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 …
Vodafone and IBM put National Express on digital highway with IoT, 5G, AI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone and IBM have won a contract with UK based transport company National Express to upgrade its IT infrastructure, and prepare it for the “next wave of transformation” with 5G, …
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 …
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 …
Sigfox in six-month rollout of 250,000 logistics trackers for DHL in Germany
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT provider Sigfox has teamed up electromechanical device manufacturer ALPS Electric Europe to deploy tracking devices in 250,000 roll cages for logistics company Deutsche Post DHL. The objective is to …
IBM puts farm data and weather data into AI mixer to sharpen-up agriculture
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIBM has released a set of analytics tools that combine weather data and farm data in its Watson machine-learning engine to give farmers insights about planning, plowing, planting, spraying and …
IBM, Arrow Electronics launch new IoT-based solution for airports
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Arrow Electronics announced that it has launched the Smart Airport Asset Management Solution, an IoT solution co-created with IBM. Based on an Arrow-designed and sourced set of IoT sensors …
Street-lighting to drive $15bn energy savings; Siemens tops smart-city review
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJuniper Research claims street lighting upgrades will deliver $15 billion in cumulative energy savings for cities in the period to 2023. These savings will be achieved both by converting lamps …
Port of Rotterdam extends private LTE setup to drive automation and intelligence
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDutch industrial tech provider Koning & Hartman and Irish private-network provider Druid Software have extended their work to bring automation and intelligence to operations at the Port of Rotterdam. The …
IBM intros industrial AI and IoT suite to help manage asset downtime and maintenance
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIBM has introduced a new suite of industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions for preventative and predictive downtime and maintenance that leverage artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. The solution will …
