BROWSING: IoT

Under the new contract the firm will provide its IoT offender monitoring and tracking solution Onmilink U.S. firm Numerex, a provider of enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the renewal of a multi-year contract with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Under the terms...

Philips will work with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to focus on smart lighting initiatives The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philips Lighting Export to implement smart lighting initiatives in the emirate. "This MoU will provide the...

LAS VEGAS--Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of the eponymous computing hardware giant, fielded questions from the media, analyst and influencer community during Dell EMC World. Topics covered included the future of the internet of things, augmented and virtual reality and what 5G will...

Italian utility Enel is expanding smart meter initiatives to Romania Italian utility Enel announced plans to expand its smart meter program in Romania with the expected roll out of more than 150,000 smart devices in the country during 2017. The European firm had rolled out a...

Modernization of legacy IT infrastructure and harnessing cloud computing and software are priorities for Jaguar Land Rover LAS VEGAS--Jaguar Land Rover CIO Simon Bolton discussed the automaker's approach to digital transformation, including a focus on the move toward electric and autonomous vehicles, as well as...

Digital transformation specialist Happiest Minds Technologies acquired IoT firm Cupola Technology Indian IT company Happiest Minds Technologies has announced the acquisition of IoT specialist Cupola Technology. Happiest Minds Technology focuses on next generation digital transformation, infrastructure, security and product engineering services. The firm said that...

Microsoft emerges as major healthcare IoT provider As healthcare providers search for ways to cut costs, the internet of things is creating new ways to monitor and maintain equipment and reduce unnecessary interactions between caregivers and patients. Microsoft is emerging as an important player in...

Michael Dell: IoT is 'at the heart of a cycle of continuous innovation' LAS VEGAS--Airplane manufacturer Boeing, like many other leading industrial players, is actively working to combine its long history of engineering with new digital and IoT solutions in an effort to transform its...

VMware said that the new IoT tool will be commercially available during this year VMware has unveiled a new IoT infrastructure management solution dubbed VMware Pulse IoT Center. The firm said that this new IoT solution will help customers to efficiently manage, operate, scale and protect their...

The vendor will provide expertise in 5G and IoT to deploy a smart city project in Tampere Finnish vendor Nokia has joined the 'Smart Tampere' initiative, which aims to create a smart city project in Tampere, Finland. The ‘Smart Tampere’ project includes local companies, non-governmental...

The Linux Foundation's EdgeX Foundry looks to bring component interoperability to industrial internet of things edge computing components LAS VEGAS--Much like William Faulkner's character Vardaman, who famously said in As I Lay Dying, "My mother is a fish," the internet of things is an octopus. A...

Sprint said its new Magic Box small cells could be a foot in the door for future IoT solutions in the home. The carrier's COO for technology, Günther Ottendorfer, said the internet of things is "certainly something we are thinking about" in the context...

Telit’s IoT University will offers several training courses and labs IoT module maker specialist Telit has officially launched the Telit IoT University, which is mainly for IoT developers and integrators. Telit IoT University, part of the company’s IoT Know How suite of consultative services, teaches customers...

Detroit-based Lochbridge focuses on IoT solutions for the automotive, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing sectors. DMI, a global provider of end-to-end mobility solutions, has acquired Detroit-based Lochbridge, a provider of IoT solutions to the automotive, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing sectors. The two companies said they...

Dell founder says IoT, cloud, workforce and security are all part of digital transformation LAS VEGAS--Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of the Austin-based tech powerhouse, shared key takeaways of his regular conversations with the CEOs and CIOs of customers during his opening session at...

Dell CMO: 'Digital transformation is a business-level conversation' LAS VEGAS--Digital transformation is a major focus of the programming at Dell EMC World 2017, but the process also requires major shifts in organizational approach to IT, workforce and security processes. That was the message Dell Chief...

Network equipment maker Belden is dropping its $380 million bid for IoT module maker Digi International. Belden said its offer was based on projections that Digi's annual earnings before interest, depreciation and taxes would hit $24 million. But Digi's most recent earnings report suggests...

Enterprises are hearing a lot these days about the opportunity to connect everything to wireless networks, but they know that job one is making sure their people are connected. Sprint is addressing that challenge with a new wireless small cell that the company calls...

The acquisition will allow the French IoT specialist to add GPS (A-GPS) technology to its ThingPark platform French firm Actility, a specialist in low power wide area networks (LPWAN) for the internet of things, announced the acquisition of geolocation system company Abeeway. Actility said the combination...

The new Amazon R&D facility will be located in Cambridge and employ 400 people Amazon has announced a significant investment to boost its research and development activities in the U.K. with the opening of a new Development Centre site in Cambridge. The new facility will have...

Sprint launches wireless indoor small cells Enterprises are hearing a lot these days about the opportunity to connect everything to wireless networks, but they know that job one is making sure their people are connected. Sprint is addressing that challenge with a new wireless small...

3GPP recently began a new study of 5G New Radio (NR) operating in unlicensed spectrum. Access to shared and unlicensed spectrum will extend 5G into a wider range of deployments and create opportunity for innovation; it will enhance mobile broadband deployments anchored in licensed...

Bringing digital transformation to the manufacturing sector is a main goal of the partnership Manufacturing is a major economic driver in Germany, and, as such, the sector is drawing considerable federal investment under the auspices of Industry 4.0, a national plan to digitally transform manufacturing....

The Spanish internet of things specialist already has 40 cloud platforms integrated with its IoT gateway Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium has added new partners to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, which focuses on IoT verticals including utilities, smart cities and agriculture. The Spanish firm said...