Category Archives: Industry

Slashing power consumption with more informative energy bills

Seamless mobile coverage is integral to the effectiveness of the Internet of Things (IoT) when integrated with energy management systems, as Stuart Waine of Spry Fox Networks explains. Over the last few years wholesale gas prices have increased by a factor of 14, and electricity prices by a factor of 8. Increasing demand, limited supplies, […]

How can IoT manufacturers benefit from adopting Rust?

The Internet of Things (IoT) domain is at the forefront of global technological growth. However, many companies still face many barriers stopping them from adopting IoT technologies. Referring to a Bain & Company Technology Report 2022, 39% of 490 survey respondents chose information technology (IT) / operation technology (OT) integration as the biggest obstacle in […]

Things to know about the security of IoT-connected devices

This is a connected world. Whenever you look around, says Ritesh Sutaria of Prompt Softech, you’ll find that everything is connected to the internet. In this blog, we’ll know some best practices for safeguarding your Internet of Things (IoT) systems, from monitoring and logging activity to creating security in your devices from the ground up. […]

IoT connectivity faces big digital twins challenge

IoT connectivity is facing a big test as more companies adopt digital twins technology, claims a leading digital twins expert. Antony Savvas reports from IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona. With digital twins, the idea is that a virtual twin of an existing product is maintained with constantly collected manufacturing and business data, to make […]

European Commission wants Industry 5.0 with ‘human touch’

The European Commission has spelt out what it wants from Industry 5.0 with the help of IoT. Antony Savvas reports. At this week’s IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona, which IoT Now is attending, Sean O’Reagain, deputy head of Industry 5.0 at the Commission, demanded a replacement for Industry 4.0 with a “more human touch”. […]

KNX seeks to connect all smart home appliances

The KNX Association has used this week’s IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona to launch a new solution to connect all major smart home devices, including those from Apple, Google, Amazon and Philips. Report by Antony Savvas. KNX is a standard backed and used by 500 manufacturers globally involved in the provision of smart building […]

IoT technology is transforming the music industry

When we think about the role of technology in the music industry, our minds automatically turn to distribution and the shift from records to CDs to downloads. Digital downloads generate more than $1 billion per year, around half the overall revenue of the industry as a whole. Yet that’s only a small part of the story. The impact […]

6 Technologies for enterprises that will shape 2023

Technology has a purpose to address the issues of our world and perfect our lives as far as possible. Like every January, we are at the doorstep of another important year that promises bigger developments across the tech lanes. While 2022 witnessed many new platforms and products, 2023 will testify to their worth amidst the […]

Neural networks for enterprise IoT: Crucial use cases

Recently, neural networks have been in the spotlight. The question remains: How can they affect our world today and tomorrow? The CAGR (compound annual growth rate of the world neural network market is projected to be 26.7% from 2021 to 2030. This fact suggests that new fields of application for them might appear soon.  Since IoT (the […]

Digital transformation and distributed denial of service

Cyberthreats are intimately tied up with digital transformation. An unfortunate irony of innovation, says Ashley Stephenson, CTO of Corero Network Security, is that the developments that benefit us, will also furnish attackers with new ways to exploit us. What often happens in IT is that a new technology emerges which unleashes compelling new capabilities. These […]