The GSMA, organisers of the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, issued a statement on social media last night, cancelling the 2020 Congress. (more…)
February 13, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Today the Ponemon Institute, in partnership with DomainTools, announced the results of its annual “Staffing the IT Security Function in the Age of Automation” report. The survey of more than 1,000 IT and IT security practitioners analysed the impact of automation on current IT security practices and staffing in the U.S. and UK. (more…)
February 12, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
IoT market research provider, Berg Insight of Gothenburg, Sweden, has released new findings on the market for Electronic Monitoring (EM) of offenders. The number of participants in EM programs on a daily basis amounted to around 39,000 people in Europe and around 231,000 people in North America in 2019. (more…)
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), the provider of global managed next-generation networks, announced the extension of its relationship with global automotive supplier Autoneum through a new three-year managed network agreement. (more…)
February 11, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) is misunderstood by most small and mid-sized manufacturers who neither have the funding nor the inclination to gather, cull, and use big data. What these organisations need is to preserve thin margins to survive (and hopefully thrive). (more…)
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
For network managers, merely the thought of unknown or even partly unknown IT infrastructures on a network can be enough to send a shiver down the spine. In shadow IT networks, complex infrastructures can develop from everyday practice, without the approval or knowledge of the IT department. (more…)
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Security in the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a critical requirement, with recent legislation mandating ‘reasonable security features.’ It is very clear that the cost of implementing security within the IoT is necessary, and far outweighs the cost of not doing so. (more…)
February 10, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
TactoTek, a Finland-based company that develops, industrialises and licenses in-mould structural electronics (IMSE) technology for smart surface solutions, has closed €23 million in Series C equity financing. (more…)
February 6, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of cellular IoT chipsets, received its fifth operator certification for the dual-mode cellular IoT chipset, ALT1250, from Deutsche Telekom AG. The ALT1250 is now globally certified, with 15 carrier certifications dating back to 2018. (more…)
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
There was a time when the fact that large IT projects went way over budget and were delivered well past the delivery date wasn’t particularly unusual; it was almost par for the course. So why should the Internet of Things (IoT), which encompasses computing and communications technologies be any different, asks freelance technology writer, Bob Emmerson? (more…)
February 5, 2020
Posted by: Anasia D'mello