 
                        Today at the IES street & area lighting conference, Silver Spring Networks, Inc. announced that Acuity Brands, Inc., through its subsidiary Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., is a new technology and channel partner. Acuity Brands’ field sales organisation will deliver Silver Spring’s technology for smart street lights and smart city services (more…)
September 13, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
 
                        In Limerick, Ireland last week, Jeremy Cowan talked to Dell EMC’s Infrastructure Solutions Group about changing IoT challenges. Here, Anthony Quigney, director of EMEA Customer Solution Centres describes what the company and its partners have learned from 2,500 customers a year passing through its five EMEA locations. (more…)
September 11, 2017
Posted by: Jeremy Cowan
 
                        The GSMA has announced that mobile network operators are set to benefit from an estimated US$1.8 trillion (€1.50 trillion) Internet of Things (IoT) revenue opportunity by 2026 boosted by the early deployment of commercial Low Power Wide Area Networks in licensed spectrum, (more…)
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                        The Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of global companies deploying the Z-Wave smart home standard, announces the addition of ICT solutions provider, Huawei, to the Alliance board of directors. (more…)
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                        On Friday evening, NCC Group and Cyber Security Challenge UK ran a competition which saw 25 extraordinary code breaking amateurs from across the UK battle each other to ethically hack common Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including remote controlled cars, CCTV cameras and even children’s dolls. (more…)
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                        u‑blox, a global provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announced the latest member of its ZOE‑M8 series of ultra-small GNSS SiPs. The ZOE‑M8B is industry’s most power efficient GNSS System‑in‑Package (SiP) available for small battery powered consumer devices. (more…)
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                        RS Components (RS), a global distributor for engineers and trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, and Legal & General (L&G), the FTSE100 financial services group, have issued an open call to the world’s engineering and maker community with a new IoT design competition — the ‘LeakKiller Challenge’. (more…)
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                        The Internet of Things (IoT) is arguably set to be the biggest driver of productivity and growth in the next decade, with Accenture estimating IoT could add $14.2 trillion (€11.87 trillion) to the global economy by 2030. But despite the hype and excitement, right now we seem to be a very long way from realising that vision, especially in the UK. (more…)
September 7, 2017
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil
 
                        Telensa, the provider of connected street lighting and Smart City applications, announced the appointment of Sue Thexton as chief sales officer (CSO). (more…)
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                        Globetouch and CloudMinds Technology announced a partnership to provide connectivity for robots and other artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Both companies are making the announcement during Mobile World Congress Americas 2017, (more…)
Posted by: Avadhoot Patil