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Insurance IoT USA

Event date: November 15 – 16, 2016
Chicago, USA

Insurance IoT USA (November 15-16, Chicago), is a two-day event bringing together over 200 insurers and IoT service providers together to talk about how to adapt to a connected world. This is the only event focusing 100% on IoT for insurance. (more…)

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June 28, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network

So you think IoT is free?

Gartner predicts more than 20bn connected devices by 2020. Any attention paid to the big tech events, such as the Consumer Electronics Show or Mobile World Congress, confirms that the take up and potential for IoT (Internet of Things) are both on steep upward trajectories, writes Simon Rust, the head of product management at Snow Software. (more…)

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June 24, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoT plus finance – a recipe for success?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is booming. Research released by Gartner suggests that the number of connected things will grow by 30% to 6.4 billion in the next 12 months – at a rate of 5.5 million per day. If there was any doubt that IoT is merely a product of overblown hype and speculation, this is certainly changing. 2016 is the year that IoT means business, writes Mike Laven, the chief executive of Currency Cloud. (more…)

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June 23, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Make the case for true IoT interoperability

At the heart of the Internet of Things are connectivity and the ability for the device to interact with other devices.  Yet, so many companies out there are developing so-called IoT devices with closed or proprietary components or make them dependent on captive cloud services to provide any real value to the consumer, writes Cesare Garlati, the chief secuirty strategist at the prpl Foundation.  (more…)

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June 21, 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

IoT on the edge: avoid IoT network overload

Had Mark Twain been reporting on the rise of the Internet of Things, he might have commented wryly that ‘the reports of its growth have been greatly exaggerated’, writes Carsten BrinkSchulte, the chief executive of Core Network Dynamics. (more…)

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June 7, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoT – the Information of Everything

For the first time in history, we are witnessing a massive disruption and the phenomenal adoption of getting everything connected and talking to each other, writes Subramanian Hariharan, a senior director at Mindtree. (more…)

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June 1, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Protect industrial and healthcare networks from IoT and M2M risks

When it comes to technological trends, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a very big thing indeed. Approximately 3.9 billion connected things were in use in 2014. Gartner expects this figure to rise to at least 25 billion by 2020. Connected devices are certainly changing the way our global economy and societies function, and they are dramatically changing the rules for IT security, writes Myles Bray, the vice president of EMEA sales at ForeScout Technologies. (more…)

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May 26, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoT in manufacturing tackles waste, fraud and inefficiencies – Part Two

In the second part of his article on tackling waste in the industrial Internet of Things, David Stain, the industry marketing lead for manufacturing and field mobility at Zebra Technologies, detail how IoT can help. (more…)

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May 24, 2016

Posted by: George Malim