Nippon Gas to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail 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, …
Texas Freight selects Orbcomm for in-cab connectivity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMachine-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 …
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 …
MRO maturity and IIoT (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEfficient 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 …
PTC, Hitachi, SAP top Gartner review of IIoT platforms, but major challenges remain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPTC, 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 …
MTN selects Cisco platform as springboard for IoT services in South Africa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMTN 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 …
IoT platform licensing models
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBehind 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 …
3 things you can’t overlook for IoT success (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhile 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 …
IoT platforms: What are they and how do you choose?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail 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 …
How to choose an IoT platform: “Be open, agile and secure,” says Software AG
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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 …
