Blogs

The growing threat of Wi-Fi enabled IoT

There is a saying, ‘fast, cheap and good – pick two.’ This appears to apply to the IoT as manufacturers race to get new fast and cheap products to market, but at the expense of security. (more…)

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August 11, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Yosi Fait made Telit interim CEO as Oozi Cats takes leave of absence linked to ‘historical indictments’

Telit Communications PLC (AIM: TCM), has appointed its president and financial director, Yosi Fait, as interim CEO, taking over from Oozi Cats. The news follows reports that the global Internet of Things (IoT) enabler has agreed to a request from Oozi Cats, to take “leave of absence”. (more…)

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August 10, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Research shows 68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for the IoT, says Canonical

Businesses are struggling to recruit employees with the skills needed to make the Internet of Things (IoT) a success. So says, a new IoT Business Models report from Canonical, the makers of the IoT operating system, Ubuntu Core. (more…)

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Open standards-based Silver Spring platform to connect 28,000 more London smart street lights with urbancontrol

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. is to deploy its Starfish™ platform-as-a-service (PaaS) across the City of London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This adds to the previously announced London deployment in the City of Westminster. (more…)

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India to see world’s largest IoT network

HPE and Tata Communications in India are about to rollout the world’s largest IoT network connecting 2,000 communities and 4 million people. This comes after successful trials in Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai which improved the lives of millions by creating better water quality and public safety systems. (more…)

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Easy access to LPWA technologies for smart cities in India provided by Atoll Solutions and u‑blox

u‑blox, a provider in wireless and positioning modules and chips, and Atoll Solutions Pvt, an IoT gateway platform, sensor node and wireless module provider, announce the availability of an IoT starter kit based on LTE Cat M1 and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) modules from u‑blox. (more…)

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August 9, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Senate’s IoT Cybersecurity Act requires US government to invest only in ‘secure’ solutions

As we reported on August 2 (US senators planning bill to ‘secure’ the Internet of Things but users are a weak link, say experts), US senators are demanding tougher security for the Internet of Things (IoT). Under draft legislation called the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, smart devices would have to meet basic standards to be used by government departments. (more…)

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August 8, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

An enterprise without borders: Solving the disconnect with connected platforms

Business leaders have more progressive expectations than before. Their forward-looking business goals call for integration with new capabilities and technologies — from artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to bots and cloud services. (more…)

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Data integration and management for utilities: The whats and whys

In the first blog in this series written for utilities, we wrote about the importance of leveraging data to the success of Internet of Things (IoT) and digital transformation strategies and we established that deploying the right technology in this area of business was a vital component of digital success. (more…)

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IoT software RFPs, vendor validation to be unveiled by IoT M2M Council

The IoT M2M Council, with 25,000 members, the fastest-growing trade association in the IoT sector, has announced a program to verify that IoT software platforms comply with open-source benchmarks that it has established. (more…)

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August 7, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil