Category Archives: Industry

5G services: Mission-critical sure, but how do we keep them green, affordable and secure?

5G is here so all is clear and simple, right? Well, not so fast. 5G networks bring opportunities but challenges too. So, in the wake of Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, the first major Live telecoms event since the world went into Covid-induced lockdown, we talked to the China-based vendor ZTE. We wanted to find out […]

Top applications that ensure growth for the IoT managed services market

With advances in modern technologies, the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) sector has witnessed extensive developments. The growing expansion of IoT services in various sectors and industries for efficient management is serving as a prominent growth generator for the global IoT managed services market. IoT managed services comprise a range of services that […]

Upskilling and leading in the tech industry as a woman of 40

The tech sector is changing and in many ways it is for the better today more companies and organisations are encouraging women into executive roles than even a few years ago. Jaqualine Kennedy, head of networking and collaboration at CANCOM, joined the industry in 1994 and upskilled to progress at age 40. Here she tells us what it […]

IoT : Driving greater productivity, revenue and safety

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the power to not only cause a digital revolution, but a fundamental shift in the way businesses and enterprises operate across the world. With IoT Analytics predicting the industrial sector will invest around US$310 billion (€261.21 billion)into emerging technologies over the next two years, the popularity of IoT is […]

The relationship between IoT and taxes: It’s complicated

IoT allows us to streamline workflows, optimise resources, and deliver better customer service. The rollout of 5G and the impact on download speeds and scalability has driven even greater demand for IoT solutions for consumers, businesses, and the government, says Toby Bargar, the senior tax consultant at Avalara. From smart speakers to crop management systems […]

A worldwide IoT network grid to harness the power of connectivity

Businesses are eager to leverage their network connection capabilities to gain market leadership. The potential rewards from leveraging wireless connectivity are endless, says Ankur Bhan, global head of Nokia’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING). It enables real time collection, analysis and interpretation of data that could, if handled correctly, make every corner of a business or industry […]

The role of IoT in healthcare during Covid-19

The healthcare sector has been modernising at a fast pace over the years by utilising new technology in carrying out medical activities with increased accuracy. Despite the outbreak of Covid-19 which massively disrupted the day-to-day life of people across the globe, technology has been developing at a much faster pace to help the healthcare sector. […]

The cybersecurity lessons from 2020

The breach of SolarWinds and its Orion Platform software  captivated our collective attention in the final weeks of 2020. While arguably it was, and continues to be, considered the most significant event of the year, it is not the attack path most organisations should fear. As Satnam Narang, staff research engineer at Tenable says,while backdoors in cybersecurity software […]

Hamburg deploys oneM2M smart city standards to go greener

Whether one is dealing with a manufacturing plant or a smart city, the architecture of a distributed Internet of Things (IoT) system depends on several design considerations, says Ingo Freise, software architect at Deutsche Telekom. One is the ability to combine legacy sub-systems, such as a final-assembly cell, with greenfield deployments such as an image […]

The IIoT journey starts with remote telemetry

The first rule of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is that communications will fail. One challenge is rising volumes of data place increasing loads on both the main server and the communications networks connected to it. Here, Craig Abbot, sales manager for the Asia region at Ovarro, explains why remote telemetry units (RTU) are […]