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The challenges of designing UX for IoT – Part 1

The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting people and physical things to change the way business is done. There are a lot of aspects in IoT where innovation is happening from data processing to security to firmware to storage. (more…)

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May 1, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Can IoT security win on all fronts?

The Internet of Things is rapidly turning a new generation of products ‘smart’ by adding computing power, network connectivity and sophisticated software. So says Art Swift, president of prpl Foundation. (more…)

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April 20, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Smart spies and how to secure the IoT future

Both Cisco and Ericsson forecast there will be approximately 50 billion connected devices in operation globally by 2020. Whatever the exact figure, we can predict one certainty: IoT will play an increasingly dominant role in our lives, redefining them as we know it. (more…)

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April 19, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Reality is that IoT market value will be worth less than US$0.5tn globally by 2025, says Strategy Analytics

IoT (the Internet of Things) undoubtedly offers significant cost savings, says Strategy Analytics, such as improved efficiency, reduced downtime, enhanced supply chain and new business opportunities. However, the market value for IoT solutions has been dramatically inflated by some analysts. (more…)

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April 6, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Retail industry’s installed base of cellular M2M devices to reach 49.2m by 2020, says Berg

The number of cellular M2M connections in the retail industry reached 33.7 million worldwide in 2016, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. (more…)

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March 31, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Switzerland’s u-blox joins IoT M2M Council

Swiss-based u‑blox, a global provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips for embedded applications, has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC). (more…)

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March 21, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

ITTIA and Renesas collaborate on smart IoT devices with database software

ITTIA Database Software, a provider of embedded data management software, has collaborated with Renesas Electronics America Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, to provide data storage and analysis for Renesas RZ/A Series of microprocessors (MPUs). (more…)

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February 22, 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

Thingsquare announces IoT starter kit combining wireless IPv6 meshing with Bluetooth beacons

Thingsquare has announce the availability of an IoT Sensortag starter kit, in collaboration with Texas Instruments and Weptech. This, says Jarle Boe, development kit manager at Texas Instruments and founder of the Sensortag platform, is the world’s first Internet of Things (IoT) system that combines remote connectivity through IPv6 meshing with proximity detection via Bluetooth beacons. (more…)

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January 5, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Scale brings complexity as IoT connected devices set to triple by 2021, exceeding 46bn units

New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion in 2021. (more…)

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December 13, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil