Nerdery: Four vertical sectors primed for IoT expansion (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGlobal IoT spending is predicted to reach $745 billion this year, a 15 per cent increase over 2018 – and this double-digit acceleration is expected to continue. Growth can be …
European tech giants buying digital startups, China buying European tech giants
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTraditional industrial technology giants are transforming their businesses by buying, funding or partnering with connected and intelligent manufacturing technologies and data management companies. The trend is most notable in Europe, …
UK sets principles for future mobility, releases £90m for future mobility zones
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe UK government has set out a new working strategy to define its objectives and methodologies for future urban mobility. In tandem, it has launched a £90 million competition for …
ADLINK preps first micro-edge AI solution for LTE small cell poles and 5G radios
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailADLINK Technology and Illinois-based manufacturer Charles Industries have demonstrated the industry’s first micro-edge low-latency AI solution that can be co-located on LTE small cell poles or with emerging 5G radios. …
Belgian IoT firm deploys Nokia machine learning tool for security streaming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBelgian smart-city security provider Room40 has announced a deal with Nokia to use the Finnish vendor’s machine learning tool for video analytics to discern anomalies in stream streams of video, …
Lubbock plays catch-up with smart meters, to advance with smart city apps
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailItron has signed with Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to deploy smart electricity meters and management software to improve service for around 107,000 electricity customers in Texas. The move will …
AT&T mixes industry verticals and digital tech to brew-up new supply-chain magic
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe supply chain links the whole Industry 4.0 movement. For higher-grade operational intelligence to be brought to bear across the wider industrial market, the supply chain needs to mesh-in with …
Telstra teams up with Software AG on IoT package for water utilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAustralian operator Telstra has recruited German IT and IoT integration company Software AG to help it devise a software solution for automated water management. Telstra already uses Software AG’s Cumulocity …
New “deep-tech” VC fund goes all-in for digital change, security and… cowgorithms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew seed-stage private equity firm Ubiquity Ventures has made its first six investments in start-ups. Each of the companies selected for funding are in the industrial transformation or tech security …
Vodafone joins consortium to test 4G and 5G drones, ready UK skies for robot deliveries
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has joined a UK drone-testing consortium as network provider to develop tools and processes to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly safely in the same airspace as manned …
