Category Archives: Technology

What is the Difference Between M2M and IoT? | Blog | Link Labs

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication refers to the transfer of data between two machines through a wired or wireless connection, without relying on human input. This communication occurs when a machine uses sensors to transmit data to another machine or a network of machines. M2M is an umbrella term for the Internet of Things (IoT), IoT refers […]

The need for speed: Embracing the potential of edge computing

Digital infrastructure plays a critical role in nearly every aspect of how we live and work. Due to the pandemic, more people are working remotely than ever before. Add to this the increasing amounts of applications being migrated to the cloud, and data generation exploding through the adoption of IoT, more pressure has now been […]

How the demands of constrained IoT are reshaping the connectivity landscape

The IoT technology landscape is increasingly being defined by its ability to address large numbers of devices in increasingly inhospitable environments by virtue of slimming down the features and functionality of the offering to make it more appropriate. Last year, we at Transforma Insights published a report on what we termed the ‘Thin IoT stack’. […]

What Does the IoT2 (Internet of Trillions of Things) Revolution Mean for You? | Link Labs

IoT solutions have become great additions to everyday company processes, and have aided many through the COVID pandemic. However, there is a major flaw. IoT is already becoming too complex in today’s industrial revolution. As IoT plays an integral part of society, and more and more devices are connecting, we’ve seen an IoT revolution taking […]

Why we need a culture change in data collection

According to software expert TechJury, each person on Earth created 1.7 MB of data every second in 2020. Thanks to smartphones and tablets making the everyday digital, the volume of data collected has skyrocketed so, when will the same be universally true in manufacturing? Here Mike John, technical director of metrology provider The Sempre Group, […]