KT to make massive investments to become an AI company
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Korean telecommunications company KT announced plans to invest 300 billion won ($257 million) over the next four years to become an artificial intelligence (AI) company, Korean press reported. The Korean …
There are only three IoT use cases, and one doesn’t exist yet – simplicity, scale, and the state of ‘things’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT Solutions World Congress, in its fifth year (2019), has the whiff of MWC about it. It’s in Barcelona, at the same venue, and the faces are familiar — with …
Microsoft adds rush of features to IoT Central platform and Azure cloud
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMicrosoft has added a rush of new capabilities variously to its IoT development platform and its IoT cloud platform to simplify and scale IoT deployments. It has added a number …
Deutsche Telekom launches blockchain trading platform for German enterprises
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDeutsche Telekom has launched a blockchain marketplace for German enterprises. The new German blockchain ecosystem (GBE) will enable customers to “map” different applications using blockchain. The service, from Deutsche Telekom …
Rotterdam recruits Traxens to handle IoT data for Container 42 smart-port project
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens has joined the Port of Rotterdam’s new smart container project, Container 42. It will provide the sensors in the container, to measure various physical and environmental …
Verizon signposts ‘massive forward steps’ in industrial 5G with Corning factory trial
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVerizon has installed millimeter wave 5G at Corning’s fibre optic cable factory in Hickory, North Carolina. The pair will build a “factory of the future” to take “massive steps forward …
Seven start supply chain consortium to standardise blockchain for mining industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSeven mining and metals companies have joined a World Economic Forum initiative to design and deploy blockchain solutions for the whole industry. The seven founding companies are Antofagasta Minerals, Eurasian …
Siemens to buy US edge software startup Pixeom to expand digital factory offer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany industrial giant Siemens has announced a deal to acquire US startup Pixeom for an undisclosed fee, in a move to boost its industrial automation and digitalization division. Pixeom, responsible …
ABB and Microsoft set up cybersecurity alliance to tackle threats to OT systems
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA new global alliance has been established by ABB and Microsoft, alongside a cross-section of industrial technologists, to tackle cybersecurity threats to operational technology (OT), as it is increasingly connected …
NVIDIA unveils EGX edge AI platform, Aerial 5G SDK; teams up with Microsoft, Ericsson
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNVIDIA has announced a combination of edge computing and 5G networking innovations around its graphics processing unit (GPU) technologies, to drive scale of artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), …
