Completely securing the industrial ‘internet of things’ (IIoT) is hopeful at best, according to companies and analysts at Hannover Messe last week.
The Germany-based industrial fair was focused on connecting factories and supply chains; the process to secure new devices and networks was the principle...
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, could be making its debut in space in the next two to three years, according to Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). During Hannover Messe 2018, BAM presented how astronauts will be able to...
US firm Rockwell Automation is heading a team of industrial automation specialists and solution providers to create a new communication solution based on the OPC-UA protocol for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications.
ABB, Belden, Bosch Rexroth, B&R, Cisco, Hilscher, KUKA, National Instruments, Parker Hannifin, Phoenix Contact,...
Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor shipped three million SIM cards for ‘internet of things’ (IoT) installations in 2017, taking it past the 10 million mark for total IoT connections.
The company’s total global IoT connections now exceed its traditional mobile subscriptions in Scandinavia. Mats Lundquist, chief...
Mexico’s is a fertile manufacturing economy that is ripe for automation, and primed for inward industrial investment. That was its message at Industry 4.0 trade fair Hannover Messe last week, as the nation prepares to go to the polls to elect a new president.
Mexico...
Data from the sensors is sent to Huawei's OceanConnect IoT platform through Telefonica’s network
Huawei, Telefónica Germany, and IoT provider Q-loud have jointly launched a smart meter proof-of-concept (POC) based on NB-IoT technology for Munich airport.
The partners said that insufficient wireless signals in buildings and...
The UK government has announced a £1 billion ($1.4bn) joint investment to stimulate the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
The deal includes £600 million of additional funding, comprising £300 million of private sector investment from 50 technology firms, matched by £300 million of newly allocated...
Industrial transformation companies must specialise and collaborate if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the Industry 4.0 movement, according to Swiss automation company ABB.
The chorus line of companies at Hannover Messe proclaiming ‘end-to-end’ technology solutions for the digital transformation of the...
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 stimulate the artificial intelligence...
The ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is being undermined by complexity, as well as challenges with security, reckons UK-based micro-processor firm Arm, as it confirmed deeper integration with IBM’s Watson.
“The market hasn’t come as far as we’d hoped; it is pretty fragmented – by...
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 company reported consolidated growth of...
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 will encourage operators to implement...
South Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
These three, along with Japan and Canada, are the top five countries for “automation readiness”, according to a new report...
Enterprise IoT Insights sat down with Darko Sucic, in charge of digital manufacturing at French industrial software company Dassault Systèmes, at Hannover Messe to get his views on the big IIoT trends coming out of the conference.
The booth belonging to Dassault Systèmes is buzzing...
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 of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest...
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 companies of any size...
German manufacturer Bosch has said it will open an Industry 4.0 reference factory in Xian, in China, by 2020. The new plant will produce control systems and linear motion technology, it said.
The announcement of the China initiative follows a parallel commitment to Mexico, last...
French automotive maker Groupe PSA has unveiled the first connected car from its burgeoning connectivity partnership with Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei. The new DS 7 Crossback, on display at Hannover Messe and launched in China, is based on Groupe PSA's new 'connected vehicle modular...
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, the company’s enterprise division,...
Chinese e-commerce giant says the acquisition allows it to strengthen its presence in the cloud-based IoT space
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is looking to expand its operations in the cloud-based internet of things market through the acquisition of compatriot microchip maker Hangzhou C-SKY Microsystems.
Alibaba highlighted...
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 been added to Spanish...
Telia says site sensors are connected to NB-IoT and LTE-M networks
Nordic operator Telia Norway has partnered with Norwegian firm Effera to develop digitalization solutions for the construction industry.
The two partners said the new solutions will allow the efficient running of construction sites, with controls...
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.
The new ‘secure edge data...
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 in Mexico as smart...
