MIOTY joins with OT platform as plug-and-play industrial IoT bundle
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBehrTech, the Toronto-based startup in charge of the MIOTY low-power wide-area (LPWA) technolgy, has signed with industrial software company MAJiK Systems, from Ontario, to connect legacy industrial equipment with analytics …
Accenture adds IoT engineering expertise via new acquisition
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Accenture recently entered into an agreement to acquire Nytec, a U.S.-based product innovation and engineering company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Nytec is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington …
Bullish BehrTech eyes ‘two-horse’ race with LoRaWAN, as it opens APAC, primes channel
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailToronto-based BehrTech, licensee of the new MIOTY low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology, has come out swinging, it says, both as it gathers business from incumbent LPWA rivals and as it sets …
São Paulo utility seeks to stop 40% water losses with smart metering from Itron
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Department of Water and Sewage (DAE) of Americana in São Paulo, Brazil, will deploy smart meters and management solutions from Itron to stem water losses from 80,000 water and …
GM, Toyota join with Arm to define ‘real’ compute platform for autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSilicon companies Arm, Bosch, NVIDIA, and NXP Semiconductors have joined with car makers General Motors and Toyota and automotive suppliers Continental and DENSO in a new alliance geared towards ‘making …
Arm offers bespoke silicon and closer ties to drive innovation and scale in IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn a trio of announcements at Arm TechCon 2019 in San Jose yesterday (October 8), chip design company Arm walked the line on increasing flexibility and reducing fragmentation in the …
News in brief: Schneider’s hospital twins; LoRaWAN test centres; Lighting giants combine
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSchneider Electric and ThoughtWire combine digital twins for hospitals French firm Schneider Electric is partnering with Canadian IoT platform provider ThoughtWire on data integration and digital twins for the healthcare …
Sumitomo to develop $4.2 billion smart city project in Vietnam
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSumitomo’s smart city ambitions extend throughout Asia Japanese company Sumitomo and Vietnamese developer BRG Group have established a real estate development company through a JV scheme, with the main goal …
Stop the diggers – smart city apps will run on existing fibre, says Verizon and NEC
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVerizon and NEC claim existing fibre networks, rather than purpose-built fibre networks, can be used for optical sensing, to collect data on city traffic conditions and environmental measures. They suggest …
‘Crazy’ factory cyborgs, and how to embrace robots – Sandvik, the smartest little tool-house in Sweden (pt3)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this is the third part in a three-part series about manufacturer Sandvik Cormorant, which has been ranked as the smartest factory in Sweden. Go here to read the previous …
