In 2015, market research firm Juniper Research declared Barcelona the smartest city in the world. As a result of the city’s support for local public transportation and electric vehicles, there are now 500 hybrid taxis on the streets of Barcelona, as well as nearly 300 public electric vehicles and an estimated 400 private electric cars. Barcelona has also implemented a programme that calls for the intelligent networking of energy and water supplies, recycling, lighting and mobility systems. The aim is to improve quality of life and protect the environment. (more…)
June 29, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
A report just published by Beecham Research (Wearable Technology in Public Safety – The Dominant Role of Body Worn Cameras)examines the growing market for body-worn cameras in police forces around the world, writes Robin Duke-Woolley, the founder and chief executive of Beecham Research. These are not your average webcams. These devices need to be able to withstand some pretty rough treatment, being used day in day out while providing video of high enough quality to be used for evidential purposes. In other words, in court. Increasingly, they also need to be connected – and the content needs to be encrypted so it cannot be misused. (more…)
June 27, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
As the Internet of Things widens its wings and becomes increasingly sophisticated it is helping businesses and professionals in all manner of industries to redefine and reshape their communications and customer service models, writes Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, the vice president and head of cloud and mobile strategy and ecosystem at Genband. (more…)
June 20, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
With the number of connected devices growing at an astronomical rate – Gartner predicts that in 2016, 5.5 million new things will get connected every day, we are clearly living in the IoT era. Our smartphones have become the window that opens up a world where people, things and everything in between are connected, writes Mark Longstaff, the director of technology for EMEA at OpenMarket. (more…)
June 13, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
At Mobile World Congress 2016, in Hall 8.1, the last hall in the endless Catalan event, immediately close to the IoT Pavilion, there was a section dedicated to graphene, strongly supported by the EU Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship (http://graphene-flagship.eu/) is the second largest Future and Emerging Technology Flagship programme by the European Commission aiming to bring together academia and nanotechnology industry and moving graphene from laboratories into real applications. The programme was launched in 2013 with an investment of €1bn. This substantial investment is illustrative of the importance of graphene and nanotechnology. As for the IoT vision, the graphene embraces a transformational vision that impacts all areas of society, write Dr Therese Cory, senior analyst and Saverio Romeo, prinicipal analyst at Beecham Research. (more…)
June 8, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Event date: June 29 – 30, 2016
Aberdeen, Energy Conference
With past events attracting over 500 hundred attendees and 30 sponsors, the IoT in Oil and Gas series is coming to Europe… (more…)
June 7, 2016
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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…)
Posted by: George Malim
For the first time in history, we are witnessing a massive disruption and the phenomenal adoption of getting everything connected and talking to each other, writes Subramanian Hariharan, a senior director at Mindtree. (more…)
June 1, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things is one of the most interesting technological advancements we have today. And within this spectrum, the connected car is perhaps the most exciting and advanced ‘thing’ in that ecosystem, writes Mark Hughes, the chief executive of BT Security. Connected cars have a range of wildly clever features; from intelligent driver assistance and predictive systems that help bypass traffic jams, to sensors that help track driver behaviour and reduce emissions. (more…)
May 31, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
When it comes to technological trends, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a very big thing indeed. Approximately 3.9 billion connected things were in use in 2014. Gartner expects this figure to rise to at least 25 billion by 2020. Connected devices are certainly changing the way our global economy and societies function, and they are dramatically changing the rules for IT security, writes Myles Bray, the vice president of EMEA sales at ForeScout Technologies. (more…)
May 26, 2016
Posted by: George Malim