Kiva Allgood, head of IoT, Ericsson:
1. The edge is closer than ever
“As enterprises become ‘digitized’ and enable more connected machines, sensors and solutions, computing in the cloud won’t be fast enough to optimize performance in real-time. Enterprises will need computing near the edge. This...
Karl Bream, head of strategy and portfolio, Nokia Enterprise
“The market is ripe as all sectors of the global economy are embracing digitalization and are beginning to tap into Industry 4.0 and automation. We are starting to see major technology shifts in areas such as...
Finland's Elisa Smart Factory, which provides industrial IoT and data analytics solutions, announced a collaboration agreement with IT services, consulting and business solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
Under the terms of this collaboration, Elisa Smart Factory and TCS will jointly undertake efforts to market...
Canadian firm Fleet Complete, which provides IoT solutions in the connected commercial vehicle space, has acquired Mexican telematics firm Centro de Soluciones Inalámbricas (CSI), the former said in a release.
The acquisition of CSI will allow Fleet Complete to accelerate growth in the Mexican market,...
Note, this is an excerpt from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called ‘Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale’. Go here for the full report (free to download). It takes from and extends a...
Joseph Biron, chief technology officer for IoT, PTC:
“At the turn of the decade, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and PTC president and chief executuve Jim Heppelmann laid out the industrial race for smart, connected products, and how the early movers stood to gain.
“Using...
Michael Kanellos, IoT analyst, OSIsoft:
1. IoT declares victory
“IoT projects are often portrayed as the quickest way to get yourself fired with, allegedly, ‘close to three fourths’ of IoT projects failing. In reality, success is the norm.
“Gartner’s Eric Goodness conducted a poll that 57 per...
Ericsson and Microsoft are pooling their cloud-based connectivity management and compute-and-analytics platforms, respectively, for connected vehicles.
Ericsson will build its Connected Vehicle Cloud, which it claims connects around 10 per cent of the connected vehicle market, on top of the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP),...
French IoT firm Kerlink and Dutch systems integrator MCS have deployed a private LoRaWAN network at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.
The network offers coverage in all public areas, including arrival and departure halls, lounges, piers, and shopping area. It also provides coverage in non-public areas...
UK smart lighting firm Telensa and Thailand-based lighting manufacturer LIGMAN have struck a deal to combine their offers in the Asia Pacific market.
The pair will offer LED luminaires and wireless controls as a combined offer in the region. The deal – bringing intelligent control...
The 400 largest cellular IoT deployments at a global level together account for 279 million units, according to a recent study by Swedish consultancy firm Berg Insight.
The study includes various types of projects deployed across all types of vertical markets, including aftermarket automotive, fleet...
Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance have announced a working group, under the name Connected Home over IP, to develop and promote a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products.
Security will be a fundamental design tenet, the group said....
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has introduced a new pilot programme called Industry Connect Service (ICS) to connect enterprises seeking digital change with experts in the field.
It works like a industrial IoT dating service to connect tech buyers with tech vendors, to explore bespoke...
This interview, with Niall Strachan, director of product at UK-based Arm’s Pelion IoT business, is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called 'Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale'. Go here for the...
Phil Skipper, global head of IoT business development, Vodafone:
“The key question is what will rise and fall in 2020, in terms of digital transformation for industry. At the end of 2019, low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies, mobile private networks, and mobile edge computing are all...
Peder Rand, product manager for cellular IoT, Nordic Semiconductor:
“At the start of 2019 the only thing operating on cellular networks around the globe were mobile phones, plus a few hundred million 2G-based devices. Security alarms are an example of these, where cellular was used...
Ericsson, Telia and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have partnered to carry out a demonstration of a 5G autonomous ferry, Ericsson said in a release.
The partners have successfully demonstrated a small connected passenger ferry, using artificial intelligence (AI), in the Norwegian...
The only way to innovate is to collaborate. In the fourth installment in our new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at how the technology ecosystem is coming together in industrial settings to collaborate to define and develop...
The only way to innovate is to collaborate. In the fourth installment in our new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at how the technology ecosystem is coming together in industrial settings to collaborate to define and develop...
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Saying “Okay to Boomers” instead of “Okay, Boomer”
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The workforce shortage and its impact on the race to 5G is a regular discussion topic in the industry.
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Intel has acquired Habana Labs, an Israel-based developer of programmable deep learning accelerators for data centres, for around $2 billion. The purchase will spur Intel's efforts to bring increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to cloud and edge based silicon, notably for enterprise and industrial...
Sven Hamann, Senior Vice President, Bosch Connected Industry:
“Only the floor, the walls, and the ceiling are fixed; everything else is flexible and mobile, and adapts to customers’ orders in seconds. People remain at the centre of the action. This is Bosch’s vision of the...
Alejandro Cadenas, IoT strategy manager, Telefónica:
“Deployment of private networks is giving way to a radical change in industries, especially suited for campus-type industrial deployments like mines, ports, airports or manufacturing plants. Thanks to this connectivity technology, companies will work faster, safer and in a...
Note, this interview, with Greg Corlis, managing director for emerging technologies and national IoT leader, at KPMG, is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called 'Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale'. Go...
