The British media widely reported how the recent WannaCry cyber attack largely targeted NHS trusts across the country. However, what was not as widely reported was that the attack also affected many factories across the world, shutting down production and causing concerns about data security. (more…)
July 18, 2017
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u‑blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced that it is partnering with key players of the IoT ecosystem, Huawei, Vivo, CAS Tecnologia and PinMyPet running lab and field tests inside new Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT or Cat NB1) networks in Brazil. (more…)
July 17, 2017
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Regular readers will remember our exclusive article on the madcap, multinational, multilingual scheme to ride deep into the heart of China along the old Silk Road. (See: Two motorcycles, 10,000 km along Silk Road 4.0, the Internet of Things … and you?) Well, now it’s getting serious, says Jeremy Cowan. (more…)
July 13, 2017
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The traditional concept of a corporate security perimeter has been fading slowly for at least a decade. The cloud put it on life support and the IoT will kill it off for good. The IoT presents a whole new set of challenges and on a completely different scale. (more…)
July 11, 2017
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ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, released its Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Intelligent Energy Management System globally. (more…)
July 10, 2017
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On May 22nd 2017, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) issued a position paper raising this very issue of IoT security. Together with major actors of the semiconductor industry (Infineon, NXP, STMicroelectonics), the agency warned of a “market failure” in IoT security so far: it’s important to act now. (more…)
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In a move that has surprised some in the industry, Vodafone has confirmed the departure of Ivo Rook, until yesterday Vodafone Group’s director for the Internet of Things. He took on the role less than a year ago. (more…)
July 6, 2017
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China Telecom and Orange Business Services have extended their strategic partnership into the IoT space at the launch event of “eSurfing on the Silk Road, IoT with the World” in Shanghai. (more…)
July 5, 2017
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There currently seems to be more noise than fact surrounding the IoT these days, as companies try to understand the new and evolving LPWA market. One of the biggest fallacies is that licensed solutions equals secure and reliable, while unlicensed means the opposite. (more…)
June 30, 2017
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Smart devices are becoming more ingrained in today’s technology-obsessed culture as we embrace the Internet of Things: particularly in the home, where smart thermostats are already paving the way for promised savings of up to 30%. (more…)
June 29, 2017
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