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Effective IoT security must begin at the drawing board

Thomas Fischer, global security advocate at Digital Guardian, assesses the role security will play in the IoT and argues that manufacturers must return to the drawing board to find a sustainable, long-term solution.

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January 9, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

2018 cybersecurity predictions from Cyxtera

Executives from Cyxtera give us their considered views of IT security in the year ahead.

Move over Netflix: Threat analytic services on-demand has arrived (more…)

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January 4, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

IoT platform collaborations and consolidation are coming

The Internet of Things (IoT) is hotter than ever and in 2018 there will be more collaboration between market leaders, even as the community of 300+ platforms begins inevitable consolidation. According to Matt Smith, CTO at Software AG, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will begin to infiltrate IoT platforms and devices and new business models will flourish. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Root of Trust-based automatic registration to the AWS cloud

Going to important conferences tends to concentrate the mind on what you want to talk about and what you want to demonstrate. This was definitely the case with the recent ARM TechCon in sunny Santa Clara. My team has been very busy working with our IoT products during 2017, and we were really excited when we managed to finalise a really exciting demo just in time to show it at the conference. (more…)

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January 3, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

One small step for 5G, one giant step for wireless

Today marks a momentous milestone for the wireless industry: the finalisation of the 3GPP Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) Standard. The formalisation of the NSA standard anchors the coming Standalone (SA) version and represents a remarkable step forward for the industry. (more…)

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December 29, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

SOTI extends Android Enterprise on Zebra devices

Over the past decade, SOTI and Zebra have had a long partnership working together to meet the enterprise mobility needs of organisations worldwide. (more…)

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December 28, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Developing and designing for user freedom in VR

Whether you are a veteran developer or new to the community, designing experiences for virtual reality (VR) requires careful consideration of a user’s sensory experience. We previously covered getting started with developing for six degrees of freedom (6DoF), and now want to take a deeper dive into design principles for VR and 6DoF. But before we get into the details of designing for 6DoF let’s take a step back and have a brief look at its history.

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December 27, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Preparing for the new EU data laws in the IoT space

Another day, another story of a cyber breach hits the news. Recent reports suggest that Uber was one of the latest victims, with 2.7 million people in the UK being affected by a cyber attack that took place in 2016, says Steven Farmer of Pillsbury Law. (more…)

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December 26, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

The IoT phenomenon will equate to nothing if the industry fails to connect the dots

The Internet of Things is no longer the future. It’s very much the present and the market is growing at an exponential rate, says Robin Kent, director of European operations, Adax. It’s set to quadruple in size, growing from US$900 billion (€758.25 billion) in 2014 to $4.3 trillion (€3.62 trillion) by 2024, with more than 30 billion connected devices in use. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

ARM System-On-Modules go virtual to spawn rapid IoT realisation

The IoT revolution places the same pressures on electronic design realisation to that conventionally of military embedded systems; where (the reduction of) Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) is the critical driving force behind each new development, says Rory Dear, managing director of DSL. (more…)

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December 22, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde