Smart home will drive Internet of Things to 50 billion devices, says Strategy Analytics

The Internet of Things continues to expand rapidly, and the smart home will be one of the keys to further growth through the 2020’s, according to new research from Strategy Analytics.

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Kerlink adds execs to meet rising international demand for LoRa network solutions

Kerlink a provider of network solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), has added two seasoned wireless and IoT professionals to capitalise on the company’s rapidly growing opportunities in the Americas, Asia Pacific and other major markets.

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A Week in IoT: Can an industrial IoT story help GE put the 2017 Horror Show to bed?

GE‘s public profile this year has been little short of a horror show, says Jeremy Cowan. Forget Hallowe’en, Wall Street and the blue chip’s partners have been spooked by a nightmare of Kruegeresque proportions – one from which it seems hard to wake.

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Inmarsat research finds IoT helps mining sector meet environmental regs and corporate social responsibility policies

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to dramatically reduce the impact of mining operations on the environment, according to new research from Inmarsat. This found that environmental monitoring is the number one driver of IoT in the sector.

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Arrow Electronics, Synaptics and NXP team to accelerate the development of Amazon Alexa-enabled smart home products

Arrow Electronics, Synaptics Incorporated and NXP Semiconductors launched a variant of the Synaptics AudioSmart 2-Mic Development Kit for Amazon AVS that is supported by a commercially available NXP system-on-chip (SoC) application processor.

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Telematics in heavy equipment market expected to reach US$ 6,473.3 mn by 2025

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research titled “Telematics in heavy equipment Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2017 – 2025”, the global telematics in heavy equipment market is expected to reach a value of US$ 6,473.3 million (€5480.97 million) by 2025. The market is projected

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Avnet joins IMC to speed IoT deployment

To help expedite Internet of Things (IoT) technology deployment, Avnet, a global technology distributor, has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC). The IMC’s 25,000 rank-and-file members are comprised of enterprise users, OEMs, and applications developers from numerous vertical markets around the globe,

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Digi International acquires TempAlert

Digi International, a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) products and services, announced that it has acquired TempAlert, a provider of automated, real-time temperature monitoring and task management solutions for the healthcare, industrial and food-service industries.

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ThingPark China accelerates the IoT ecosystem by launching a developer lab and marketplace

ThingPark China announced the opening of an IoT Ecosystem Lab in Beijing enabling customers to evaluate their IoT solutions, and an online Market which will enable Chinese IoT device and application sellers to market their IoT solutions to business customers in China, and also to benefit from the global audience and IoT sales opportunities enabled

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Renesas Synergy™ Platform revs up ecosystem growth engine

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the rapid expansion of its partner ecosystem with new third-party software tightly integrated into the Renesas Synergy™ Platform.

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GSMA mobile IoT initiative helping operators target european connected energy market worth US$26 bn

The GSMA announced that mobile operators deploying new Mobile IoT networks will be able to benefit from the European connected energy market estimated to be worth US$26 billion(€21.99 billion) by 2026.

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The installed base of fleet management systems in Australia and New Zealand to reach 1.4 million units by 2021

The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Australia and New Zealand was almost 0.7 million in Q4-2016 according to a new research report from M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight.

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Nucleus of a revolution: Photoelectric sensors are playing a big part in speeding up industrial automation

From packaging to manufacturing and from pharmaceuticals to the food and beverages sector, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in collaboration with big data is boosting operations in nearly every industry vertical. However, it all begins with small data from smart sensors,

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BlackBerry launches new cybersecurity services to safeguard people, privacy and assets

BlackBerry Ltd has introduced new cybersecurity consulting services aimed at enabling enterprise GDPR compliance and mitigating security risks in connected automobiles that threaten personal and public safety.

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G+D Mobile Security and Senet are partnering to strengthen LoRaWAN security

G+D Mobile Security and Senet Inc. plan to cooperate to strengthen security of LoRaWAN connectivity across the whole IoT ecosystem. The collaboration between the two companies provides a full integration of G+D Mobile Security’s Key Management System (KMS) with Senet’s global LoRa®-based networks.

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Smart cities need smart solutions for critical communication and security says ETELM

Safety must not be compromised when developing the smart cities of the future and Critical Communications is the true cornerstone to it, warns Paul Ward, international sales director of ETELM, a manufacturer of advanced Mission Critical Communications systems.

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