BROWSING: Internet of Things (IoT)

Italian utility Enel is expanding smart meter initiatives to Romania Italian utility Enel announced plans to expand its smart meter program in Romania with the expected roll out of more than 150,000 smart devices in the country during 2017. The European firm had rolled out a...

Modernization of legacy IT infrastructure and harnessing cloud computing and software are priorities for Jaguar Land Rover LAS VEGAS--Jaguar Land Rover CIO Simon Bolton discussed the automaker's approach to digital transformation, including a focus on the move toward electric and autonomous vehicles, as well as...

Digital transformation specialist Happiest Minds Technologies acquired IoT firm Cupola Technology Indian IT company Happiest Minds Technologies has announced the acquisition of IoT specialist Cupola Technology. Happiest Minds Technology focuses on next generation digital transformation, infrastructure, security and product engineering services. The firm said that...

The $1.5 billion market for predictive analytics solutions is expected to be worth more than $10 billion by 2022, according to IoT Analytics. Companies are looking for sensors and software that can alert them to potential equipment problems before the develop. Predictive analytics software has...

From Target to Yahoo to Ashley Madison, major corporate names are getting hacked, and the public knows it. When companies look at the opportunity to connect more devices to the internet of things, the subject of security invariably arises. "Security, that’s the greatest concern of...

Microsoft emerges as major healthcare IoT provider As healthcare providers search for ways to cut costs, the internet of things is creating new ways to monitor and maintain equipment and reduce unnecessary interactions between caregivers and patients. Microsoft is emerging as an important player in...

Michael Dell: IoT is 'at the heart of a cycle of continuous innovation' LAS VEGAS--Airplane manufacturer Boeing, like many other leading industrial players, is actively working to combine its long history of engineering with new digital and IoT solutions in an effort to transform its...

VMware said that the new IoT tool will be commercially available during this year VMware has unveiled a new IoT infrastructure management solution dubbed VMware Pulse IoT Center. The firm said that this new IoT solution will help customers to efficiently manage, operate, scale and protect their...

The vendor will provide expertise in 5G and IoT to deploy a smart city project in Tampere Finnish vendor Nokia has joined the 'Smart Tampere' initiative, which aims to create a smart city project in Tampere, Finland. The ‘Smart Tampere’ project includes local companies, non-governmental...

I had the opportunity to attend the Continental Automated Building Association's annual event in Santa Clara April 26-28. Overall, the forum had a diverse set of topics and speakers organized under an interesting format: Tutorials and workshops on Day 1 followed by a series...

The Linux Foundation's EdgeX Foundry looks to bring component interoperability to industrial internet of things edge computing components LAS VEGAS--Much like William Faulkner's character Vardaman, who famously said in As I Lay Dying, "My mother is a fish," the internet of things is an octopus. A...

Microsoft emerges as major healthcare IoT provider As healthcare providers search for ways to cut costs, the internet of things is creating new ways to monitor and maintain equipment and reduce unnecessary interactions between caregivers and patients. Microsoft is emerging as an important player in...

Sprint said its new Magic Box small cells could be a foot in the door for future IoT solutions in the home. The carrier's COO for technology, Günther Ottendorfer, said the internet of things is "certainly something we are thinking about" in the context...

Dell IoT Solutions Director discusses open source IoT, fog versus cloud and partner ecosystems LAS VEGAS--Kevin Terwilliger, Dell’s IoT Solutions Director, Client Solutions, works with customers to identify IoT “blueprints” meant to accelerate return on investment. In a departure from the predominant thinking, Terwilliger explained...

Cognizant is in the business of helping companies automate their operations, a process which can lead to job cuts and/or create opportunities for new kinds of work. Now Cognizant itself is reportedly cutting jobs as some IT work previously done by humans is performed...

Telit’s IoT University will offers several training courses and labs IoT module maker specialist Telit has officially launched the Telit IoT University, which is mainly for IoT developers and integrators. Telit IoT University, part of the company’s IoT Know How suite of consultative services, teaches customers...

Detroit-based Lochbridge focuses on IoT solutions for the automotive, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing sectors. DMI, a global provider of end-to-end mobility solutions, has acquired Detroit-based Lochbridge, a provider of IoT solutions to the automotive, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing sectors. The two companies said they...

What you can’t see could cost you millions by Brendan O’Flaherty, CEO, cPacket Networks Financial trading firms have invested millions in what they thought were “best of breed” network monitoring systems. They’re now finding that these systems are blind to the problems that affect them the...

Hardware and software developers know that IoT for the enterprise doesn't just mean industrial solutions, because many enterprises look more like homes than factories. Almost half the private sector output in the U.S. is produced by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and more than...

Dell founder says IoT, cloud, workforce and security are all part of digital transformation LAS VEGAS--Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of the Austin-based tech powerhouse, shared key takeaways of his regular conversations with the CEOs and CIOs of customers during his opening session at...

Dell CMO: 'Digital transformation is a business-level conversation' LAS VEGAS--Digital transformation is a major focus of the programming at Dell EMC World 2017, but the process also requires major shifts in organizational approach to IT, workforce and security processes. That was the message Dell Chief...

Network equipment maker Belden is dropping its $380 million bid for IoT module maker Digi International. Belden said its offer was based on projections that Digi's annual earnings before interest, depreciation and taxes would hit $24 million. But Digi's most recent earnings report suggests...

Sprint said its new Magic Box small cells could be a foot in the door for future IoT solutions in the home. The carrier's COO for technology, Günther Ottendorfer, said the internet of things is "certainly something we are thinking about" in the context...

The new IoT-based precision farming solution was launched by local telco dtac in partnership with government agencies Thai telecommunications firm dtac has launched a precision farming solution through a partnership with Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center...