaba Group forms partnership with Macau SAR government to drive smart city development

Alibaba Group, announced that it entered into a strategic partnership framework agreement with the Government of Macau Special Administrative Region (Macau), under which Alibaba will support Macau’s transformation into a smart city by using cloud computing technologies in order to bring benefits to both residents and tourists visiting the city. (more…)

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IoT software RFPs, vendor validation to be unveiled by IoT M2M Council

The IoT M2M Council, with 25,000 members, the fastest-growing trade association in the IoT sector, has announced a program to verify that IoT software platforms comply with open-source benchmarks that it has established. (more…)

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