BlackBerry and Microsoft partner to empower the mobile workforce

BlackBerry Limited and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic partnership to offer enterprises a solution that integrates BlackBerry’s expertise in mobility and security with Microsoft’s unmatched cloud and productivity products.

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Microsemi expands market opportunities for cloud data centres with announcement of Adaptec Smart Storage compatibility with AMD EPYC processor

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced interoperability between its 12 gigabits per second (Gbps) SAS/SATA host bus adapters (HBAs) and redundant array of independent disk (RAID) adapters, including the Microsemi Adaptec HBA 1100,

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ZF Switches & Sensors ZF presents wireless energy harvesting KNX light switch module

At Light+Building 2018 in Frankfurt from 18th to 23rd March, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Business Unit Electronic Systems, presents the world’s first wireless energy harvesting KNX light switch module that is configurable via ETS (from ETS5).

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Italy’s national research council CNR and Italtel enter ICT framework agreement

A new framework agreement to promote research, knowledge exchange and innovation within the Information and Communication Technologies sector has been signed by Italtel and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy’s national research council.

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TeamViewer’s new spring update adds mobile device support improvements for iOS and Android users

TeamViewer®, a global software provider for IoT, connectivity, monitoring, support, and team collaboration, announces the 2018 spring feature update. This update significantly improves TeamViewer’s Mobile Device Support capabilities by increasing login speed, reducing mobile data usage for Android users,

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Patent for simplified, integrated electronic locking on intelligent PDUs awarded to Chatsworth Products

Chatsworth Products (CPI) was recently awarded a patent for a cost-effective, simplified electronic access control (EAC) product for data centre cabinets. This new technology combines access control, intelligent power management and environmental monitoring into a single, integrated platform—highlighting the company’s pioneering expertise in power products and solutions for the data centre.

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What to expect from IoT platforms in 2018

With increased value provided by edge computing to security improvements with Blockchain integration, IoT platforms across the board are just starting to get sexy. The intelligent digital mesh is evolving and enterprises today are paying attention to the disruption and impact on business operations now and soon on the horizon.

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Building a better future for smart cities with LPWA

Increasingly, local governments around the world are trying to use the IoT to develop smart city applications designed to make their cities greener, safer and more efficient. The IoT’s ability to provide cities with real-time data on natural disasters, crimes, air pollution, traffic and other problems and conditions throughout a city,

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Microsemi enhances Switchtec PCIe switch for fabric connectivity and composability of multi-host GPU and NVMe SSD systems

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced enhancements to its Switchtec PCIe advanced Fabric Switch (PAX), which now provides high-performance fabric connectivity and composability for multi-host graphics processing unit (GPU)

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Wireless Logic Group acquires Mdex AG, expects 2018/’19 group revenue contribution of €8m

Wireless Logic, Europe’s IoT connectivity platform provider announced the acquisition of Mdex AG, the leading German M2M and IoT service and solution provider for encrypted data communications via mobile networks, DSL and satellite.

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QualiTest releases advanced IoT testing solution

QualiTest Group, the pure play QA and independent software testing company, has launched a comprehensive testing solution dedicated to IoT. The offering was developed over the course of testing thousands of IoT projects involving both hardware and software, and across diverse software ecosystems.

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Rajant experts push the need to streamline seaport security and connectivity at container terminal automation conference 2018

Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh networks, will push its mission-critical connectivity capabilities to control moving port assets and drive autonomous applications from standing still at the Container Terminal Automation Conference 2018 this week.

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Upgraded Raspberry Pi has a more powerful CPU, offers faster Ethernet and dual-band wireless networking

Farnell element14 has announced the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, the fastest and most powerful version yet, enhancing the already successful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Built on a new quad-core Broadcom BCM2837 64-bit application processor running at 1.4GHz, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is over 15% faster than the Raspberry Pi

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JDA begins research collaboration with MIT to accelerate digital supply chain innovations embracing the intelligent edge

JDA Software, Inc., announced a multiyear collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focused on joint research to create new and innovative capabilities within the supply chain utilising intelligent edge technologies like machine learning, AI, IoT and advanced analytics.

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ZEDEDA emerges from stealth to power real-time apps at the edge closes at $3.06mn in seed funding

ZEDEDA, a startup powering the real-time enterprise, emerged from stealth mode and announced it closed $3.06 million (€2.47 million) in seed-stage funding. As the Internet of Things (IoT) creates exponential growth with IoT-related spending surpassing an estimated $1 trillion (€0.81 trillion) by 2020,

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Staples Solutions goes live with PTC’s retail Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution

PTC announced that Staples Solutions, the provider of workplace products, services, and solutions to businesses across Europe, has gone live with PTC’s market-leading retail solution PTC FlexPLM® to enable the acceleration of product development through improved efficiency.

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