IIC releases AI contract tool, IIoT security guides and IIoT maturity gauge
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is piloting a contract automation tool that uses artificial intelligence to negotiate between industrial companies, without human involvement, to arrive at contract terms both sides …
Cisco, Nokia, Vodafone join IBM blockchain to bring order, trust to supply chain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCisco, Lenovo, Nokia, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone have joined IBM’s new Trust Your Supplier (TYS) blockchain project to bring efficiency, order, and accountability to the supply chain. Belgian brewing company …
Current and IMS Evolve join on cold chain IoT solution, strike deal with US retailer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGE lighting division Current has paired up with UK industrial IoT company IMS Evolve on an IoT solution for making energy savings in cold chain storage for clients in the …
UK operators welcome Ofcom move on spectrum, but warn about interference
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe industry welcomed Ofcom’s move to release spectrum in the UK for private and shared usage, although UK operators said their support was contingent on effective coordination measures to protect …
“It’s only a question of time” – Siemens and Ericsson on the promise of industrial 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIndustrial giant Siemens, reticent on the subject until now, has been gushing in its support of 5G for industry, as a means to automate and animate digital factories, and bring …
Microsoft report reveals state of enterprise IoT adoption
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMicrosoft: “If not addressed, industry challenges may compromise benefits to IoT” Microsoft Corp.’s new research report IoT Signals is designed to provide a global overview of the IoT landscape. The vendor-neutral …
The top industrial IoT platforms – and the only three worth considering?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOld familiars Hitachi, PTC, and Software AG ranked top again among industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms in Gartner’s latest ‘Magic Quadrant’ assessment of the sector. But Software AG swapped places with …
What are dual-slice ‘campus networks’? Deutsche Telekom on LTE and 5G slicing for industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDeutsche Telekom is offering industrialists so-called ‘campus networks’, which offer a kind of proto-slicing as a pre-cursor to slicing-proper with 5G networks. But its recent work in the Port of …
Smart ports: seven practical challenges for port authorities and terminal operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Marseille Fos port in southern France is leading the new French Smart Port in Med initiative, with an ambition to “build the port of the future”. It has a …
Smart port perspectives | Marseille: 5G, blockchain, and a digital map for tight ships
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of …
