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 …
Vodafone selects Taoglas’ edge-compute antenna for Invent IoT development kit
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has selected the Taoglas Edge hardware and firmware connectivity solution from Irish IoT antenna company Taoglas for its new Invent application development platform. Vodafone’s Invent platform allows enterprises to …
VC briefs: HPE pumps Series C funds into ‘AWS-beating’ software-defined edge stack
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCalifornia based Pensando Systems has received $145 million in Series C, led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, to emerge from ‘stealth’ mode to launch …
Top tech for industrial intelligence – seven systems for factory AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFactories are bringing intelligence to the production line in a number of ways. Most are focused on integration between machines on the factory floor and leveraging sensor data for actionable …
Industrial IoT Q&A: “AI insights can enhance ML models,” says FogHorn
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCalifornia-based software developer FogHorn provides edge intelligence software for industrial and commercial IoT applications. The company has signed with auto-parts maker ADVICS to deploy its edge compute software to enable …
HPE buys one-time startup wonder MapR to bolster edge-cloud AI portfolio
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired the business assets of big-data firm MapR for an undisclosed fee. California based startup MapR had raised $280 million over eight rounds of funding, …
AT&T and HPE team up on edge networking and hardware for industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&T will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to help businesses harness edge capabilities. The two companies have agreed a go-to-market programme for the sale of edge connections and edge …
Should utilities be like Amazon and Netflix? The intelligent edge, and where it’s going (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhy can’t utilities be more like Netflix or Amazon? It’s a question you see posed in a growing number of articles and analyst reports, arguing that utilities should be more …
NTT bundles in FogHorn’s edge AI software to round out industrial IoT offer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapanese telecoms giant NTT is working with California-based industrial IoT software developer Foghorn to deliver edge-based machine intelligence to industrial clients. NTT-subsidiary NTT Data, offering systems-integration and IoT consultancy services, …
Editorial Webinar: AI and IoT at the cutting edge – when to move intelligence out of the cloud and closer to the action
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOperational intelligence does not come just by connecting machines; it requires advanced analytics to sort the data and recommend a course of action. Many critical use cases at the edge …
