The European Commission (EC) has increased its Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding to €1.5 billion for the period through to the end of 2020, as it attempts to raise €20 billion from the European governments and private enterprises to …
US carrier Verizon saw its revenues from ‘internet of things’ (IoT) based services climb 13 per cent in the first quarter, compared with a year ago, almost double the rate of growth across all of its operations. In total, the …
Nokia has unveiled a new cloud-based data centre for edge computing. The Finnish telecoms vendor said the new data centre solution supports automation functions in industrial settings, as well as localised data processing in standard network architecture. New 5G technologies …
Cisco and IBM have completed the integration of their Kinetic platform and Watson IoT system to improve data processing and intelligence at the network edge. The partnership is being brought to bear on autonomous shipping and logistics in the Port …
Siemens has hailed the arrival of the digital enterprise as an industrial movement in full swing, with ready for slicker processes. The German manufacturing giant said at Hannover Messe the industrial IoT (IIoT) market is alive and kicking, and that …
Farming is wasteful and resources are dwindling. The role of the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) in smart agriculture has never been so important, says Monsanto. They provide the only way the sector will change its ways …
Telecoms vendor Ericsson and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology have joined together to explore and develop industrial applications of 5G, including the production of components for jet engines. The 5G trial system, supplied by Ericsson for the work, has …
Deutsche Telekom has bundled three digital businesses into a single ‘digital solutions’ unit as it seeks to provide medium and large-sized enterprises with a one-stop-shop for the full gamut of digital transformation services, it said at Hannover Messe 2018. T-Systems, …
Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform is to be retro-fitted to 5,000 London buses by 2021, as part of plans by the Greater London Authority to reduce carbon emissions from its public transport services. The German software company’s platform has also …
German software company Software AG reckons the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) has reached a tipping point. Enterprises have bought into its promise, and are starting to carry through on tech blueprints to connect to improve efficiencies and productivity. “We see a …
Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB has partnered with US IT software provider Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and German IT hardware maker Rittal to launch a new micro-modular data centre to handle data processing at the network edge in smart factory environments. …
Bosch is to invest €100 million (US$120m) in a smart factory for automotive parts in Celaya, in Mexico. The new plant will create 1,200 additional jobs by 2020. The German manufacturer said it will upgrade all 10 of its manufacturing plants …
Sales at Ericsson slip as cost-cutting pays off. Swedish vendor Ericsson saw its gross margin jump to 34.2%, from 15.7% a year ago, as its continued cost-cutting started to pay off. Revenue slipped 9%, to SEK43.4 billion (US$5bn) in the …
Incoming 5G networks, buoyed by network slicing and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, will be at the heart of developments in autonomous vehicles, intelligent transport systems, and driver safety, BMW Group has said at a 5G demo with Nokia at its …
Deutsche Telekom is to launch a data-sharing platform for industrial enterprises, in particular, that allows direct access to information between enterprises providing data, and those scheduled to receive it. The Germany-based telecoms group described it as a “key element for …
The real impact of industrial technologies will be discussed and demonstrated at Hannover Messe next week (April 23-27). Automation and digital twins, powered by data analytics and artificial intelligence, will be the mainstays of the developing Industry 4.0 movement, reckon …
Autonomous ships will be a reality before robot aircraft or driverless cars, reckons Rolls-Royce, despite the maritime industry’s late start with digital technologies. The British engine maker said it will test autonomous tug boats in port waters along the Finnish …
Microsoft has announced a new platform to secure ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices. Dubbed Azure Sphere, it layers in three levels of enhanced IoT security, in its chip, operating system (OS) and cloud. Most significantly, Microsoft has introduced a new …
IoT platform provider Actility has been appointed by Öresundskraft, a regional energy and fibre broadband provider in Sweden, to help it build out an open-access LoRaWAN network, starting in the town of Helsingborg, and rolling out across the country. Öresundskraft …
Smart Dublin, a smart-city cooperative combining the four local authorities in the Irish capital, has announced €1.2 million ($1.5m) of new funding for smart city projects. The new projects, split across two funding blocks, are geared towards providing low-cost solutions …
Finnish operator DNA has debuted an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for enterprises in its home country to launch national and international IoT services of their own. DNA’s new platform uses Cisco Jasper’s ‘control center’ product, providing enterprises with control …
Automation technologies are creating more jobs than they are destroying in Germany, according to a new report by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). Recent investments in digital technologies, including standard automation techniques like analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), …
Manchester city council in the UK has deployed a new smart city lighting system as part of its continuing CityVerve project, led by Cisco. The new lighting system can be fitted retroactively to existing infrastructure. Cisco has managed the installation …
In the face of rising political disruption, the European Commission (EC) has in recent weeks redoubled its innovation schedule with new commitments to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare applications. Here, we pick five of its best Horizon 2020 projects, …
The fragmented IoT market is hard to understand for enterprises and hard to navigate for operators. Swedish vendor Ericsson says its new IoT ‘accelerator’ can help both sides. Enterprise IoT Insights chats with Jeff Travers, head of IoT at Ericsson, …
