Recently, Amazon announced the general availability (GA) of AWS Lake Formation, a fully managed service that makes it much easier for customers to build, secure, and manage data lakes. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Archives for August 2019
Announcing the preview of GitHub Actions for Azure
On Thursday, August 8, 2019, GitHub announced the preview of GitHub Actions with support for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). Actions makes it possible to create simple, yet powerful pipelines and automate software compilation and delivery. Today, we are announcing the preview of GitHub Actions for Azure. With these new Actions, developers can quickly […]
Quectel Gains SoftBank Certifications for Two More NB-IoT Modules
Quectel Wireless Solutions announced that its NB-IoT modules BC95-G and BC68 have received certifications from SoftBank, one of the three main telecommunications carriers in Japan. The two certifications will give IoT integrators, developers and OEMs ability to deploy both fixed and mobile IoT applications leveraging SoftBank’s stable network in Japan. Designed for global markets, BC95-G […]
What OEMs Really Think About eSIM and iSIM
In this blog Arm asks representatives from across the IoT ecosystem about their views on eSIM and iSIM. Read on for feedback from the OEMs. (read more)
What could go wrong when a military AI system knows everything?
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“Two parallel quests to understand learning — in machines and in our own heads — are converging in a small group of scientists who think that artificial intelligence may hold an answer to the deep-rooted mystery of how our brains learn… If machines and animals do learn in similar ways — still an open question among researchers — figuring out how […]
Making your supply chain smarter – how to get more out of your IoT and machine data
An article by Mark Pidgeon, Vice President Technical Services, Sumo Logic. For many businesses, getting things from A to B represents how they get paid and make money. For manufacturers this involves making goods and shipping them to customers, or providing parts for other organisations; for retailers, selling goods to consumers involves a mix of […]
When Refrigerators Attack – How Cyber Criminals Infect Appliances, and How Manufacturers Can Stop Them
An article by Alan Grau, VP of IoT, Embedded Solutions, Sectigo. Homes and businesses worldwide are vulnerable to attacks from cyber thieves and other bad actors – and not just through their computer networks. The embedded electronics inside appliances present an easy path of entry. It’s already been happening. According to Business Insider and Proofpoint, […]
IoT-enabled Gaming is Improving Social Interactions
An article by Marc, Editor at IoT Business News. Gaming and the Internet were once separate dinner party guests at the opposite ends of the table, not acknowledging one another and not interacting – but those days are gone. Now they are a married couple with everything intertwined from leisure time to finances. Poor metaphors […]
Six ways we’re making Azure reservations even more powerful
New Azure reservations features can help you save more on your Azure costs, easily manage reservations, and create internal reports. Based on your feedback, we’ve added the following features to reservations: Azure Databricks pre-purchase plan App Service Isolated Stamp Fee reservations Ability to automatically renew reservations Ability to scope reservations to resource group Enhanced usage […]
Rapidly develop blockchain solutions, but avoid the complexities
After first emerging as the basis for the Bitcoin protocol, blockchain has since gained momentum as a way to digitize business processes that extend beyond the boundaries of a single organization. While digital currencies use the shared ledger to track transactions and balances, enterprises are coming together to use the ledger in a different way. […]