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IoT implementation sails into windpower

North Sea wind farms are fighting some striking battles, and they aren’t about sealife. They began with the breakdown of Germany’s biggest turbine bearing structures after 15 weeks; predictive maintenance

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Research identifies Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) market opportunities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving beyond single-focus problem solving to become more of a utility function with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) solutions.

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Fog World Congress schedule announced for event focused on transformation through fog computing in AI, IoT and 5G

Event organisers announced the lineup of more than 60 presenters, session tracks, tutorials and panel sessions for Fog World Congress 2018, produced by the OpenFog Consortium in collaboration with

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Accenture forms strategic alliance, invests in Chinese AI start-up Malong Technologies

Accenture has formed a strategic alliance with and made a minority investment in Malong Technologies, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

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Spirent positions to assure next-generation device and network performance

Spirent, the trusted provider of test, measurement, assurance and analytics solutions for next-generation devices and networks, announced the company-wide “Promise. Assured.” business initiative to

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Dojo by BullGuard and BGN Technologies partner to create advanced IoT security tech

Dojo by BullGuard, a provider in IoT security, and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) announced a partnership to

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Canvass Analytics raises USD $5mn, led by Google’s Gradient Ventures

Canvass Analytics, a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled predictive analytics for the Industrial Internet of Things, announced that it has closed a USD $5 million (€4.32 million) investment round,

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Asia Pacific spending on technologies enabling smart city initiatives to reach US$30bn in 2018, says IDC

The latest update of the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Smart Cities Spending Guide expects spending on technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives to reach a value amounting to US$30 billion (€26.10 billion) in

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Cybersecurity breaches to result in over 146 bn records being stolen by 2023

A new report by Juniper Research found that over 33 billion records will be stolen by cyber criminals in 2023 alone, an increase of 175% over the 12 billion records expected to

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Israeli embedded AI processor start-up Hailo targets Japan and South Korea

Hailo, developers of a proprietary chip technology for deep learning on edge devices, is extending its efforts to work with technology and business partners in Japan and South Korea.

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Application of AI to computer networks and devices communicating in the human body to be shown at Sigcomm 2018

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Data Communication (Sigcomm) announced highlights of Sigcomm 2018, its annual flagship conference, which will be held this year in Budapest,

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Could you be left high and dry by AI?

This is a terrible admission for someone in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry, says Freelance writer Nick Booth, but I must confess I’ve got doubts about artificial intelligence (AI).

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Ovum expands IoT analyst coverage in South Africa

Global market research, data and advisory firm Ovum has expanded its research team in South Africa to better serve the growing needs of the African market.

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Lean approach for affordable smart, connected products: A few tips and examples – Part 2

As we’ve recently discussed in part 1 of this blog, with the lean approach, enterprises can launch effective smart, connected products even within a limited budget.

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The tangible benefits of VR in the engineering space

Amidst all the hype and wide-eyed growth predicted for virtual reality, it’s often difficult for stakeholders to decide which of its two words to focus on.

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The Week in IoT: Samsung invests US$22bn, Sierra swats analysts with results, and Siemens splashes the cash

It’s been quite a week for the tech sector. Some vendors are betting the farm to catch up or just to find a niche in the Internet of Things. Others

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