Where in the world is Industry 4.0 strongest? Napkin analysis of the ‘smartest factories’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAs the headline suggests, this analysis should be seen in context. It offers only rapid arithmetic around the World Economic Forum’s (expanding) list of ‘lighthouse’ factories, which claim the most …
Software can actually increase the value of IoT hardware over time (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Data is vitally important for businesses today, supporting decisions ranging from optimizing production in real time to predicting (and avoiding) equipment failure. Many companies gather and analyze this data …
2020 is all about bandwidth, edge devices and PoE (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail2019 saw the introduction of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 products, the long-awaited launch of 5G devices and services, the initial commercial rollout of shared spectrum, as well as increased global interest …
Itron on 2020: Easier funding, higher priority, better data integration for smarter cities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Itai Dadon, director of smart cities and IoT, Itron: 1. The finance industry takes an interest “Cities continue to grow at a fast pace; at the same time, they …
FogHorn on 2020: The year edge-AI helps industry finally make sense of ‘things’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOrganizations will move IoT projects from proof-of-concept to proof-of-value Ramya Ravichandar, vice president of product management, FogHorn: “During proof-of-concept deployments in the last few years, many organizations have confirmed the …
Sierra Wireless on 2020: IoT integration, sub-6GHz 5G, Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Cloudification of IoT accelerates Philippe Guillemette, chief technology officer, Sierra Wireless: “The complexities that companies experience building out and maintaining IoT infrastructure has hindered growth of the sector, leading to the …
Sigfox on 2020: Three key areas for growth and democratization of IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Ajay Rane, vice president for global business development, Sigfox: The IoT, and the networks that devices run on, are poised for growth and maturity in 2020. Key to this …
Verizon on 2020: “IoT is a generational aspiration – the future is now and it’s exciting”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Steve Szabo, head of global products and solutions for IoT, Verizon Business: “Digital transformation is a hot topic, but it is not a new topic. And it is, itself, …
LoRa Alliance on 2020: Private networks, platform advances, edge computing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Donna Moore, chief executive and chairwoman, LoRa Alliance: “Industrial IoT (IIoT) has advanced by leaps and bounds this year as companies have realized the amount of insight they could …
ABI on 2020: 5G wearables, self-driving trucks, yadda yadda – what won’t happen in 2020
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnalyst house ABI Research has pulled together its big guns in each vertical sector to consider how technologywill change things in 2020 – or, rather, how it won’t. Some seasonal …
