Three smart city projects in APAC
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe Asia Pacific (APAC) region has several smart cities under development, mainly grouped in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Here we describe three of the region’s …
Three enterprise IoT verticals most at risk from Europe’s GDPR and ePrivacy rules
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailHealthcare, smart cities and connected vehicles will be the three enterprise IoT ‘verticals’ most impacted by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force next week. Analysts suggest …
IoT platforms: What are they and how do you choose?
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail What does an IoT platform do? An IoT system consists of the individual field devices — temperature sensors, door cameras, refrigerators or what have you; the cloud, where the …
Sorting out LTE-M and NB-IoT
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe competition for supremacy in the “long-range” IoT connectivity category pits the cellular industry against a raft of technologies like Sigfox, LoRa, LoRaWAN to provide low-power wireless area networks. For …
Three reasons why three-quarters of IIoT projects fail, according to Cisco
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThree quarters of enterprise-based ‘internet of things’ (IoT) projects are failing, reckons US networking specialist Cisco. This is an alarming statistic, especially when considered in the context of the head-spinning …
How to choose an IoT platform: “Be open, agile and secure,” says Software AG
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe only way to manage the rising chaos within industrial IoT systems is to deploy an IoT platform that provides flexibility and control. But there are masses of them out …
Machine learning vs. artificial intelligence–what’s the difference?
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe internet of things (IoT) is a broad term that covers a multitude of connectivity types, sensors and vertically-tailored applications. But, at a high level, the IoT is all about …
How Nuevo León became the heartland for Industry 4.0 in Mexico
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico contributes eight per cent of the nation’s GDP with only four per cent of its population, according to the state government. It …
Fine watches, craft beer and the psychology of Industry 5.0
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIndustry 5.0? Really? Most industries are only just getting to grips with the idea of connected factories and automated processes, as described by the term Industry 4.0. Are we really …
Industry 4.0 trends revolutionising manufacturing, as found at Hannover Messe
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIn January, Gartner said 2018 would be the year of AI, digital twins, blockchain and edge computing. Fast forward to April, and the leading lights of the Industry 4.0 movement …
