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If happiness is a measure that considers one’s health, lifestyle, security and sociability in any way, then smart cities can surely make us happier. New research by the McKinsey Global …
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With cellular and Wi-Fi, “You need them both,” analyst says Commercial, standards-based 5G deployments are set to go live later this year. At the same time, Wi-Fi continues to see …
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Data AnalyticsFundamentalsInternet of Things (IoT)PlatformsSmart Factory
Eight crucial technologies to drive the digital revolution in smart manufacturing
The move to a ‘lights-out’ factory has already begun, but the developing transition requires an overhaul of industrial facilities, equipment, systems and people if it is to go the distance. …
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A Q&A with Wi-Fi expert Claus Hetting RCR Wireless News recently discussed the evolution of Wi-Fi with Claus Hetting, CEO and chairman of Wi-Fi Now, a firm that evangelizes all …
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Wi-Fi continues to evolve with IEEE 802.11ax, 802.11ad and 802.11ay standards Operators the world over are looking to commercialize multi-gigabit, low latency 5G services; it’s the predominant source of hype …
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Palo Alto CIO flags four multi-billion dollar challenges for smart cities
“We are getting into a more practical phase. We are going from aspirational need to absolute imperative – because we have to do this, or we are screwed. The planet …
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Key challenges of visual fog computing
To understand visual fog computing, it is important to first understand fog computing. Let’s take a look at how the physical world connects to the cloud. Think of the physical …
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Retro-fits, recycling and data: How Stockholm became Europe’s greenest city
Stockholm is a ‘lighthouse city’, alongside Cologne and Barcelona, in the European Commission’s GrowSmarter project, one of three to receive support in the first ‘Smart Cities and Communities’ (SCC1) call under the Horizon …
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Where is the IIoT edge? Four points on the edge-compute continuum
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has mapped out a “continuum” of edge computing in industrial settings, with the ‘edge’ variously located at certain points of remove from the data source …
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Asset performance management: Three IIoT case studies from GE Digital
General Electric reckons the convergence of machines, data and analytics will contribute $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. It has spent …
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Many of the sensors used in IoT are battery-powered and organized into mesh networks. Set to transmit anywhere from every few seconds to every few hours. They can run for …
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The impact of OT/IT convergence on manufacturing
by John Koonby John KoonWe live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email has displaced the fax technology. Today …