Blogs

Exploring automotive innovation: Is technology in the driver’s seat?

As traditional IT hardware business continues to commoditise, technology companies are looking for new industries to disrupt. The global automotive industry, with almost 90 million annual sales, provides a huge opportunity with global reach. In this blog, CPA Global shares patent trends following an analysis of the automotive industry. (more…)

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March 3, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Actility announces the launch of ThingPark X, a data mediation and transformation platform

Actility, a provider of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN), announced the launch of ThingPark X, a data mediation and transformation platform. (more…)

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March 1, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Using subscriber intelligence and AI to boost operator revenues

The traditional telecoms industry is going through massive disruption. Traditional revenue streams for communication service providers (CSPs) are in decline, while stagnant regulations threaten market nimbleness. (more…)

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Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

TrackNet targets busy families for its Tabs IoT home and family monitoring system

TrackNet, Inc., a LoRaWAN™ Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider for consumer and industry, will take the wraps off its Tabs™ solution at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, next week (February 27-March 1). (more…)

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February 23, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Smart home households will grow fivefold to 463m worldwide in 2021 for a CAGR of 39%, says Ovum

Ovum‘s new Smart Home Devices Forecast: 2016–21 found that the largest smart home markets will be China and the US, thanks to high availability of devices and greater consumer interest in smart home services and products. (more…)

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February 21, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

More than 10% of US households will have robot housekeepers by 2020, says Juniper Research

New findings from Juniper Research have revealed that more than 1 in 10 American households will own a housekeeping robot by 2020, with global unit shipments reaching 48 million in 2020, up from 15.7 million this year. (more…)

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February 6, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Taking responsibility: Six ways developers and manufacturers can build a more secure IoT

Poor IoT device security is a growing concern throughout the business world. Thomas Fischer, Threat researcher and Global Security advocate at Digital Guardian outlines six ways IoT product developers and manufacturers can prevent their devices from being turned into a botnet army. (more…)

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February 2, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

ICT, IoT, and Vapourware

Today’s world of digital convergence includes not just the merging of information and communications technology into ICT; the Internet of Things (IoT) is of course also part of the mix. (more…)

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January 31, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

IoT botnets present ‘Unmanageable’ cyber security risk, warns Juniper Research

New data from Juniper Research has found that the consumer IoT (Internet of Things) installed base will reach over 15 billion units by 2021, an increase of 120% over 2016. (more…)

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January 24, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Smart home hardware and services revenue to exceed $190 billion by 2021

New data from Juniper Research shows that revenues from smart home hardware and services will reach $83 billion this year, rising to $195 billion by 2021. This will be generated through entertainment, automation, healthcare and connected devices. (more…)

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January 11, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil