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Scottish start-up brings farming to the table with IoT technology

A Scottish start-up is bidding to educate children about biology, tackle childhood obesity and bring nature back to the home through the design of an Internet of Things (IoT), Tamagotchi-style toy for plants. (more…)

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August 24, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Embedded SIMs provide catalyst for M2M market, reaching over 50% of cellular M2M connections by 2020

A new study from Juniper Research has found that embedded SIM cards will increasingly dominate the M2M (Machine to Machine) space, accounting for more than 50% of connections by the end of the decade. (more…)

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August 23, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Ayyeka and SIGFOX claim first channel partnership to enable smart cities across the US

Ayyeka, a technology company developing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, has claimed a “first-of-its-kind channel partnership in the United States” with SIGFOX, a provider of dedicated communications service for the Internet of Things (IoT). (more…)

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August 11, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Location of Things: The real value behind IoT

The wow factor has played a major role in the public’s perception of the Internet of Things or IoT, writes Jonathan Duffy, the EMEA managing director of Netclearance. There’s something about the idea of a world made up of objects all linked together that resonates with people, so it is understandable that there is currently a lot of hype surrounding it. (more…)

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July 28, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

How to successfully transform into an IoT business

Today, businesses around the world in industries as diverse as agriculture, healthcare, robotics, transportation, utilities and more are demonstrating that the Internet of Things (IoT) is more than just hype by putting connectivity at the heart of their business strategies, writes Sanjay Khatri, the head of global product marketing for IoT cloud at Cisco Jasper. (more…)

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June 16, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Internet of everywhere – Why IoT can be truly ubiquitous

With the number of connected devices growing at an astronomical rate – Gartner predicts that in 2016, 5.5 million new things will get connected every day, we are clearly living in the IoT era. Our smartphones have become the window that opens up a world where people, things and everything in between are connected, writes Mark Longstaff, the director of technology for EMEA at OpenMarket. (more…)

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June 13, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Six top tips for IoT success

From cars to kitchen appliances, warehouse management and agriculture to smarter cities, the pervasive opportunities presented by connected devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) to every imaginable industry are infinite. Even though we are still early in the adoption stages of IoT, there is widespread belief that we are teetering on the edge of an explosion that will make previous technology revolutions – such as the rise of social media – seem like small fry. If you think of the web browser as the first dimension of the internet and mobile the second, then IoT is the third, writes Matt Clarke, the chief technology officer at digital marketing, technology and commerce consultancy Amaze. (more…)

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May 23, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Why is UAV (drone) adoption not rapidly lifting off?

With so many potential applications in such a cost effective package, why isn’t drone use sky-rocketing, asks Matthew Duke-Woolley, a market analyst with Beecham Research? (more…)

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May 5, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

From stand-alone to IoT – a practical solution for the OEM

The more we consider the Internet of Things, the more sense it makes to connect almost anything. But at what point does it make commercial sense? A vision of an IoT ecosystem without today’s limitations promises device makers a far simpler, more flexible and cost-effective way to build in connectivity, explains Dennis Poulsen, the general manager of Spirent’s IoT Connectivity Products. (more…)

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May 2, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

ISO

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international organisation with a membership of 162 national standards bodies. (more…)

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March 30, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network