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Four big challenges for the industrial Internet of Things

A quest to become a smarter world where all systems with local processing and sensors are connected to share information is gaining momentum. Connecting these systems with each and other and users helps businesses make informed decisions.  (more…)

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April 24, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

SIMalliance Members report shipments of 4.9bn SIMs in 2017, while estimated total available SIM market in 2017 increases 2.75% to 5.6bn units

Data reported by SIMalliance shows that the collective SIM shipments of its members in 2017, which represented approximately 88% of the global SIM market, equalled 4.9 billion units. SIMalliance confirms that over the same period, the estimated total available global market for SIM cards has grown by 2.75%, with units rising from 5.45 billion to 5.6 billion. (more…)

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April 20, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

The installed base of connected vending machines worldwide will reach 5.4mn by 2022, says Berg Insight

Berg Insight, the IoT market research provider, released a new market report covering the connected vending machine market. The global installed base of connected vending machines reached an estimated 2.6 million units in 2017. (more…)

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April 19, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Broadband Forum brings IoT home with new USP standard

The Broadband Forum published its User Services Platform (USP) – a new standard for implementing, deploying and managing all types of devices in the broadband home. For the first time, USP brings a unified, common approach to securely deploy, manage, and control network-aware consumer electronics, (more…)

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April 18, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Europe’s largest IoT-hardware community launches its first event in Munich

Hardware Pioneers, following its great success in London, announced it will be running four community events in Munich in 2018. The events will be headlined by spokespeople from leading companies in the IoT sector. (more…)

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April 17, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Skills gap in the IoT market

Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term broadly associated with the connection of sensors or other devices to the Internet and to other associated gadgets. The IoT is a massive system of things which gather and offer information about the way they are utilised and incorporate a remarkable number of objects of every kind – (more…)

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April 10, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Microsemi announces cesium atomic clock portfolio compliant with New
ITU standards for enhanced primary reference clock

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced completion of certification of its portfolio of cesium clocks to be compliant with the new G.811.1 recommendation (known as enhanced Primary Reference Clocks, or ePRC) (more…)

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April 6, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

ForeScout reveals that almost 2.7m UK businesses are vulnerable to IoT hack

2.7 million businesses in the UK are leaving their corporate networks vulnerable to IoT hacks, new research from ForeScout has revealed. The survey of 500 CIOs and IT managers found significant cause for concern with almost half (47%) of respondents having allowed IoT devices onto their corporate network (more…)

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April 5, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Sealed Air to use PTC’s ThingWorx industrial connectivity to link factories and gain valuable digital insights

PTC announced that Sealed Air Corporation, a global provider of food and product packaging solutions and services, has selected PTC’s ThingWorx® Industrial Innovation Platform to improve operational efficiency across its entire value chain. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

New IDC smart home device tracker forecasts solid growth for connected devices in key smart home categories

International Data Corporation (IDC) published results from its newest Tracker research program covering the fast-growing market of Smart Home Devices. In this initial publication, the Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker focuses on market sizing and forecasting of IP-connected devices used in the home, (more…)

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April 3, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde