In the second part of his blog on IoT security, Rob Greer, the chief marketing officer and senior vice president of products at ForeScout Technologies explains how organisations can stay ahead of the IoT invasion. (more…)
January 12, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
We live on a hyper-connected planet, writes Rob Greer the chief marketing officer and senior vice president of products at ForeScout Technologies. Just over 40% of the world is online, with an average of five connected devices per US household. And now, with the Internet of Things (IoT) in full swing among individuals and organisations, those numbers are about to explode. There will be 30 billion connected things by 2020, compared to a relatively paltry 13 billion connected devices in 2015. (more…)
January 11, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
While the IoT can quite rightly be criticised for the amount of hype it has generated in the last two or three years, look a little more closely and you will find a range of practical applications, writes James Wickes, the co-founder of Cloudview. (more…)
January 8, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
In 2015, the Internet of Things received the anti-award for being one of the most over-hyped emerging technologies in analyst firm Gartner’s Hype Cycle. In fact, IoT has held its position at the summit of the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ for two years running now, writes Darren Thomson, the chief technology officer and vice president of technology EMEA at Symantec. So when will we move beyond the hype? (more…)
January 5, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
We recently saw the Internet Society (ISOC) calling for more standards to be adopted within the Internet of Things, writes Manfred Kube, the head of M2M segment and offer marketing at Gemalto. Releasing a whitepaper discussing the issues and challenges of IoT, the ISOC is urging vendors and users of IoT devices and systems both have a collective obligation to ensure they do not expose IoT stakeholders, and the internet itself, to potential harm. (more…)
December 27, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
As we count down to 2016, we can safely say we are living in an IoT age, writes Calum Barnes the product owner of Xively by LogMeIn. A few years ago, the idea of the Internet of Things sounded like science fiction, but it is quickly becoming reality. Due to the rapid growth of this market, entrepreneurs and big businesses alike are bringing amazing IoT innovations to market on what feels like a daily basis. (more…)
December 23, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
Asit Goel, a senior vice president at NXP shares his predictions for the trends that will drive further development of IoT in 2016. (more…)
December 17, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
The IoT is set to have significant impact on the way we do things today; at home, at work, while shopping, even in manufacturing and medicine, writes Suresh Srinivasan, the director of quality assurance for Virtusa. (more…)
December 9, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
We are in the middle of a new industrial revolution brought about by the Internet of Things (IoT), writes Keith Minster, a product manager at Drax Technology. (more…)
November 30, 2015
Posted by: George Malim
Ericsson and Orange have announced a trial of optimised, low-cost, low-complexity devices and enhanced network capabilities for Cellular IoT over GSM and LTE. (more…)
November 27, 2015
Posted by: George Malim