Connected Devices

Boston, MA, USA — OK. Rewind five years, says Jeremy Cowan. Imagine you’re the CEO of a US-based computer software company that since 1985 has specialised in 2-dimensional & 3D design software, product, application and service lifecycle management (PLM, ALM & SLM), and service management solutions.

Dell has announced new and promoted partners to the Dell Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions Partner Program and winners of the “Connect What Matters” IoT Contest.

Infotecs, announced its participation in Security of Things World, 27-28th June 2016, in Berlin. Infotecs together with its partner cloudKleyer will present the ViPNet cyber security solutions encompassing Mobile, Cloud, Internet of Things and Industrial Security.

The market opportunity for industrial IoT (IIoT) has been widely forecast to be enormous due to the many advantages of enabling wireless connectivity of devices.

Data tracking unifier GateHouse Logistics has announced that it will showcase its ghTrack platform at the upcoming 3PL and Chief Supply Chain forum Europe being staged in Venlo, The Netherlands (10-12 October, 2016).

Products are getting smarter and more connected every day. Software and sensors are being embedded in everything from thermostats to cars, driving unprecedented innovation. 

IOActive, Inc., a provider of research-driven security services, has released the findings of the IOActive Internet of Things (IoT) Security Survey, completed by senior security professionals earlier this year.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that smartphone and tablet-based mobile point-of sale terminals will take on a significant role in businesses, handling 40% of all retail transaction value by 2021, up from an expected 12% in 2016.

GlobalPlatform, the association standardising the management of applications on secure chip technology, says it has ‘conservatively estimated’ that a total of 17.7 billion secure elements (SEs) based on GlobalPlatform specifications were deployed globally between 2010 and 2015.

Cisco and IBM have announced a global collaboration to provide “instant Internet of Things (IoT) insight at the edge of the network”.

Nokia launched its Open Innovation Challenge for the fourth year running, focusing now on the Internet of Things (IoT) for public safety, connected automotive, industry 4.0, digital health, utilities, security and smart cities.

Qualcomm Inc. announced at COMPUTEX 2016 that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is extending its QCA401x connectivity solutions with a new product.

SEAT, the Universitat Politècnica de Cataluña (UPC) and Volkswagen Group Research are kicking off CARNET –Cooperative Automotive Research Network–, the first major research and innovation hub to focus on the automotive field and urban mobility of the future of Barcelona.

If you believe the hype and optimistic predictions, the number of connected devices will be anywhere between 10 billion and 50 billion by 2020, with potential to generate up to $19 trillion of value.

The latest edition of the Ericsson, Mobility Report, published, reveals that the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018.

As it stands, factories are dumb – or at least far less intelligent than current technology could actually make them. The current industrial production is inflexible and too expensive and a root cause is supply chain invisibility.