
‘Rivals are going the wrong way’ – Cisco teases Wi-Fi-friendly private 5G bundle
Cisco is readying a Wi-Fi-style pay-as-you-go private LTE and 5G offer for enterprises, and particularly for industrial enterprises, which comprises Cisco-led pre-sale network-design consultancy and post-sale network management support. Details …

GSMA and 5G-ACIA team up on industrial 5G for Industry 4.0
The GSM Association (GSMA) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) are to collaborate more deeply on industrial 5G for smart manufacturing. The pair have signed a …

‘Some telcos are cognizant’ – Red Hat on the hyperscaler game at the edge
Lord knows what Red Hat does, exactly, if you’ll excuse the language, but Christ knows it is good to talk to. And clearly, on the interplay between cellular networking and …

Siemens agrees deal to buy US digital-twin company company EcoDomus
Siemens has signed a deal to acquire digital twin software from US-based smart-building design company EcoDomus. The transaction fee was not disclosed; a statement implied the agreement is for the …

AWS intros IoT packages to simplify digital twins and vehicle monitoring
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced two new IoT services, AWS IoT TwinMaker and AWS IoT FleetWise, to simplify the process to, respectively, create digital trains of industrial sites, equipment, …

Just what are you up to, Mr Hyperscaler? Unpacking AWS’s private 5G thunderbolt
That headline; is it a thunderbolt, really, this private 5G package from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? No, because nothing in it is a surprise. We know AWS is serious about …

Portland upgrades to Dhyan’s streetlight platform, as Echelon fallout continues
The city of Portland in Maine, in the US, has migrated its smart street lights onto a cloud management platform (CMS) from California-headquartered Dhyan Networks and Technologies, and away from …

Volkswagen recruits Nokia for private 5G network at flagship factory in Wolfsburg
It is a year late, but automotive giant Volkswagen has deployed a private 5G network at its main plant in Wolfsburg in Germany. Nokia has supplied the networking equipment for …

Siemens targets smart buildings, smart factories with Wattsense buy, Zscaler tieup
Siemens has bought French startup Wattsense, a hardware and software company offering a plug-and-play IoT management system for small and mid-size buildings, including schools, offices, warehouses and retail. Meanwhile, it …

SaaS apps a ‘thing of the past’ – Mendix looks to drive low-code industrial change
Siemens-owned Mendix has announced “massive enhancements” to its low-code software development platform to enable IoT ‘makers’ to assemble and monetise new digital products. It has declared prescriptive software-as-a-service applications a …