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Smart cities: What can we learn from the past ?

According to reports published by ARUP the global Smart Cities Market is expected to grow to $1,134.84 billion by 2019. While this looks promising for all involved, writes David Rolfe, the Big Data Platform product manager at Openet, the challenges in supporting a connected city are a lot more complex than simply implementing the latest technology.  (more…)

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May 9, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Are the utilities ready for IoT? – Part Two

Adrian Crawley, the regional director of Northern EMEA for Radware, continues his blog on the challenges facing utilities providers as they embrace and integrate with IoT. (more…)

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May 6, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Are the utilities ready for IoT? – Part One

It doesn’t matter if you are a utility company in the UK, Europe or beyond, the issues you face daily in the boardroom are the same, writes Adrian Crawley, the regional director of Northern EMEA for Radware. How will you become more efficient, save money and give the customer more value and differentiate your brand? (more…)

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May 4, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Make your smart home smarter

Cast your mind back to the winter of 2014. The UK was at a complete standstill because of unexpected snow. Thousands of cars were left on the side of roads as the public was forced to trudge home in the freezing cold, the thought of being back in their home with the central heating on full blast the only thought encouraging them to keep on walking, writes Martin Woolley, the Bluetooth SIG technical programme manager. Alas! Nearly half way home they realised that they forgot to set the timer for the heating. If only they could set the timer remotely. (more…)

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April 29, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

IoT and transforming the digital enterprise

As IoT becomes integral to engineering and heavy industry, Michael Segal, the director of marketing at Netscout, discusses the digital transformation experienced by companies in these sectors and how the CIO will lead the transformation and ensure business assurance. (more…)

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April 27, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Smart cities – they may be smart but are they secure?

As the UK starts to get smart with the roll-out of smart meters and a plethora of local council initiatives, Rob Miller, a senior security researcher at MWR InfoSecurity, looks at other smart cities around the world to see what lessons can be learned before we become too smart and get burned. (more…)

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April 26, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Digitisation in the public sector heralds a healthier Britain

The British public and UK businesses expect government information to be readily available online in easy to understand formats at no, or at least very low cost, writes Stephen Chadwick, the managing director for EuroNorth at Dassault Systèmes. (more…)

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April 22, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

How can mobile operators cope with the overwhelming demand to connect everything?

The Internet of Things (IoT) has continued to snowball over the past couple of years, and it’s the buzzword that continues to dominate the tech world. It was alarming just how big a focus it was at Mobile World Congress this year, writes Robin Kent, the director of European operations at Adax. (more…)

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April 21, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Weightless redefines LPWAN performance

Cambridge, UK, Taipei City, Taiwan – December 15, 2015 – The Weightless SIG today announced availability of feature-rich Weightless-P technology tailored to deliver on the promises of premium ubiquitous wide area IoT connectivity: fully acknowledged 2-way wireless link, adaptive data rates up to 100kbps, scalable cellular-inspired network technology to deliver higher capacity than existing LPWAN technologies and on unique features.

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April 19, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network

Secure the ultimate distributed application: the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things is arguably the most nebulous concept in modern computing – or in modern society, writes Dr. Hongwen Zhang, the CEO and co-founder of Wedge Networks. (more…)

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April 16, 2016

Posted by: George Malim