Press Releases

Shield-IoT raises $7.4M in Series A to streamline and secure mass scale IoT networks

Shield-IoT, a provider of mass-scale IoT and IIoT network cyber security and operational monitoring, announced the closing of a $7.4 million (€6.57 million) Series A round of funding. The Series A round was led by NextLeap Ventures and Bloc Ventures, with the participation of Atlas Ventures, Akamai Technologies, Springtide Ventures, DIVEdigital, and Janvest Capital Partners. (more…)

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November 23, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Local authority carbon neutral strategies are adding to not reducing their carbon footprint

Almost nine in ten councils have declared a climate emergency but faced with multiple, often contradictory, pressures and targets, how many have any confidence in the next steps to take? Most have highlighted the challenges of balancing carbon targets with budgetary constraints. (more…)

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November 22, 2021

Posted by: Peter Ruffley

Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard boost urban forest management

Camarillo, California – Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that ICT International, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider for environmental applications, is leveraging Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard to improve urban forest management and carbon accounting. (more…)

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November 12, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Kerlink and VOMATEC collaborates on digital emergency management system for smart cities

Thorigne-Fouillard, France and Bad Kreuznach, Germany. 9 Nov, 2021– Kerlink, a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and VOMATEC Innovations GmbH, a specialised provider of system and software solutions for emergency services, announced their collaboration on the integration of the digital MCI-management system RescueWave into LoRaWAN- based smart-city networks. (more…)

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November 10, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Meet the technology that is building the smart cities of the future

Today’s smart cities are transforming the way we live, work and play. But, according to Matthew Margetts, director of sales and marketing at Smarter Technologies, far from being just a 21st-century gimmick, there are significant even life-changing advantages to the implementation of smart technology in cities around the world.  (more…)

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September 6, 2021

Posted by: Matthew Margetts

The future of flooding control: Intelligent stopcocks & AMRs

Almost all buildings in the UK are connected to the mains water supply, coming directly to each property, which is turned on and off by a stopcock, says Matthew Margetts, director of sales and marketing at Smarter Technologies. (more…)

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August 26, 2021

Posted by:  Matthew Margetts

IoT security – A barrier to deployment?

Security takes priority when it comes to the development and deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT), with Gartner predicting that by 2020, IoT security will make up 20% of annual security budgets. (more…)

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July 27, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Low awareness of ‘smart cities’ threatens innovation and adoption, research says

A research report published has revealed that, despite the many initiatives already in place, less than a quarter of UK consumers claim to be aware of the term ‘smart cities’.

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July 10, 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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June 27, 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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June 25, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde