Cardiff City Council set to unveil Europe’s first citywide deployment of bay sensor technology

Aiming to ensure that Cardiff in Wales is a high quality, attractive and liveable smart city, Cardiff City Council is using innovative technology to deliver tangible service improvements in city

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Solera Holdings acquires 100% of Digidentity for digital identity protection and verification

Solera Holdings, Inc., a global provider of data and software for automotive, home ownership and personal identity management, has acquired total ownership of Digidentity B.V. Digidentity is a provider of technologies

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Neural Technologies appoints ex-HP Revenue Intelligence exec as director of Partners and Channels

Data integration, analytics and revenue management provider, Neural Technologies has appointed Augusto Argento to the role of director of Partners and Channels as part of its continued growth and expansion.

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Global IoT security market to grow at a CAGR of 48% through 2021, says Technavio

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global Internet of Things (IoT) security market is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of close

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SIM and OTA application provisioning platform provider Simulity joins SIMalliance as strategic partner

SIMalliance, the non-profit industry association which simplifies aspects of hardware-based device security, has announced Simulity Labs Ltd as its latest strategic partner.

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Swiss-based u-blox acquires SIMCom cellular module product line in a deal worth US$52.5m

In an asset deal worth US$52.5 million, u-blox is acquiring the cellular modem products, R&D team and customer base of SIMCom Wireless.

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Quark IOE and Cumulocity enter strategic partnership to deliver IoT solutions and services in China

Quark IOE, a subsidiary of Guangdong Eastone Century Technology Co Ltd  and Cumulocity, the Internet of Things (IoT) software platform provider, enter a strategic partnership to deliver IoT solutions in

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Co-founder Andreas Schneider appointed new CEO of EnOcean

Co-founder Andreas Schneider has been appointed CEO of EnOcean, and takes full responsibility for the executive management of EnOcean with the goal of further strengthening the company’s position as the

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Regulations and running time: Making driverless cars mainstream

As we saw at CES recently, developments in connected and driverless cars and trucks are undoubtedly both a rapidly evolving area and an exciting prospect, garnering serious media attention.

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The Internet of Energy has much to gain from embedded SIM, says Beecham Research

New embedded SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) technology could play a major role in accelerating the development and adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) applications in the energy sector such as

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IoT botnets present ‘Unmanageable’ cyber security risk, warns Juniper Research

New data from Juniper Research has found that the consumer IoT (Internet of Things) installed base will reach over 15 billion units by 2021, an increase of 120% over 2016.

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Aclara acquires Smart Grid Solutions division of Apex CoVantage to create end-to-end offering

Aclara Technologies LLC, a supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities, has acquired the Smart Grid Solutions (SGS) division of Apex CoVantage, LLC.

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FBI, IBM, TrendMicro, and Smarttech speakers to discuss cyber attacks at Dublin Zero Day Conference

The Zero Day Conference taking place in the Convention Centre Dublin on March 7, will provide CIOs, CISOs and senior IT executives with insights into the cyber threats facing their

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Mobileum appoints ex-Vodafone global CEO Arun Sarin to its board of directors

Mobileum, a provider of roaming systems and analytics solutions for telecom business transformation, has appointed Arun Sarin to its board of directors. Sarin brings a wealth of knowledge, says Mobileum, obtained

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There’s a fragmented choice of wireless technologies for low power, wide area IoT

The telecom industry is good at generating confusion, says freelance IoT and communications writer, Bob Emmerson. LTE Cat-1 services are being launched in the States but not NB-IoT (LTE Cat

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When making things smart is actually a dumb idea…

It is funny how we think sometimes, says Larry Bellehumeur of Novotech Technologies. In a world that is already complex, we seem to find ways to make it more complex,

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