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Arrow Electronics partners with IBM to grow IoT business in APAC

The firm has integrated IBM's Watson IoT platform and IBM Cloud services into its service offering Arrow Electronics has integrated IBM's Watson internet of things (IoT) platform and IBM Cloud services into Arrow's ideation-to-production services. With this new offering, Arrow's customers in Asia Pacific will...

SoftBank invests in IoT platform for energy sector

 SoftBank said the company will provide its IoT platforms based on big data analysis and predictive technologies Japanese telecoms group SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement of investment in Encored, a provider of energy IoT platforms. The Japanese firm said that following the investment the...

HEB, GE Digital discuss digital transformation of food industry

HEB and GE Digital embrace digital transformation in effort to build best in class food plants AUSTIN, Texas--Greg Flickinger, vice president of manufacturing operations at HEB, discussed how a partnership between HEB and GE Digital is driving digital transformation in a presentation at this year’s...

PTC, Tech Mahindra launch industrial internet of things center

The new industrial internet of things facility in Bangalore will focus on digital transformation U.S. company PTC and Indian system integrator Tech Mahindra have announced the opening of an industrial internet of things (IIoT) center at Tech Mahindra’s campus in Bangalore, India. The industrial internet of...

Japan’s NEC secures smart city contract in Portugal

Under the contract, NEC will implement smart city infrastructure in Lisbon Japanese company NEC announced that its Portuguese subsidiary has won a contract with the city of Lisbon, Portugal, to implement a smart city infrastructure project. NEC Portugal said the smart city project has the primary...

German software giant SAP launches new set of IoT solutions

The new IoT offering is part of the German software firm’s Leonardo digital innovation system German software firm SAP has launched several new internet of things (IoT) solutions as part of the SAP Leonardo digital innovation system. The company said that these new IoT solutions take...

MediaTek unveils its first NB-IoT solution

The Taiwanese firm also announced NB-IoT cooperation with China Mobile Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has recently unveiled its first narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) system-on-chip (SoC). MediaTek’s new low-power MT2625 SoC supports a full frequency band (from 450MHz to 2.1GHz) of 3GPP R13 (NB1) and R14...

What is the role of IoT in digital transformation?

The internet of things (IoT) plays a key role in digital transformation in the enterprise segment. With the right level of integration, IoT acts as a bridge between the physical assets and the IT infrastructure. IoT technologies are key elements to improve the efficiency...

China Telecom launches IoT open platform in partnership with Ericsson

The companies say the new IoT platform will allow enterprises to launch IoT through partnerships China Telecom and Ericsson have launched the China Telecom IoT Open Platform, a global connection management platform to enable companies to accelerate the deployment of internet of things solutions and...

Orange expands enterprise IoT partnership with China Telecom

The new deal will allow the two companies to serve enterprise IoT customers in Asia, Europe and Africa SHANGHAI--China Telecom and Orange Business Services announced they have expanded their strategic partnership in the enterprise IoT space. Under the terms of the new cooperation agreement, which...

New Canon company to provide enterprise video IoT services

 ARCUS Global will offer Video Cloud IoT as a service solutions for security and business optimization Imaging solutions firm Canon announced a new video cloud IoT as a Service business in the U.S. The new company, called ARCUS Global, is based in California and will...

Platforms and software key to digital transformation

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...

Actility partners on IoT offering; Arduino devkit for LoRa apps

Swiss IoT platform Octonion will join Actility’s ThingPark ecosystem French firm Actility, which specializes in in LPWA networks for the IoT has signed a partnership with Swiss end-to-end IoT software platform Octonion. Under the terms of the agreement, Octonion will join the ThingPark ecosystem, providing its...

Verizon’s ThingSpace platform positioned as a tool for IoT device management

Verizon has a strong presence in the internet of things (IoT) space and its ThingSpace IoT platform is a key component of the telco’s IoT offering. “ThingSpace is built on a simple, open development platform which enables the delivery of solutions over a single IoT...

Study: Smart factories would add $500B in annual economic value

Manufacturers expect 21% of their plants will be smart factories by the end of 2022 Manufacturers expect that their investments in smart factories will drive a 27% increase in manufacturing efficiency over the next five years, which would add $500 billion in annual added value...

Canada’s Bell partners with academia to launch IoT initiative

The new program will enable students to develop IoT applications for agriculture and food services Canadian telco Bell MTS has announced a 500,000 Canadian dollars ($371,000) contribution to the University of Manitoba's Front and Centre campaign to launch the Bell MTS Innovations in Agriculture Program,...

Qualcomm, China Mobile and Mobike to trial LTE IoT multimode

The trial will use China Mobile’s 2G/4G multimode network and Mobike’s smart lock, which is supported by the Qualcomm Technologies’ modem for IoT apps Qualcomm’s subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies announced plans to start the first eMTC/NB-IoT/GSM (LTE Cat M1/NB1 and E-GPRS) multimode field trials in China. The...

VMware, Samsung join forces to launch combined IoT offering

The new solution combines Samsung Artik Smart IoT platform with VMware’s Pulse IoT center VMware and Samsung Electronics have announced a collaboration agreement in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. Under the terms of the agreement, both firms said they will collaborate to expand end-to-end IoT...

IoT gateway ecosystem growing with $3M funding for AKUA

The company targets cargo companies with the new IoT platform U.S. IoT firm AKUA has raised $3 million in funding, which will allow the company to accelerate the deployment of its IoT gateway platform. The investment round was led by San Francisco-based Crosslink Capital, with additional...

Google targets the enterprise with cloud-based IoT solution

Google's new service allows companies to centrally manage distributed devices by integrating with the firm’s data analytics services Google has announced its Google Cloud Platform (GCP) service called Google Cloud IoT Core, which allows businesses connect their IoT sensors and devices to the company's cloud...

Microsoft and Ericsson look to boost enterprise IoT adoption

The two firms have unveiled a pre-integrated solution to simplify the launch of mobile network-based enterprise IoT services U.S. software giant Microsoft and Swedish network infrastructure vendor Ericsson announced plans to expand collaboration in the internet of things space via a new enterprise IoT product...

VMware unveils IoT infrastructure management solution

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...

Telit targets developers and integrators with new IoT University

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...

DMI to expand IoT offering through Lochbridge acquisition

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...