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Five steps to better industrial security – Part One

According to the Global State of Information Security Survey 2016, 38% more security incidents were detected in 2015 than the previous year. As a result, industrial businesses across the world are implementing new strategies to improve security. Reassuringly, 91% of survey respondents have a risk-based security framework in place, but the most cited source of compromise still lies with employees. Rather than jumping to the conclusion that these compromises are intentional, consider how much the usual employee actually knows about keeping your system safe. (more…)

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March 10, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

The IoT future will be powered by fibre

According to Gartner, 6.4 billion connected things will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015. From the IoT connected fridge, Fujitsu’s recently announced connected cow and IoT applications that are changing the healthcare industry; IoT has never been a more exciting, dynamic and creative sector, writes Duncan Gooding, the director of enterprise at TalkTalk Business. (more…)

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March 7, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

The LPWAN race – time to stop mudslinging and see the bigger picture

The Internet of Things is without question the buzzword in ICT. The 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain took this to a new level, writes Brian Partridge, the research vice president at 451 Research. The high level prioritisation that IoT holds among major ICT suppliers would have the uninitiated believing that IoT is accelerating everywhere. Of course it’s not, as anyone with P&L responsibilities attached to IoT growth in 2015 would attest. (more…)

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March 2, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

How to avoid an internet of exploited things

Adoption of the Internet of Things is proceeding quickly and although most people don’t yet have a smart refrigerator or toaster in their home, smart has taken off in certain market segments, writes Christian Fredrikson, the chief executive of F-Secure. TVs, fitness tracking devices, home monitoring systems and personal wearable devices are all hot products for connectivity, and it’s only a matter of time before other segments follow. Gartner tells us that by 2020, 25 billion devices will be connected. (more…)

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March 1, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Saverio Romeo Beecham Research

Looking for a Benchmarking Framework for IoT platforms

Our counting of IoT platforms has exceeded 300, writes Saverio Romeo, the principal analyst at Beecham Research. There are now more than 300 solutions that identify themselves as IoT platform offering a variety of services, from device management to data management passing by API management. (more…)

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February 16, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Delivering the Industrial IoT enabled connected future

Event date: March 23-24, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London-West End
London, United Kingdom

In a growing IoT world, with 94% of companies already seeing a return on their IoT investments, the potential
benefits are clear. However, the path to a fully realised Industrial Internet is not without its challenges.

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February 15, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network

The rise of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things – Part Two

IIoT is already having a significant impact on industrial performance in two primary areas: asset performance management and operator efficiency, writes Dave Sutton, a product marketing manager at Schneider Electric, in the second part of his blog on Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things. (more…)

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February 12, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoT can provide Africa with a connected future – Part One

The first wave of connectivity to serve the continent of Africa was mobile communications; in fact more than double the population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has mobile phone access compared with access to paved roads, writes Stephen Stewart, the regional director for Africa at Eseye. (more…)

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February 8, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Intelligent device manufacturers will survive and thrive in IoT if they monetise their software

Intelligent device manufacturers are operating in an environment that is more demanding than ever: devices are becoming more interconnected in the Internet of Things (IoT), profit margins on those devices are being squeezed as competition heats-up across a global stage, and customers are demanding more flexibility in tailoring products to their needs than ever before, writes Vincent Smyth, the vice president for EMEA at Flexero Software. (more…)

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Posted by: George Malim

Smart Summit London

Event date: September 21 – 22, 2016
Olympia Conference Centre, London

The Internet of Things, M2M (machine to machine) hyper-connectivity, wearable technology, intelligent living and ubiquitous computing are all increasingly important areas. The common underlying agenda is to develop new forms of connectivity, new types of digital relationships, and anchor opportunities presented by the greater integration of connected technologies into everyday lives. (more…)

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February 1, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network