The new offering combines Schneider's EcoStruxure architecture with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate development of open IoT applications
Customers can now gain access to multiple cloud-based applications from...
The chip technology architects at ARM, which was acquired by Japan's SoftBank last year for $32 billion, have created an image signal processor that targets advanced driver assistance systems. The company said ADAS will require not only more cameras inside vehicles, but more powerful...
The eLTE smart grid solution is already commercially available in China
Chinese vendor Huawei has released its wireless smart grid solution, dubbed the eLTE SmartGrid. The vendor said its new eLTE SmartGrid solution applies advanced 4.5G cellular wireless communication technology in the electric power industry to...
Companies say they need a new way to manage smartphones
Companies that want to capitalize on the IoT know that connecting their equipment isn't enough - they also need software to manage connected devices and analyze the data they generate. Employee smartphones and tablets are...
Chinese company set up an AI lab in March
China's Lenovo Group said it plans to invest $1.2 billion in the research and development of artificial intelligence, big data, and internet of things (IoT) technology in the next four years, according to Chinese press reports.
The...
NTT’s offering will use Cumulocity; IoT application enablement platform
German internet of things (IoT) software platform provider Cumulocity, has signed a partnership with Japanese company NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) to deliver IoT solutions in Japan.
The two firms said that the combined offering will enable...
The world's largest maker of agricultural equipment is encouraging software developers to use John Deere's application programming interfaces to create software that can access the data generated by John Deere's connected machines. The company has created a cloud-based operations center to analyze data harvested...
Pantech was once the second largest cell phone maker in South Korea, but as the smartphone market took off the company was one of many manufacturers unable to carve out a profitable niche in the tiny space left between Apple and Samsung.
Two years ago...
Microsoft IoT Central connects to Azure cloud services; Connected Factory announced ahead of Hannover Messe
Microsoft has unveiled Microsoft IoT Central, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering aimed at reducing the complexity of IoT solutions. The company bills the solution as enabling "powerful IoT scenarios without...
T-Systems, DT's enterprise group, will provide IoT services to manufacturing interest Kaeser Kompressoren
Germany is a leader in the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector, a combination of federal investment by way of the Industrie 4.0 initiative and the key role manufacturing plays in the...
Verizon launched its nationwide internet of things network on the last day of the first quarter. The carrier added Category M1 technology to its network through a software upgrade, and in the months ahead will likely to start to see revenue from that network.
Already,...
Telefonica has opened three new service operations center to trial intelligent network management
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has deployed three dedicated Service Operations Centers (SOCs) in Argentina, Chile and Germany to test AI-based intelligent network management.
The European telco launched the new centers using Chinese vendor...
Butano24 will use LoRa to monitor butane cylinders
For fifty years, consumers and businesses in Spain have been buying orange butane cylinders to heat their water and their homes. When users wait until the tanks are empty before requesting a refill, almost every call to...
The Dutch firm mainly invests in European firms focusing on IoT, cloud technologies, digital health and connected home
KPN Ventures, the investment arm of Dutch telecommunications group KPN, has invested in firm nello, a developer of a smart intercom solution.
Nello’s smart solution enables keyless, remote access...
Turin-based water company working with Olivetti on using NB-IoT to digital transform the utility's operations
Italian company Olivetti, which manufacturers a range of electronic devices, and Turin’s water company SMAT have deployed narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) cellular technology for measuring water consumption and optimizing...
CommScope is latest vendor to join council as a lead partner
The market for smart city solutions will soon be worth more than $1 trillion, according to Frost & Sullivan, and the wireless industry will be ready. Companies from almost every part of...
IoT firm Freestyle Technology will deploy smart water meters in Gochang municipality under a five-year deal.
Australian internet of things firm Freestyle Technology signed a $4.4 million contract to roll out an IoT water management solution for a municipal government in South Korea.
Under terms...
As the internet of things continues to drive digital transformation in numerous industrial and enterprise vertical markets, leading IT vendors are continuously adapting product lines to better serve new use cases.
For example, Dell recently introduced three variants of its Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series...
Austin, Texas is the first of the five winners of the Smart Cities Council's challenge grant winners to host a readiness workshop and begin working actively with the Smart Cities Council. Stuart Cowan, chief scientist of the Smart Cities Council kicked off Austin's workshop...
Silver Spring Networks said NRTC will offer its Gen5 platform to the 1,500 electric utilities it represents. Roughly 50 million Americans get power or telephone service from a rural utility represented by NRTC, and the company claims to have deployed almost 3.5 million endpoints....
The European aircraft manufacturer will work with IoT firm Sensolus on geolocation and asset tracking services.
Airbus selected the Stickntrack geolocation and asset tracking services from Belgian startup Sensolus to optimize its supply chain. The move is set to allow the European aircraft...
IoT testing takes center stage as China Telecom looks to deploy a nationwide IoT network.
U.S. firm Keysight Technologies announced its cellular-based internet of things testing solution was selected by China Telecom to help accelerate its narrowband IoT chipset and module certification process.
Based...
California drivers are already sharing the road with autonomous cars developed by Tesla and Alphabet, and now they can add Apple to the list of companies putting self-driving cars onto their roads.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has granted Apple a permit to test...
Are you ready to cede control of your commute to an autonomous vehicle, or buckle your loved ones in and send them off without a driver? Several technologies need to become mainstream before most people will be ready, and one of them is advanced...
