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AT&T Smart City Alliance adds new member to target smart water metering

Badger Meter will explore ways to offer water metering solutions via AT&T’s network   U.S. firm Badger Meter announced it has joined the AT&T Smart City Alliance to explore several alternatives to provide large and small cities with access to smart city water metering solutions. AT&T said...

Remote management: What good is Big Data if you can’t get it? (Reader Forum)

Now that I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to help companies get their networks to do what their businesses want them to do, I realize what sorts of challenges IT organizations have overcome to get any truly remote management operational. Now...

The impact of OT/IT convergence on manufacturing

We live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email has displaced the fax technology. Today we see another digital transformation caused by the industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) — the convergence...

Edge computing: 4 facts vs. fiction (Reader Forum)

Today’s IT landscape is all about moving towards the microdata centers, as the demand for edge computing pushes through the need for quick and instant access to data. Edge computing is localized computing for systems that operate away from the primary data center. Typically,...

Siemens expands presence in the building automation market via new acquisition

Siemens said the acquisition of Califonia-based J2 Innovations will allow the firm to grow its business in this segment German firm Siemens confirmed that it is acquiring California-based J2 Innovations, a software framework provider for building automation and the internet of things. J2 has been operating...

How airports, like miniature smart cities, offer multi-sided IoT use cases

For technologists, airports in general, and the planet?s busiest ones in particular, are like smart cities in microcosm. They encapsulate a head-spinning array of services and applications, covering everything from waste collection and traffic management to private retail and mission-critical controls. Threading new airports with...

Handle with care: How the IoT enables monitoring of sensitive assets throughout the supply chain (Reality Check)

  Over the past decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed logistics, enabling shippers to track the location of assets as they move through the supply chain — in real-time, if necessary. However, although enterprises have become savvy at using the IoT to track...

Why mesh networks matter at the edge

Mesh networks are essential ingredients in almost every IoT platform, as they use short-range wireless standards to communicate with each other and send their data to the “outside world.” So, it’s important to understand how they differ from their counterparts, and why their characteristics...

7 IoT product design best practices

Regardless of the hyperbole constantly hammered home by marketing departments, IoT as a tangible entity is embryonic. We’re at the very early stages of the IoT learning curve, so it should be no surprise that the success rate for IoT adopters has been in...

When does XaaS make sense for industrial operations? (Reader Forum)

  The use of software as a service (SaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is well established in the enterprise data center. Now, industrial organizations are beginning to make tentative steps to XaaS offerings for their operational computing. However, there is some trepidation preventing...

IoT platform licensing models

Behind the benefits of connectivity and big data that the IoT promises there remains a question: Who will pay for it? And how? This article will take a look at the available models and give a few tips on choosing what’s best for you. Making money from...

Enterprises facing “nightmare” with IoT security and data privacy, says IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has warned enterprises all over the world are face a “nightmare” with the security of everyday devices connecting to their networks. Manufacturers of new ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices are not thinking about security by design,...

Does GDPR portend a cross-border data privacy policy? (Reality Check)

The recent data privacy scandal surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica has opened up an interesting period of collective soul-searching regarding huge tech firms that operate utilizing “big” data. The overarching question that is being asked and, frankly, still needs to be answered is “what...

Five IoT embedded design tips and tricks

The exploding Internet-of-Things (IoT) market has attracted many companies, large and small, to join the modern-day gold rush. To be successful in this market, it is crucial to establish market leadership and develop a brand. Those who get there fast will win. How should...

How to design an enterprise IoT system

Perhaps the most succinct definition of the internet of things comes from an April 26, 2018 blog by Sharada Prahladrao of ARC: ”Everyone, everywhere is connected to everything.” With that broad a definition (and appeal), it’s no surprise that it’s spreading into many areas....

Semtech, Comcast’s machineQ launch LoRaWAN networks in 10 U.S cities

  Some of the cities in which LoRaWAN networks are now available include Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Miami and Washington D.C.   California-based semiconductor and software company Semtech announced that Comcast’s enterprise internet of things network service MachineQ has connected operational LoRaWAN networks to 10...

IoT management revenues to top $20bn as industrial devices get edgier

Revenues from internet-of-things (IoT) device management will top $20.5 billion within five years, with 70 per cent coming in the industrial, automotive, and telematics sectors, according to ABI Research. Revenues from device management services – including device provisioning, software and firmware updates, and device monitoring...

The IIoT interview: “It’s a huge breakthrough for factories,” says Cisco

Cisco appears to have found its rhythm in the enterprise IoT space by integrating communications technologies and data streams in its Kinetic platform for smart factories and smart cities. Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Bryan Tantzen, in charge of its manufacturing IoT business,...

New chief starts at Orange Business Services, with remit to expand IoT focus

Helmut Reisinger, veteran of telecoms provider Orange, has started in his new role as chief executive officer of the French company’s enterprise division, Orange Business Services, replacing Thierry Bonhomme. His remit is to position Orange Business Services as a leading digital change agent, and...

Orange Business Services, Siemens to boost IoT in the industrial sector

  Partnership initially focuses on European markets including Germany and Austria   Orange Business Services and Siemens have teamed up to foster the adoption of internet of things (IoT) solutions in the industrial sector. The partners said that their initial plans are to develop asset tracking and asset-monitoring...

Cars take pole on grid of Euro carriers’ IoT priorities, ahead of factories and cities

European network operators are prioritizing connected cars over other sectors and assets when it comes to internet of things (IoT) technologies, they have said. Both Orange and Telefónica said the opportunity and focus for them is on cars, ahead of factories and cities. Emmanuel Routier,...

AI in telecoms: distinguishing AI from analytics and automation

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...

Ericsson carrier partnerships highlight NB-IoT momentum

NB-IoT deployments in Saudi Arabia, Greece focus on enterprise and industrial use cases Narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) connectivity is one of the 3GPP standards for massive IoT support. While the IoT has a number of standard and non-standard access options, NB-IoT is seeing global momentum...

Cisco deploys IoT platform for Three Group in 12 markets

Ericsson has also announced a commercial IoT platform in Sri Lanka with Dialog Axiata Cisco and the Three Group have announced the global availability of the Cisco Jasper Control Center automated IoT connectivity platform for enterprise customers. The Three Group’s customers can now have access...