Business & Markets

Berg Insight estimates that the global installed base of active airport asset tracking systems was less than 0.2 million units in 2017. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5%, the active installed base is estimated to reach close to 0.3 million units worldwide in 2022.

The Berger-Levrault Group, publisher of software for administrative and local public bodies and the healthcare, medico-social, education and business sectors, acquired CARL Software on May 18th. CARL Software specialises in technical asset and maintenance management (CMMS / TAM).

Inside Secure, at the heart of security solutions for mobile and connected devices, announced that it is licensing the secure boot component within its industry-leading Roof-of-Trust solution, to secure the Mobile and XR (Virtual, Mixed & Augmented Reality) solutions of Inuitive, an Israeli-based designer of multi-core vision processor Integrated Circuits.

A new report from Navigant Research analyses the market for blockchain-based platforms in the utilities industry, providing forecasts for wholesale energy trading, EV charging and integration, and transactive energy platforms through 2026.

Centrify, a provider of Zero Trust Security through the power of Next-Gen Access, unveiled its analytics service app for the Palo Alto Networks® Application Framework. Combining Centrify’s Analytics Service with the capabilities of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform strengthens Zero Trust Security 

The research and technology project FUSE-IT, conducted by 18 partners from France, Belgium, Portugal and Turkey and led by Airbus CyberSecurity, has received the 2018 ITEA Award of Excellence on Innovation.

Pure Storage, the all-flash storage platform that helps innovators build a better world with data, announced its second AI-Ready Infrastructure offering, AIRI™ Mini, powered by NVIDIA. Architected by Pure Storage and NVIDIA,

Opengear a provider of solutions for secure, resilient network access and automation to critical IT infrastructure, reported that Virtual1, a UK network services wholesaler has selected Opengear’s Smart OOB™ platform to provide remote console connectivity across its growing UK network.

u-blox, a global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies, and Arduino, providers of the world’s leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem, introduced four new boards to their MKR family, delivering enhanced wireless connectivity options for IoT applications.

Siemens Building Technologies Division is acquiring Enlighted Inc., a provider of smart IoT (Internet of Things) systems in buildings, headquartered in Silicon Valley. The company is a successful player in the smart building industry, bringing an advanced digital sensory system to market.

Talari Networks, the original innovator of Failsafe SD-WAN™ technology, has appointed former InfoVista and Riverbed sales leader Adrian Tate as vice president of Sales for EMEA, to drive further adoption of Talari’s leading SD-WAN solutions and expand the company’s reach across the European market.

C3 IoT announced that it will partner with Intel to address the market for AI and IoT enterprise software applications, estimated to exceed $250 billion (€213.80 billion) by 2020, across large commercial and public sector organisations globally.

eGlobalfares, a provider of multi-GDS, 24/7 web-based airline fare management systems targeted at corporate travel management companies and multinational corporations, announced selecting the AFEX global platform to expand its payment solution offerings.

Dassault Systèmes is collaborating with Granta Design to help product innovation teams make more informed decisions about the materials they use for the products they are developing and the experiences they want to deliver.

Ayla Networks, whose Internet of Things (IoT) platform-as-a-service (PaaS) delivers industry-leading device virtualisation and management, announced that it will integrate its IoT platform device connectivity and management technologies to Google Cloud Platform (GCP),

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) pledged its support to UK Chancellor Philip Hammond’s full-fibre broadband targets – and called on the Government and telecoms industry to ensure a collaborative approach.