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Cybersecurity and patent abuse hold back industrial IoT’s true potential (Reader Forum)

Between device hijacking, data breaches, and intellectual property theft, there are many known risks associated with a cybersecurity compromise in internet of things (IoT) applications. At the same time, many are excited about the potential IoT offers across enterprise use cases – and for...

KMC Controls inks partnership with Veridify Security

    KMC Controls, a specialist in building automation and controls, has announced a partnership with Veridify Security. As part of the agreement, KMC will be adding DOME, Veridify?s SaaS cyber-physical security solution for Operational Technology (OT) networks and device-level building automation, to their product offering. The firm...

Edzcom partners on mission-critical private 5G for emergency services, heavy industry

Finnish industrial networking specialist Edzcom is working with France-based communications software provider Streamwide to bring higher-grade security to mission critical private LTE and 5G networks. It said the partnership will allow it to expand its offering in the ‘critical communications market’. Streamwide divides its portfolio...

IoT security market to hit $8bn by 2026 – to protect LTE, NB-IoT, LTE-M networks

The market for IoT security services will pass $8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research, spurred by the need to secure spiralling numbers of IoT connections, mostly on LTE-based 4G mobile broadband, and NB-IoT and LTE-M based low-power IoT networks. The company reckons the...

Orange and Siemens team up on Industry 4.0 in France

Orange Business Services, the global enterprise division of France-based operator Orange, has struck a deal with German industrial giant Siemens in France to combine on industrial IoT, private 5G networks, cloud and edge computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity.  The partnership brings together the two companies’...

Facility managers see improving cybersecurity for OT systems as key priority: Report

  Improving cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) systems ranks as one of the top priorities for surveyed facility managers over the next 12 to 18 months, according to a report released by smart buildings specialist Honeywell. The report noted that 71% of surveyed facility managers consider...

What’s the role of edge computing in 5G manufacturing?

Edge computing offers several benefits for 5G manufacturing, such as lower latency, increased cybersecurity and a better management of data

G+D buys UK Pod Group to add roaming SIMs and private networks to IoT portfolio

Germany-based security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired UK-based IoT airtime roaming and private network provider Pod Group for an undisclosed fee. Pod claims to have a hand in 600-odd private enterprise networks in 185 countries. It also offers global roaming SIM cards and connectivity...

Software AG, StarHub and the ‘blueprint’ for carrier-led industrial private 5G

Software AG remains set on its strategy to make mobile operators the go-to agents for private 5G in ‘vertical’ spectrum, and particularly in the Industry 4.0 space where it retains a developing crossover customer base in telecoms and industry. While most of the market...

Three ways to prevent smart buildings from being hacked (Reader Forum)

Smart buildings ? those that deliver outstanding outcomes for all users, through digital technology, to exceed their evolving expectations ? have the power to transform the way we live, work and communicate. With the right technology at their fingertips, landlords can equip their offices...

Orange Business Services’ IoT security service leverages Ericsson threat monitoring

  Orange Business Services has a new IoT security offering for cellular IoT, for which the firm collaborated closely with Swedish vendor Ericsson. Ericsson said that the new service will target Orange Business Services' enterprise customer base. Security will be a critical success factor in the...

OPC Foundation and 5G-ACIA to collaborate on OPC UA over 5G for Industry 4.0

The OPC Foundation and the 5G-ACIA, the organisations promoting OPC-based machine protocols and wide-area 5G for industry, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to run OPC UA over 5G. The pair want to integrate OPC UA with 5G to enhance wireless communication with...

FIDO Alliance looks to simplify IoT device onboarding with new standard

FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) protocol focused on maintaining security as IoT devices are connected Founded in 2012, the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance began with a focus on developing "authentication standards to help reduce the world's over-reliance on passwords." As the group has grown in...

IoT cybersecurity spend to hit $16.8bn by 2026 as IoT connections triple to 23bn

Revenues from the sale of cybersecurity solutions in the IoT sector will jump to $16.8 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research, as the number of IoT connections nearly triples from 8.6 billion to 23.6 billion connections in the same period. The growth forecast stretches...

Nokia and EY combine to ‘unleash the potential’ of industrial 5G across globe

Nokia has teamed up with professional services consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) in Finland to help enterprises and mobile operators ”unleash the business potential” of ‘private wireless’ solutions, the umbrella term used by Nokia to capture a range of industrial networking technologies, but with...

Argus improves offering for vehicle manufacturers with Microsoft Azure IoT

Focus on cloud-based automotive cyber security monitoring Israeli company, Argus Cyber Security, a specialist in automotive cyber security, has collaborated with Microsoft Azure IoT and joined the Microsoft partner network to provide vehicle manufacturers the ability to monitor, detect, and mitigate attacks in the cloud. Argus...

Nokia brings slicing of radio, transport, core networks ‘step-by-step’ into private LTE / 5G

Network slicing – across the radio, the transport, and the core network – is coming to both private LTE and private 5G setups, Nokia has said. The Finnsh vendor is trialling its new slicing functionality with a trio of mobile network operators, including A1...

Private 5G network KPIs and management SLAs – who wants what from industrial 5G

US-based Federated Wireless has watched at close quarters as US enterprises have piled into the CBRS band to deploy private LTE and 5G networks. Here, Deepak Das, in the company's CTO office, describes the unfolding landscape, as enterprises put cellular to work in the...

Huawei, Shanxi Government open intelligent mining innovation lab

  Huawei has announced the opening of an Intelligent Mining Innovation Lab in Taiyuan, in China’s Shanxi Province. The lab was opened through the combined efforts of the government of Shanxi Province, Huawei Technologies, Jinneng Holding Group, and Shanxi Cloud Era Technology. The Chinese vendor noted that...

Ericsson (again) on 2021: IoT to drive change in healthcare, manufacturing, public safety

2020 was a disruptive and also exceptional year for connectivity, as the world grappled with remote working, social distancing and lockdown mandates. While the pandemic brought many challenges, it emphasized the need for certain technologies, including cellular IoT. Fast, reliable and secure connectivity was...

Verizon Ventures invests in Israeli security startup Vdoo

  Verizon Ventures and Qumra Capital have provided funding for Israeli firm Vdoo, which is a specialist in security solutions for connected products. In a release, Vdoo revealed it had extended its Series B funding to $57M, in an additional round led by Qumra Capital, Verizon...

BT on 2021: Four forecasts for digital change – and why 5G will be ‘bigger for enterprises’

2020 was a year that no person or company will ever forget. The Covid-19 pandemic changed everything. Overnight, people, communities, businesses and public sector organisations were faced with a health crisis not seen in this magnitude in over a century. From a business perspective particularly,...

Johnson Controls partners with Alcatraz on AI-based building security

    Smart building company Johnson Controls and Alcatraz have collaborated to provide a comprehensive suite of artificial-intelligence-powered security solutions and services to meet the growing need for frictionless entry and advanced building security. The new offering combines Johnson Controls? own data-powered access control technology with Alcatraz's...

Signify on 2021: ‘Restoring order after Covid chaos’ – 11 key IoT trends for 2021

A year of unprecedented disruption and change has come to a close. Ahead lies an exciting 2021 when life will presumably get back to something like normal and long-pent-up economic energies should burst forth to drive economic expansion. On the tech front, IoT will continue...