BROWSING: Data Analytics

The value of the smart cities market will pass $2 trillion by 2025 as artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become standardised in city functions and the final hurdle of inter-departmental integration is finally overcome, according to new research by Frost & Sullivan. Different regions are putting...

French president Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to invest €1.5bn ($1.85bn) in new education and business initiatives around artificial intelligence (AI) was applauded by the telecoms industry, but only as the latest promise in an intensifying political arms race. Macron said last week France would invest...

Orange said in a statement it supports the French government’s new plan on artificial intelligence (AI), and announced in tandem the acceleration of its own use of AI. The France-based company said it will help train 500 people in the field, and recruit 200...

AI combines analytics and automation into actionable insight Having been the preserve of mathematicians and sci-fi writers for 70 years, since Alan Turing showed digital computers could simulate formal reasoning, the field of artificial intelligence appears to be coming of age at last in practical...

The hype surrounding the potentially transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on the telecoms industry is impossible to ignore. AI was the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, again, at the end of last month, as...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a crucial sub-text in the evolution of LTE and IoT networks. The deployment of AI-driven applications among the carrier community is limited so far. “We are at the beginning,” says Luc Bretones, executive vice president of the France-based Orange’s Technocentre...

The categorization of artificial intelligence (AI) in telecoms can be cut any number of ways. Spanish telecoms group Telefónica identifies four business needs: in business optimization, market insights, customer engagement, and business innovation. Francisco José Montalvo, director of its ‘fourth platform’ business, says these...

The telecoms industry is heavily invested the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based technologies. “The telecoms network is the basis for the outbreak of AI, and AI will greatly enhance the telecoms network,” comments Zhang Sihong, chief engineer of AI...

New product and investment speak to value of IoT for the smart manufacturing sector Rockwell Automation is a major player in helping customers realize digital transformation and adopt IoT tools to create smart manufacturing operations that reduce downtime as a function of analytics, machine learning...

Predictive maintenance is a key smart manufacturing use case Japanese company Hirotec Group, one of the largest private production companies in the global automotive market, wanted to implement Industry 4.0 innovations to tackle unplanned downtime. To achieve this, the company paired an IoT platform from Hewlett...

Inseego, Undagrid partnership targets asset utilization for aviation managers Inseego, a global provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and solutions for the internet of things (IoT) and Undagrid, a solution provider for non-motorized assets, have announced a global strategic partnership targeting the aviation industry. This cooperation leverages both...

For machining tool manufacturer, predictive analytics provides broad set of efficiencies Swedish firm Sandvik Coromant is part of the Sandvik Group, a global engineering organization that produces machining tools and tooling systems for the manufacturing industry. Last year, the company teamed up with Microsoft to...

The internet of things may someday deliver a world of robots and intelligent machines that control all manner of devices, but for now, most connected devices are ultimately controlled by humans. Humans need information - we demand data, and then we want data about...

Service targets IoT hardware makers Samsung is adding turnkey internet of things service plans to its cloud-based open data exchange platform. The company said device manufacturers and service providers will be able to use its Artik IoT monetization platform to generate revenue directly from the...

The continued growth of LTE and the emergence of IoT are stimulating development of new applications that require different business and architectural models for delivery of services. This overview is part of a previous Analyst Angle program consisting of a webinar and report. Download the report Download...

The vendor said it expects to compete with Google and Apple in the AI processors field Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is currently actively carrying out research and development activities to be in a position to launch artificial intelligence (AI) processors, Chinese press reported. The vendor said...

Digital transformation is a broad concept for the fundamental transformation of companies to a more technology reliant approach for operating business processes, activities, models and competencies. A few means of digital transformation include the use of analytics, mobility, social media and smart embedded devices...

Digital transformation is a broad concept for the fundamental transformation of companies to a more technology-reliant approach for operating business processes, activities, models and competencies. The digital transformation process include the use of analytics, mobility, social media and smart embedded devices for improving on...

  Dynamic mobile asset enterprises like the fleet industry have long required streams of input from vehicles, equipment, components and people to realize efficiency from chaos – which is the very reason you need big data and IoT. Omnitracs has always been about the use of...

The funding round was led by U.S. investor Sway Ventures. London-based internet of things company Evrythng said it raised $24.8 million in a Series B funding round led by San Francisco-based investor Sway Ventures, with additional funding from Toronto-based Generation Ventures and U.K.-based...

Avanade, an IT consulting company, is helping Williams Martini Racing harness IoT by using biometric data to analyze every aspect of pit stop performance and maintain an edge over rivals. Avanade worked with Williams during the 2016 Formula 1 season to capture and evaluate a range...

IBM goes all in with blockchain. IBM this week announced a blockchain ecosystem designed to help accelerate the creation of networks using the technology. The ecosystem program is designed for large-businesses, startups, systems integrators, independent software vendors and enterprise developers. To support...

SCADA and its use cases. Nearly everywhere you look, there is some type of supervisory control and data acquisition system running behind the scenes, at your local supermarket, refinery, waste water treatment plant or even your own home. SCADA is an automation...

Problems with polymers Hitachi used its analytics platform to integrate production and sensor data outputs to help visualize, analyze and diagnose a manufacturer’s polymer mixing problems. An unnamed manufacturer’s polymer mixing process was said to be producing inconsistent output quality, with yields dipping as low as...