Press Releases

LCR 4.0 on track to transform the future of manufacturing in Liverpool City Region

One year on since launch, LCR 4.0 has been successful in bringing together and providing practical support to almost 100 Liverpool City Region businesses in the manufacturing space through digital innovation. (more…)

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November 28, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Ockham’s electric razor

Just to make clear that this is not a blog about shaving! William of Ockham did not invent the electric razor, being born in the late 13th century left him about 700 years short of a mains socket, says David Parker, senior analyst, Beecham Research. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Hyperconvergence and secondary storage: Part 2

Hyperconverged secondary storage looks set to play a pivotal role in enterprise IoT environments. It allows enterprises to better manage the increasing amount of data created by devices. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

CEBIT puts the spotlight on IT security and data security

CEBIT‘s approach resonates with current industry thinking. For example, in its most recent report on the state of IT security in Germany, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) described data security as “the cornerstone of successful digitisation”. (more…)

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November 27, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Global market revenue for IoT lighting solutions is expected to reach $4.5 billion in 2026

A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for Internet of Things (IoT) lighting solutions within commercial buildings, providing use cases, case studies, and forecasts for revenue, through 2026. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Accenture and Pivotal launch new business group to help enterprises accelerate and speed up their software development

Accenture and Pivotal Software, Inc., have formed a new business group to help Fortune Global 500 companies and other large enterprises accelerate their software development and innovate at startup speed. The Accenture Pivotal Business Group (APBG) will help enterprises migrate legacy applications to the cloud and accelerate cloud-native application development on Pivotal Cloud Foundry® (PCF), (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Low Power Wide Area Networks: Creating a powerful ecosystem for success

The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to transform the way in which many businesses, cities, processes and even people operate. It will disrupt a whole range of industries, says Peter Karney, head of product innovation at Digital Catapult, from healthcare to conservation or street lighting to livestock welfare. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Hyperconvergence and the Internet of Things: Part 1

Hyperconvergence is a relatively new marketing term, says Bob Emmerson. Unfortunately, it can come across as a hyped-up version of regular voice/data convergence, which became an overused term many moons ago.  (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Matsui MFG., DOCOMO and DOCOMO ASIA to demonstrate mobile-connected IoT platform for plastic-molding manufacturing

Matsui MFG. Co., Ltd., NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NTT DOCOMO ASIA Pte. Ltd. announced that they will launch a proof-of-concept demonstration of an IoT platform for plastic-molding operations using a mold-temperature controller equipped with sensors and connected to a mobile communications network, (more…)

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November 24, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Arrow Electronics and Cypress team up to provide ubiquitous IoT connectivity

Global technology-solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Cypress Semiconductor Corp., a provider in wireless connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) have announced the Titanium board, a technology ecosystem designed to enable developers to create products using Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE), cellular and LPWAN technologies, while taking advantage of Cypress’ low-power edge computing capabilities. (more…)

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November 23, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde