With an expected 5.2 billion connected devices by 2025, the Internet of Things (IoT) is now a fundamental component of both government policy and corporate strategy. The ability to track, monitor, record and analyse through an extraordinary array of hugely innovative sensors has already transformed many businesses and many industries. To date, however, the true […]
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They say that knowledge plus experience equals wisdom. In many cases, wisdom is the discernment in knowing when (and how) to use your knowledge in a certain situation. It points us to the reality that a wealth of knowledge or data, or information in general doesn’t do us much good if we don’t have access […]
The potential of the Internet of things (IoT) technology is known to businesses, therefore ramping up their efforts to implement and expand their IoT networks. According to Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2019 report, by 2024, 50% of enterprise application data will be sourced from IoT. IoT is changing the way data is collected and […]
Having been placed under Commercial Court protection from its creditors for six months, the board of France-based Sigfox, the ultra narrowband (UNB) network operator, asked the Toulouse Court to shorten the period of administration to just three weeks. That protection period expires on Friday, February 25th 2022, and the ailing company’s Directors evidently believe a […]
In theory, eSIMs offer end users the ability to swap between mobile operators without having to physically remove and replace the SIM, enabling more flexibility, more choice, reduced costs and faster deployments. Yet, while compelling in many ways particularly within a consumer environment the reality is that B2B and IoT adoption is both far more […]
In 2017, WhereIsMyTransport set about mapping the unmapped public transport networks in South Africa something nobody had ever done at scale. In the years since, we have built a reputation as the global provider of mapping public transport networks and their environments in more than 40 emerging-market cities in 27 countries, says Julian Hirst, chief […]
The old “panic, patch, part” security model is outdated and calls for a new IoT security agenda. It is not enough to take security concepts purely from an administrative IT domain and apply as is. Machines must be secure by design from chip to cloud and should be democratised through new approaches such as the […]
Everyone loves a scalable product. When you purchase a new laptop, car, or movie-streaming service, scalability might be one of your criteria. For example, does your new laptop have the memory and RAM to handle your future work-related requirements? Does your automobile have enough seats to hold your growing family and all of its trappings? […]
Semtech‘s Roelof Koopmans put it well when he wrote, “The worldwide distribution of the vaccines in some cases at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit)—is putting a spotlight on how Internet of Things (IoT)-based sensor technologies can help to enable a challenging supply chain process. Different use cases in logistics, specifically cold-chain logistics, have unique requirements […]
With the exponential growth of Internet of Things (IoT)-connected products in UK homes, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill will introduce legislation to regulate cyber-security for these consumer devices. The PSTI Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons in November 2021. Whilst it is currently progressing on its parliamentary journey, there is […]