Blogs

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

Loyalty or lock-in? Most smart speaker users won’t budge from Amazon or Google

More than two thirds of current owners of Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers are planning to buy another smart speaker within the next six months, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

A ‘digital seal’ for a wide range of products: Smartrac introduces Circus Tamper Loop tags

RFID and IoT solutions provider, Smartrac has announced its new Circus Tamper Loop tags specifically designed for tamper detection and authentication via NFC-enabled smartphones. (more…)

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January 3, 2018

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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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Roboadvisor platform revenues to reach $25 bn by 2022, as automation drives wealth management

A new study from Juniper Research has found that roboadvisor platform revenues will reach $25 billion (€20.75 billion) by 2022, up from an estimated $1.7 billion (€1.41 billion) in 2017, as the automation of wealth management revolutionises the way individuals invest. (more…)

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January 2, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Powercast to unveil FCC-approved consumer transmitter for power-over-distance wireless charging at CES 2018

Powercast Corporation, the provider of radio-frequency (RF)-based long-range power-over-distance wireless charging technology, announced that it will unveil at CES its FCC-approved (Part 15, FCC ID: YESTX91503) and ISED-approved (Canada IC: 8985A-TX91503) three-watt PowerSpot transmitter which works in the far field (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Thai start-up ‘DRVR’ partners with Tata Communications to revolutionise Asia’s smart fleet network

International fleet management application provider, DRVR has selected Tata Communications as its global IoT connectivity partner to help achieve its objective of making Asia’s vehicle fleets the smartest and most cost-efficient in the world. (more…)

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December 29, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

ZTE and velcom jointly announce Belarus’ first NB-IoT commercial deployment

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and velcom, a branch of A1 Telekom Austria Group, jointly announced the deployment of the first scaled commercial Narrowband IoT(NB-IoT) network in Belarus. (more…)

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December 27, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Smart audio hardware revenues to exceed $10bn by 2022, as audio brands challenge amazon echo

A new report by Juniper Research found that revenues from smart audio devices like the Amazon Echo and Sonos One will grow from an estimated $2.5 billion (€2.11 billion) in 2017 to over $10 billion (€8.42 billion) by 2022, as more audio brands integrate voice assistants into their devices. (more…)

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December 26, 2017

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

France’s NodOn to show range of smart devices for homes at CES 2018 and introduce Bluetooth Mesh

With major partners from the building sector, NodOn® is growing fast with two complete range of smart devices using the well-known technologies Z-Wave® and EnOcean®. This year at CES the company will talk about its innovation spirit and will present the first complete range of Bluetooth® Mesh devices for smart home. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde