Press Releases

New waveform for 5G Low Power Wide Area networks in the IoT shown by Leti

Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, reports that field trials of its new Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology, a waveform tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, showed significant performance gains in coverage, data-rate flexibility and power consumption compared to leading LPWA technologies. (more…)

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June 27, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Smart city, smart energy and IoT leaders team up to unlock markets with launch of uCIFI Alliance

An international alliance of market leaders from across the smart city, smart energy and IoT network sectors joined cities and utilities in announcing they will develop an open source, multi-transport wireless networking technology and data model that will unlock these markets by eliminating the dependency on proprietary solutions. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Vasona Networks and F5 partner to scale virtual mobile edge computing deployments

Vasona Networks, Inc, which provides mobile edge solutions for better user experiences and network capital efficiency, announced a partnership effort with F5, which makes apps go faster, smarter and safer for the world’s service providers. The companies will work together to power virtual multi-access edge computing (MEC) deployments for mobile operators at scale. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IEEE adopts OpenFog reference architecture as standard for fog computing in IoT, AI and 5G

The OpenFog Consortium’s OpenFog Reference Architecture for fog computing has been adopted as an official standard by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). The new standard, known as IEEE 1934™, relies on the reference architecture as a universal technical framework that enables the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Voice assistants used in smart homes to grow 1,000%, reaching 275mn by 2023, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the adoption of voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant will be a key factor behind smart home growth, with 275 million voice assistant devices used to control smart homes by 2023. This is up from an estimated 25 million in 2018, a growth of 1,000%. (more…)

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June 26, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is certified for Intel NUC to ease IoT device development and deployment

Canonical and Intel® are have announced that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is now certified on selected Intel® NUC Mini PCs and boards. This partnership will aid device manufacturer’s and their developers to a smoother path to the development and deployment of IoT devices. (more…)

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June 25, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Roki sensor node integrates multiple sensors with Bluetooth 5 / Bluetooth Low Energy SoC

ROHM and Kionix, Inc. have introduced the RoKi Sensor Node, a key component in the new RoKi IoT Platform. The sensor node utilizes Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC), (more…)

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IBM acquires Oniqua, strengthens IoT capabilities to help businesses proactively maintain vital assets

IBM announced it has acquired Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd., a global innovator in Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) Inventory Optimisation solutions and services focused on mining, oil & gas, transportation, utilities, manufacturing and other asset-intensive industries. (more…)

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New cloud capabilities address growing capacity management demands across hybrid environments

Syncsort, a global provider of Big Iron to Big Data software, has enhanced its Athene capacity management software, including the addition of Athene Cloud. (more…)

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IoT software provider People Power names John Teeter as new data protection officer

To help oversee European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and the company’s data protection strategy, People Power has named its chief scientist, John Teeter, as the company’s data protection officer (DPO). (more…)

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