The IIC, now incorporating OpenFog, is the single-largest organization focused on IIoT, AI, fog and edge computing; IIC steering committee elects two new members from OpenFog leadership. The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) and the OpenFog Consortium® (OpenFog) today announced that they have finalized the details to combine the two largest and most influential international consortia […]
Survey: The rise of industrial IoT
The infrastructure around the world is being linked together via sensors, machine learning, and analytics, which means that industrial Internet of Things (IoT) deployments are increasing. This should come to no surprise since industrial IoT holds great potential for enhancing quality control, sustainable practices, supply chain, data analysis, inefficiencies and more. More about IoT What […]
IBM annouces an innovative Track&Trace Container Tracking solution for Groupe PSA with Sigfox
The “Track&Trace” solution for container tracking relies on Sigfox’ international network and IBM Watson IoT. IBM announce with Sigfox the launch within Groupe PSA of the innovative “Track&Trace” solution for the digitalization of package (container) tracking between suppliers and assembly plants. This solution, based on IBM’s cloud-based Internet of Things technologies and Sigfox’ international “0G” […]
Sierra Wireless Device-to-Cloud IoT Solution Enables Unimar to Deploy Tower Lighting Systems and Improve Flight Safety
Unimar’s obstruction lighting and custom control system uses Sierra Wireless AirLink RV50 gateway, SIM and AirVantage IoT Platform to alert aviation authorities to potential hazards along flight routes. Sierra Wireless today announced that Unimar, a worldwide supplier of tower and obstruction lighting products, has selected its device-to-cloud solution to connect and manage critical lighting and […]
Powering the Next Wave of Intelligent Devices with Machine Learning – Part 2
In the first part of this series, we introduced the BigML Node-RED bindings and showed how to install and use them to create a simple BigML-powered flow in Node-RED. In this second installment, we are going to create a second flow which will give us the opportunity to consider in greater detail important concepts such […]
Smart utility challenges must be addressed in pursuit of the smart cities dream
All over the world, societies and industries rely on the supply of energy and water. For energy and particularly electricity, in the past two centuries this has come from industrial scale generation based on fossil fuels. As of the second decade of the new century, it has become a matter of urgency to address challenges […]
Fit and forget: The threat posed by unconfigured IoT
The march of ‘smart’ technology has seen every conceivable device in our homes and offices ‘enhanced’ with some form of connectivity. While this offers additional functionality for some, says Ken Munro, partner at Pen Test Partners, for others these smart enhancements are surplus to requirement. After all, why wirelessly connect your washing machine if you’re happy to use […]
Ericsson Lays Out Vision for Cellular IoT With New Segments and Solutions
Outlines evolution of cellular IoT in four segments leveraging new capabilities with 4G and 5G to tap growth opportunities from industry digitalization Introduces Broadband IoT and Industrial Automation IoT as new segments in addition to Massive IoT and Critical IoT Launches Massive IoT enhancements and new Broadband IoT solutions on existing LTE networks to enable […]
Semtech Announces Open-Source Software for LoRa-based Gateways
New packet-forwarder protocol designed by Semtech allows secure, resource-efficient data communication and remote management across the LoRaWAN-based ecosystem. Semtech Corporation today announced a new open-source packet forwarder for Linux-based gateways that allows secure, resource-efficient data communication and remote management, critical features for Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The same features have also been integrated on […]
How IoT can help with HVAC big data: Part 2
IoT (Internet of Things) sensors, which are embedded within the electronics, software, and actuators of a typical HVAC system, provide a slew of valuable information that can be later analysed for purposes of energy consumption, peak demand reduction, and systems efficiency. The wealth of information provided by these IoT sensors eliminates the need for time-consuming […]