From delivery vehicles to ATMs, air conditioning systems to CCTV cameras, the scope for commercial IoT appears to be as big, if not bigger than, the comparable consumer opportunity, writes Klaus Gheri, the vice president and general manager for network security at Barracuda Networks. However, for the business world, the IoT faces a major barrier to adoption: in their current state, the tools that help businesses deploy and secure IoT devices are simply not fit for purpose. (more…)
August 30, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Wirepas and u-blox, a global provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, have partnered to offer an advanced decentralised radio communications solution (comparable with advanced mesh technology) for demanding industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. (more…)
August 29, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Building on its advanced connectivity and cloud solutions portfolio, PlanetOne Communications announced it was named to the Verizon Partner Program as a Platinum member. (more…)
August 17, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Ingenu Inc.™, has announced the availability of its Machine Network™ in Phoenix.
With a coverage area of more than 1,850 square miles, the network provides Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to the sixth largest city in the United States, serving a population of over 3.1 million. (more…)
August 16, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
It has been predicted that an incredible six billion people will have a smartphone by 2020. In our pocket, we possess a supercomputer, millions of times more powerful than all of NASA’s combined computing capability during the Apollo space missions, writes Simon Skellon, the vice president of sales at Mitel. (more…)
July 25, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is gearing up to dramatically alter various industrial sectors of the economy including manufacturing, healthcare, energy and transportation amongst others, which together account for nearly two-thirds of the global GDP, writes Sukamal Banerjee, the executive vice president of engineering and R&D services at HCL Technologies. (more…)
June 22, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Had Mark Twain been reporting on the rise of the Internet of Things, he might have commented wryly that ‘the reports of its growth have been greatly exaggerated’, writes Carsten BrinkSchulte, the chief executive of Core Network Dynamics. (more…)
June 7, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The difficulty when creating something new is that there is no template to follow, writes Narayan Menon, the CTO of XCellAir. No flat pack manual that takes you through the trickier parts step by step. (more…)
May 10, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The more we consider the Internet of Things, the more sense it makes to connect almost anything. But at what point does it make commercial sense? A vision of an IoT ecosystem without today’s limitations promises device makers a far simpler, more flexible and cost-effective way to build in connectivity, explains Dennis Poulsen, the general manager of Spirent’s IoT Connectivity Products. (more…)
May 2, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
According to a recent Gartner report, 43% of organisations are using, or plan to implement, an Internet of Things (IoT) policy by the end of this year, writes William Culbert, the director of solutions engineering EMEA at Bomgar. (more…)
April 21, 2016
Posted by: George Malim