McRock Capital gets funding for Industrial IoT projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Canadian investment company McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the Industrial Internet of Things …
Telstra and Ericsson deploy private LTE at Queensland silver mine
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTelstra and Ericsson have announced a deal with Perth-based mining and metals company South32 to deploy “one of the largest underground mining LTE networks in the world”. The new private …
Siemens helps automotive startup build ‘closed-loop’ digital factory in record time
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA Vietnam-based startup car manufacturer, VinFast, claims to have built a “fully-digital” automotive factory with capacity for 250,000 cars a year, and flexibility to scale to more, from scratch in …
Germany trusts in digital tech, and €40bn stimulus, as it winds down coal industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany is to pump €40 billion into digital transformation of its old coal-mining regions, to drive enterprise and employment as coal mining is phased out in the country. New legislation …
Maersk backs India trucking platform, as maritime sector spies $38bn in digital change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDigital transformation of the global maritime freight industry is gathering pace. A new report claims digital change in the shipping industry will expand in value-terms by around 10 per cent …
Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee Alliance. The alliance’s certification programme seeks …
IoT: Moving from the proof of concept friend zone to deployments with benefits
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEnterprise IoT adoption progressing but challenges remain SAN FRANCISCO–As enterprises of all stripes look to cut costs, automate processes, increase efficiency and agility and otherwise successfully make good use of …
Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson partner to offer campus networks for industrial firms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have announced a strategic partnership to jointly serve industrial enterprise customers with campus networks. The German carrier said that the new solution will support diverse …
‘Rural broadband is a global issue’– farm equipment firm AGCO on connecting agriculture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and microwave technologies, to enable 500,000 farms …
Differences of trust and security in IT and OT systems – and their interplay in IIoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHats off to the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which continues to publish comprehensive and constructive guides on how to design, deploy, and manage digital change systems in highly individualistic ‘vertical’ …
