Sierra Wireless reports mass production of industry’s first Ready-to-Connect cellular modules

Sierra Wireless, a provider of integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced its award-winning Ready-to-Connect solutions are in mass production.

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Alibaba and Xiaomi join new Bluetooth SIG Smart Home Subgroup to boost mesh networking

In response to growing adoption of Bluetooth mesh networking in smart home solutions, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has formed a new Smart Home Subgroup.

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How IoT-enhanced warehouses are changing the supply chain management – Part 3

IoT-based warehouse management, like any other emerging technology, also comes with a few challenges/drawbacks of its own. This is why, despite all the advantages and acceptance by the likes of Amazon, Ocado, and Alibaba, many 3PL companies are still hesitant to adopt this technology,

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Sphera buys Petrotechnics to enhance end-to-end operational risk solution

Sphera, said to be the largest global provider of integrated risk management software and information services with a focus on Operational Risk, Environmental Health & Safety and Product Stewardship, has acquired Petrotechnics. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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G.hn technology is expanding into new markets, says HomeGrid Forum at CES

The demand for smart cities across the world has led the HomeGrid Forum to expand its work for 2019 into smart grids, Internet of Things (IoT), connected cars, and Visible Light Communication (VLC).

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Growing virtual personal assistant market expands significantly into new vehicles, says IHS Markit

Siri and other virtual personal assistants (VPAs) are the latest conveniences to gain popularity and use in today’s vehicles. Nearly 700 million of these software platforms will be enabled in vehicles – whether embedded, through mobile devices or via connection via home devices – by 2024,

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How IoT-enhanced warehouses are changing the supply chain management – Part 1

The Internet of Things (IoT) is at the heart of rapid development in all sections of the global economy. Supply chain management and the warehousing industry are no exceptions to this growing trend. The proliferation of IoT has already started changing the picture for the better. Still, adoption of this technology is moving at snail’s

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Valeo to unveil telematics platform equipped with Autotalks’ Global V2X at CES in Vegas

Valeo and Autotalks, a provider of V2X (Vehicle to Everything) communication solutions, is displaying global V2X capabilities integrated in a telematics platform at the CES 2019 event in Las Vegas next week.

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‘Raptor’ SMD antenna from Antenova claimed to pinpoint a location within centimetres

Antenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), has developed a new SMD positioning antenna.

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Nordic Semiconductor deploys CEVA DSP in low power cellular IoT SoC for multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT communications

CEVA Inc., a licensor of signal processing platforms and Artificial Intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, reports that Nordic Semiconductor has licensed and deployed CEVA DSP technology.

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Water utilities forecast to propel growth with global smart meter revenue to reach US$14bn by 2026

Water and gas meter shipments will see double-digit revenue growth over the next five years. If this market forecast comes true it will be welcome news in a market where smart electricity shipments are contracting and greatly slowing growth of overall revenues across the entire metering segment.

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Speciality Products Experience Lab for structured cabling set up in India by Sterlite Tech

Sterlite Tech, a global data network solutions company, has established a Speciality Products Experience Lab (SPEL) in Silvassa, to focus on end-to-end connectivity architecture solutions for global telcos, ISPs, cloud companies and data centres.

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Peraso to demonstrate 10Gb/s 802.11ad wireless networking at CES 2019

Peraso Technologies Inc., a provider in the development of mmWave technology and Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) chipsets, announced the availability of it’s EVK-W130-AP4 10 Gb/s 802.11ad networking platform,

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Software as a Service company selects Zayo for colocation

A global Software as a Service (SaaS) company has selected Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. for data centre colocation. Zayo will provide expanded colocation space in a Midwestern data centre.

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NEC acquires Danish IT company, KMD

NEC Corporation announced the acquisition of KMD Holding ApS, the holding company of KMD A/S , the Danish IT company. NEC is acquiring KMD for approximately 8 billion Danish Kroner (DKK) from Advent International,

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Huawei releases an AI fabric white paper, helping to build an intelligent and lossless data centre network

Huawei released AI Fabric, Intelligent and Lossless Data Centre Network in the AI Era. The white paper presents the urgency and necessity of building an intelligent and lossless data centre network by seizing AI opportunities to monetise data value.

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