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Speed and agility vital to capitalise on IoT opportunities in 2016

With 5.5 million devices forecast to be connected daily next year, according to Gartner research, 2016 is shaping up to be a transitory year for the M2M/IoT sector as the hype transitions to a more mainstream reality, predicts leading M2M managed service provider Wireless Logic. (more…)

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December 18, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Bluetooth finds its place in IoT

Bluetooth has gone through a number of hype cycles since it was first released, writes Mike Crooks, the head of Innovation at the Mubaloo Innovation Lab. (more…)

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December 10, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

SDx and the software-defined city

Since we started talking about Software Defined things , we have moved, along with the rest of the IT industry, from using the narrow term SDN to the broader SDx.  This has allowed us to use one acronym to encompass software-defined networking, data centres, storage, server and any yet to be developed technologies that are all software-defined. What we didn’t anticipate was  the Software Defined City, writes Chris Gabriel, the UK CTO of Logicalis.
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December 4, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

IoT relies on securing the Identity of Things

In its report, The Identity of Things (IDoT) for the Internet of Things, analyst firm Gartner lays out how it believes the Internet of Things (IoT), or what is often now referred to as the Internet of Everything (IoE), cannot and will not prosper unless organisations knuckle down and come to grips with how to manage multiple identities, writes Neil Chapman, the senior vice president and managing director for EMEA of ForgeRock. (more…)

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December 3, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

M2M gives the Internet of Things a mainstream makeover

As the hype transitions to commercial deployment, it seems the M2M industry is starting to fulfil the early potential by driving the kind of innovation that is set to make tangible impact on how we live our lives, writes Phil Cole, the sales director of Wireless Logic. (more…)

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December 2, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

1776 Challenge Cup goes to Ukraine in search of the next great idea

Just over a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend the first ever 1776 Challenge Cup in Ukraine, writes Olena Kaplan, a senior analyst with Beecham Research. (more…)

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December 1, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Facilities managers in the frontline of IoT revolution

We are in the middle of a new industrial revolution brought about by the Internet of Things (IoT), writes Keith Minster, a product manager at Drax Technology. (more…)

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November 30, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Ericsson and Orange launch IoT trials covering LTE and GSM

Ericsson and Orange have announced a trial of optimised, low-cost, low-complexity devices and enhanced network capabilities for Cellular IoT over GSM and LTE. (more…)

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November 27, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Nokia Networks and Oi set up Latin American LTE IoT Lab

Nokia Networks and Oi Brasil are to set up an LTE IoT lab and create a working group to study solutions and opportunities in IoT, develop joint projects and test innovative solutions. The investments in innovation will be supported by a fund that will finance projects within IoT verticals such as agribusiness, connected cars, homes and smart cities and e-health. (more…)

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November 20, 2015

Posted by: George Malim

Internet of Everything is the enabler of 24/7 healthcare

The characteristics of the UK population are changing; the number of people over the age of 65 in the UK is set to rise to 19 million by 2050, up 5.5 million from the current figures, writes Maria Hernandez, the Internet of Everything lead, UK & Ireland, at Cisco Systems. With an ageing population in the UK, the cost implications this is likely to have on healthcare system means better overall management needs to be put in place by government, industry professionals and patients. (more…)

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November 18, 2015

Posted by: IoT global network