i-PRO joins with the U.S. department of homeland security cyber and infrastructure security agency (DHS CISA) to raise awareness around cybersecurity for NCSAM (national cyber security awareness month). The world has seen a significant increase in cyber-attacks aimed at critical infrastructure and security products in the last few years, with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices […]
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Facilities with IoT devices are rising exponentially. According to a report from McKinsey, 127 new IoT devices get connected to a network every second. This includes IoT installations in factories, cities, and retail facilities. This unprecedented shift can have a great impact on how we run facilities and society at large. IoT devices connected to […]
Lean manufacturing tends to reduce waste and make the production process more cost-effective and efficient as well. The primary focus is to streamline production operations while enhancing customer experience. To make this possible, lean manufacturing optimises production operations by emphasizing customer needs. Overall, lean manufacturing is about terminating things that do not add value, therefore […]
Over the last few years 5G has been rapidly deployed in many markets across the world. At the same time, handsets capable of 5G have become increasingly affordable so that mobile broadband users can start to gain benefits of 5G where available. From an IoT application perspective the situation is somewhat different, says Martin Whitlock, […]
The POS (point of sale) and vending equipment markets are forecast to grow hugely, due to increasing consumer demand and improved supporting technology including new fully featured yet cost-effective payment terminals. In fact, says Neset Yalcinkaya, VP of products / GM of NA R&D Centre at Quectel Wireless. It is expected that the UK market […]
This is the age of distributed network environments. The wave of transformation brought about by digitisation, the Internet of Things and increasingly decentralised hardware landscapes and systems brings new challenges for IT departments, says Alan Stewart-Brown, VP EMEA, Opengear. They have to carefully consider how to maintain permanent connectivity and avoid the consequential costs of […]
Chief information security officers (CISOs) are being encouraged to build a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) migration plan to create a robust Zero Trust architecture, while also consolidating the security vendor suite. Yet, while the concept of single vendor SASE solutions may appear to meet goals for rationalising security costs and complexity, it creates untenable […]
As the popularity of Edge technology and smart devices increases, we see that there is no bar when it comes to the quantity of data that companies can use to improve their decision-making process. Contrary to this opportunity, many organisations still limit the quality, variety, and extent of data that they can make use of […]
Today, Google has announced that it’s shutting down Google IoT Core in August, 2023. According to Josh Taubenheim, MachNation‘s head IoT analyst, Google is doing this for two reasons. They are: 1. Google cancels products. This is far from the first time Google has cancelled a product or discontinued support for it. Google has axed […]
Internet of Things solutions is developing and becoming more advanced day by day while ensuring greater experience. We all know IoT has become part of almost every sector and has made an imprinting remark in the automotive industry, says Ritesh Sutaria of Prompt. It has been estimated that vehicles will have more than 163 million […]