The IoT genie is out of the bottle. It’s not going back in, and its promising to deliver on consumer desire: 24 billion IoT devices by 2020, $6 trillion spent on IoT solutions over the next five years, generating an estimated $13 trillion by 2525 – a digital ecosystem encompassing businesses, consumers and government at a global level. The next Industrial Revolution is in the post, writes Paul Simonet, the European strategic director of Anthem. (more…)
August 16, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
The Internet of Things (IoT) industry must establish a common set of security standards of which to adhere, writes Oscar Arean, the technical operations manager at disaster recovery provider Databarracks. (more…)
August 15, 2016
Posted by: George Malim
Among the highlights of this year’s M2M Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany (October 5-6) will be talks from Brigitte Zypries, Scott Amyx, and Eric Goodness, the M2M Alliance’s Academic Day, (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Many people by now have some level of awareness of The Internet of Things (IoT), if not first-hand experience. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
SOMFY has joined the ZigBee Alliance at the Promoter level and accepted a seat on its Board of Directors. (more…)
August 12, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Centralite Systems has introduced a line of connected home products available directly to consumers. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
The influx of wireless connectivity, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) has had dramatic effects on individuals’ lifestyles and the day-to-day operations of companies. For the public sector and increasingly, many in the private sector, connectivity is also improving the well being of the communities being served, writes Hubert Da Costa, the vice president of EMEA at Cradlepoint. (more…)
Posted by: George Malim
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…)
August 11, 2016
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
New research findings suggest that 78% of UK consumer technology and hardware vendors expect the Internet of Things (IoT) to have a significant impact on their ability to gather customer insight data across the supply chain. (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
Recently, there was an article in The Economist, which discussed the state of the connected home and the challenges with its adoption into mainstream markets. The article noted that 72% of consumers are unlikely to introduce smart home technology in the next two to five years. This is a very significant number and one that can’t, and shouldn’t, be ignored by Internet of Things (IoT) enabling businesses, writes Sanil Pillai, a director of Infostretch Labs. (more…)
Posted by: George Malim