The world is currently facing a crisis over soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices, which have been further exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Gas and power prices have increased to unprecedented levels, creating a challenging operating environment for every business and consumer. In this climate, companies need to look at the controllable factors in this case, monitoring, reducing and optimising energy consumption, says Matthew Margetts, director of sales and marketing at Smarter Technologies Group. (more…)
May 5, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Munich, Germany; 2 May 2022 – Accenture has acquired akzente, a recognised sustainability consultancy. akzente helps companies across a broad range of industries including automotive, financial services, energy and consumer goods build sustainability into the core of their businesses and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. (more…)
May 2, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
SAN FRANCISCO. 28 April 2022 – Arable and Bayer announced a partnership to accelerate digital transformation in agriculture through the expanded use of Arable’s field-level sensing and monitoring platform, which collects real-time intelligence on weather, plant and soil conditions in a single solution. Together, Bayer and Arable aim to increase the understanding of how hyper-local weather conditions impact seed performance and to provide growers with top-performing products tailored to their specific location. (more…)
April 29, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
NEW YORK. 27 April 2022 – Aqara, a provider of smart home products, has announced the launch of its new P1 Motion Sensor, an updated model of the Aqara Motion Sensor. The sensor is a PIR motion light and motion sensor that detects movement as well as the state of ambient light in the room, and can be used for security and home automation. Building on the previous generation, the P1 model further extends battery life to a record-breaking 5 years*, thanks to more energy-efficient technologies and improved batteries. The new sensor has been put up for sale on Amazon in the US , Canada , Germany andFrance , as well as through select Aqara retailers in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania**. It is expected to arrive on Amazon UK in the coming weeks. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Andover, Mass., and Atlanta, 25 April 2022 – The latest innovations to the Max Platform, Max Velocity and Max Alert Live, are being unveiled by IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Company in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas. (more…)
April 28, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Accenture has acquired Ergo, a data-centred business located in Argentina that helps companies create a culture of data-driven decision-making using big data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Ergo’s team of 200 data specialists will join the Data & AI team within Accenture Cloud First. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. (more…)
April 27, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Ericsson Performance Optimisers is a suite of AI-powered applications, that analyse the CSPs’ Radio Access Network (RAN) to proactively provide mobile network optimisation recommendations and resolve specific network performance issues. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
London, UK. 26 April 2022 – Kaleido Intelligence, a connectivity market intelligence and consulting firm, has found that cellular IoT connections managed by MVNOs will reach 670 million in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 24% between 2022 and 2026. Notably, with many IoT MVNOs now specialising in eSIM solutions, Kaleido predicts that eSIM connection growth for these players will outstrip overall connection growth to 2026, growing at 42% CAGR to reach 447 million connections in the latter forecast year. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
London Olympia, United Kingdom. 20 April 2022 – Peak Technologies has partnered with OLR Retail to accelerate integration of its M-Netics retail software solution with Oracle retail and offer a robust, off the shelf, future-proofed mobile solution. (more…)
April 25, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
London, UK. 21 April 2022 – Urban Control, the smart city solutions provider, announced that working together with Nordic Semiconductor it has developed a plug-and-play IoT LED streetlight luminaire controller that is quick to install and can scale-up to millions of lights. (more…)
April 22, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban