BROWSING: IoT platforms

The LoRa Alliance, the technical and marketing group promoting the LoRaWAN protocol for wide-area network (WAN) communications, is looking at ways to tweak the LoRaWAN specification for Amazon, so the retail and cloud giant switches its Sidewalk wireless networking platform from a proprietary version...

Time for an update on the state of play in the industrial IoT platform market; there are numerous studies and rankings of the principle platforms in the space, but Gartner’s annual Magic Quadrant review remains the gold standard, and the one Enterprise IoT Insights...

Analyst house ABI Research has pulled together its big guns in each vertical sector to consider how technologywill change things in 2020 – or, rather, how it won’t. Some seasonal Scrooge-like myth-busting is timely and much-needed, it says. “Knowing what won’t happen in technology in...

Sometimes content gets left on the cutting room floor, and sometimes it does not even make the edit. And often that content is excellent, and deserves a feature all of its own. This is a (delayed) retelling of a briefing Enterprise IoT Insights had...

Japanese utility firm Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) announced plans to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities in 2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader developed by UnaBiz and Soracom, the latter said in a statement. IoT connectivity provider Soracom highlighted that Space Hotaru, an...

Machine-to-Machine and internet of things provider Orbcomm was selected by Houston-based van truckload carrier Texas Freight Services to provide its in-cab solution across Texas Freight Services' entire fleet of trucks. Orbcomm’s solution provides wireless connectivity through its hardware and integrated cloud-based analytics platform and information management...

Microsoft: "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 report surveyed over 3,000 IoT decision-makers in enterprise organizations in order to give the industry...

Efficient maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) processes are important in every industry to achieve the best possible return on assets (ROA). This is especially true for capital-intensive industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, mining and aerospace. For example, for an airline, MRO can...

PTC, Hitachi and SAP have come top of Gartner’s inaugural ‘magic quadrant’ for IIoT platforms, ahead of IBM, Software AG and Accenture. But the analyst house warned also that major challenges remain for IoT providers in the industrial space, including with market fragmentation and...

MTN has selected Cisco's Jasper Control Center platform as a launchpad for enterprise customers' 'internet of things' (IoT) services on its mobile network in South Africa. MTN said interest in new IoT services was strongest in the connected car, vehicle tracking, building security and...

Behind the benefits of connectivity and big data that the IoT promises there remains a question: Who will pay for it? And how? This article will take a look at the available models and give a few tips on choosing what’s best for you. Making money from...

While the IoT market is still in its infancy, it’s growing at a breakneck pace as more devices and machines connect each day. Cities, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and other industries are dominating the global economy are transformed due to IoT gains. According to Ericsson’s...

What does an IoT platform do? An IoT system consists of the individual field devices — temperature sensors, door cameras, refrigerators or what have you; the cloud, where the data is stored, and much of the analysis is done; and the platform, the set of...

The only way to manage the rising chaos within industrial IoT systems is to deploy an IoT platform that provides flexibility and control. But there are masses of them out there. How can an ambitious IT chief or digital officer choose between them? German...

Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control over their IoT connectivity...

 ZTE said its new ThingxCloud platform includes IoT devices, connection management as well as application enabling management ZTE has released a new generation of ZTE's ThingxCloud IoT platform products. The company said its ThingxCloud solution, a basic IoT cloud platform with advanced technology architecture, can connect...

SoftBank said the company will provide its IoT platforms based on big data analysis and predictive technologies Japanese telecoms group SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement of investment in Encored, a provider of energy IoT platforms. The Japanese firm said that following the investment the...

 SoftBank said the company will provide its IoT platforms based on big data analysis and predictive technologies Japanese telecoms group SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement of investment in Encored, a provider of energy IoT platforms. The Japanese firm said that following the investment the...

Digital transformation is a broad concept for the fundamental transformation of companies to a more technology-reliant approach for operating business processes, activities, models and competencies. The digital transformation process include the use of analytics, mobility, social media and smart embedded devices for improving on...

The U.K. telecommunications firm signed an IoT agreement with Matooma's connectivity management offering French internet of things (IoT) company Matooma recently signed an agreement with U.K. telecom operator Vodafone for the provision of IoT connectivity. Under the terms of the deal, the new partnership will...

PTC announced its ThingWorx application enablement platform has been chosen by Vodafone for "internet of things" application development. PTC noted the initial agreement covers development of solutions designed for the IoT market. Vodafone offers end-to-end IoT capabilities targeting a number of industries including automotive, insurance...

PTC announced its ThingWorx application enablement platform has been chosen by Vodafone for "internet of things" application development. PTC noted the initial agreement covers development of solutions designed for the IoT market. Vodafone offers end-to-end IoT capabilities targeting a number of industries including automotive, insurance...