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Honeywell launches smart building technology for airports

Honeywell?s new software suite allows the smart integration of air and ground traffic control with maintenance operations Honeywell has launched a new smart airport technology with the main aim of enhancing the safety and efficiency of airside operations at airports. The Honeywell NAVITAS software suite enables...

The IIoT interview (pt2): “Three is the magic number for digital ROI,” says Hitachi

Manufacturers should treble their money on digital transformation, at least, reckons Greg Kinsey, vice president of Hitachi Vantara. If the digital ROI does not stack up, before starting out, then they should down tools, and start over. If the it does, they should expect to...

From Accenture to Software AG: the top 10 industrial IoT platforms

Analyst house Gartner has put the leading IIoT platforms through their paces, and named the best in the business. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights reviews the Gartner review, and orders the results, to summarise the best industrial IoT platforms available to enterprises in the energy...

PTC, Hitachi, SAP top Gartner review of IIoT platforms, but major challenges remain

PTC, Hitachi and SAP have come top of Gartner’s inaugural ‘magic quadrant’ for IIoT platforms, ahead of IBM, Software AG and Accenture. But the analyst house warned also that major challenges remain for IoT providers in the industrial space, including with market fragmentation and...

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...

Ericsson adds ThingWorx to IoT Accelerator to ease IoT market’s growing pains

Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson has added PTC’s Thingworx platform, offering tools for developing industrial ‘internet of things’ (IoT) and augmented reality (AR) services, to its cloud-based IoT Accelerator platform, designed to make it easier for developers to launch IoT applications. It is the latest...

Microsoft, PCL Construction partner to boost smart building projects

  PCL Construction will develop new smart building solutions backed by Microsoft's Azure services   Microsoft and PCL Construction have signed a partnership to boost the development of smart building implementations. PCL is a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across Canada, the United States,...

Osram launches new light management system for buildings

  Osram said that its new system also enables IoT applications   Global lighting company Osram has launched a networked light management system (LMS) for commercial interior and building site spaces. The new system, dubbed Encelium Extend Networked LMS, is an advanced lighting control solution combined with a...

Dell and Microsoft intro integrated edge-computing stack for industrial IoT

Dell Technologies and Microsoft have launched an integrated ‘internet of things’ (IoT) offering to simplify management, enhance security and reduce the cost of edge devices in industrial settings. The solution is targeted at predictive maintenance and supply chain monitoring, among industrial IoT use cases. The...

How to choose an IoT platform: “Be open, agile and secure,” says Software AG

The only way to manage the rising chaos within industrial IoT systems is to deploy an IoT platform that provides flexibility and control. But there are masses of them out there. How can an ambitious IT chief or digital officer choose between them? German...

NTT Group inks smart city agreement with Dell Technologies

The smart city agreement will initially focus on the deployment of a proof of concept in Las Vegas   Japan's NTT Group and Dell Technologies have expanded their existing collaboration agreement to include smart city initiatives. The partners said they will be collaborating on the first smart...

Deutsche Telekom, SAP showcase IoT-based logistics solution

  The new offering is part of a recent IoT agreement between the two companies   German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom and SAP recently showcased an IoT solution for companies within the logistics sector. The solution enables the monitoring of not only the positions of vehicle and trailer...

Dutch government implements smart traffic project

Dutch authorities are working with the Talking Traffic Partnership to deploy a nationwide smart traffic initiae   The Dutch government has implemented a smart traffic project in association with the Talking Traffic Partnership. The government said that over 1.2 million road users are now able to receive...

IIoT is booming, with ready solutions for slicker processes, says Siemens

Siemens has hailed the arrival of the digital enterprise as an industrial movement in full swing, with ready for slicker processes. The German manufacturing giant said at Hannover Messe the industrial IoT (IIoT) market is alive and kicking, and that companies of any size...

Microsoft intros triple lock to secure IoT devices at the network edge

Microsoft has announced a new platform to secure ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices. Dubbed Azure Sphere, it layers in three levels of enhanced IoT security, in its chip, operating system (OS) and cloud. Most significantly, Microsoft has introduced a new “cross-over class” of chip, or...

DNA taps Cisco Jasper to launch Finnish IoT platform

Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control over their IoT connectivity...

BAE Systems automates manufacturing with Boeing IoT platform

Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has won a deal to supply its technology agnostic IoT platform into BAE Systems’ manufacturing facilities. The rollout is part of BAE Systems’ large-scale programme to standardise and automate its manufacturing operations. Tapestry Solutions’ enterprise sensor integration (ESI) software platform has...

Microsoft to invest $5 billion to advance IoT

Microsoft promises to pump $5 billion into the IoT and edge computing Microsoft recently unveiled plans to invest $5 billion in the internet of things (IoT) over the next four years. The announcement was made by Corporate Vice President of Azure Julia White in a company...

Telefónica tightens up Azure integration to improve IoT streaming

Telefónica is offering tighter control and integration with Microsoft’s Azure IoT suite, to enable its enterprise customers using public clouds to more easily connect and manage their IoT devices. The Spain-based carrier said customers connecting IoT devices to the Azure IoT Hub, Microsoft’s IoT management...

How Microsoft is helping India clean up the Ganges river

Indian firm TechSpan is using the Microsoft IoT platform to monitor the quality of the water, among other parameters Microsoft IoT solutions are helping the government of India to clean up the Ganges, which has been the holy river of India for centuries. Stretching nearly...

GE signs smart factory agreement with Korean steelmaker Posco

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop a smart factory platform that is expected to improve steel mill production efficiency and prevent...

Nvidia’s Xavier chip to bring A.I. to autonomous vehicles

Nvidia announces partnership with Volkswagen Las Vegas, Nev. -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled an autonomous machine processor called Xavier during a press conference at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 alongside a new partnership with Volkswagen. “In the future, every car will be self-driving. There will...

ZTE expands presence in the IoT market with new platform

 ZTE said its new ThingxCloud platform includes IoT devices, connection management as well as application enabling management ZTE has released a new generation of ZTE's ThingxCloud IoT platform products. The company said its ThingxCloud solution, a basic IoT cloud platform with advanced technology architecture, can connect...

IoT helping Mobike improve operational efficiency outside China

The Chinese smart bike sharing firm is using Vodafone’s IoT platform to support its foreign operations Chinese smart bike sharing service Mobike is using IoT connectivity from U.K-based telecoms group Vodafone in order to improve its operation efficiency. Since launching in Shanghai, China in April 2016,...