Ford joins with AT&T to crowdsource mobility solutions in Miami, Pittsburgh
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFord has joined with AT&T, Dell and Microsoft to crowdsource ideas for mobility solutions in Pittsburgh and Miami-Dade County. Ford will award $100,000 to fund pilots of the best community-led …
LTTS integrates building solutions with new Azure capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLLTS’ smart city, campus and building solutions provides energy management, cloud-based space occupancy and asset utilization and performance management Indian engineering and research firm L&T Technology Services (LTTS), announced …
Mega GitHub deal is good for IoT, provided Microsoft avoids “mass developer exit”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMicrosoft’s mega $7.5 billion all-stock purchase of developer platform GitHub is good for the tech sector at large and for the ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market in particular, provided the …
Rain, cloud and the ‘Windy City’: How IoT is helping Chicago fight flooding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSometimes you need indisputable proof to act upon even the clearest assumptions. If you’re a city council, spending public money on infrastructure to save local communities, this burden of proof …
Microsoft promises to “up Houston’s tech game, starting from the grass roots”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWashington-state tech giant Microsoft will set up house in Houston, Texas, as part of a long-term effort with the city authority to drive grass-roots innovation, stimulate the local economy, and …
Microsoft, PCL Construction partner to boost smart building projects
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail PCL Construction will develop new smart building solutions backed by Microsoft’s Azure services Microsoft and PCL Construction have signed a partnership to boost the development of smart building …
White House convenes AI summit with US tech leaders, as Europe forges ahead
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe White House has convened a meeting today (May 10) of 40 leading tech firms to discuss policy issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), including workforce development, regulatory barriers, and …
Dell and Microsoft intro integrated edge-computing stack for industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDell Technologies and Microsoft have launched an integrated ‘internet of things’ (IoT) offering to simplify management, enhance security and reduce the cost of edge devices in industrial settings. The solution …
Best in show: the smartest smart factory demos at Hannover Messe 2018
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHannover Messe is the biggest industrial fair on the planet; this year’s smart factory set-ups were its most exciting yet – exhibiting high speeds, high security, and high performance, and …
Jack-of-all-trade tech providers will fail at IIoT, says automation specialist ABB
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIndustrial transformation companies must specialise and collaborate if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the Industry 4.0 movement, according to Swiss automation company ABB. The chorus line …
