Survey: What do consumers expect of their connected life in 2025?

The next ten years promise huge developments in technology and the connected world. The Internet of Things will be larger, mobile networks stronger and more far-reaching, and devices smarter and more powerful. 

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scriptr.io raises US$4m in Series A funding for platform connecting devices to the cloud

scriptr.io, the cloud platform for IoT solutions, has raised US$4 million in Series A funding led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), Berytech Fund, and Insure & Match Capital (IM).

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Icon Labs claims first ever embedded protection for IoT devices that connect via Modbus protocol

Icon Labs, a provider of embedded networking and security technology, has released its Floodgate Modbus Protocol Filtering product.

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The tortoise and the hare of IoT

The UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser recently highlighted the opportunities IoT brings to the public sector: “The UK is well placed to be amongst the emerging world leaders reaping the benefits from the Internet of Things.”

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NEC and UK’s Bristol Is Open agree long-term partnership to develop the open programmable city

NEC Corporation has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Bristol Is Open, an ambitious smart city initiative in the UK.

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FIME enhances GlobalPlatform test portfolio to include GSMA embedded UICC products

FIME’s laboratory and global test tool is one of the first to be qualified by GlobalPlatform to verify that embedded UICC (eUICC) products meet the functional requirements outlined in the GSMA Remote Provisioning Architecture for Embedded UICC, Technical Specification.

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Ease of Use and Mobile First are at the heart of Digi’s new M2M strategy

With IoT Now granted sole access to Digi’s normally closed customer conference, we ask the CEO and COO their strategy for growing an M2M hardware provider. In Part 2 of Jeremy Cowan’s report the new emphasis is on service and scalability.

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Managing the Internet of Everything

From smart buildings to intelligent production lines, organisations are rapidly adopting Internet connected devices to improve performance, reduce costs and transform customer experience. However, many of these Internet of Everything (IoE) implementations remain outside the corporate network – creating serious security concerns and constraining decision making.

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Lighting integration will make smart cities a success

Smart cities are not a trend, they are necessary. Local authorities around the world are investing in connected technology to build the cities of the future, but while recent innovations are fuelling growth in this area, it is not a luxury.

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Digi-Key gives its customers access to Aeris Neo platform to ease purchasing and connectivity

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Electronics, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, and Aeris, that works in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, has announced the availability of cellular connectivity through Neo SIM cards along with an innovative self-service portal designed for connectivity management.

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TA Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd becomes GlobalPlatform Observer Member

GlobalPlatform has welcomed TA Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as its latest Observer Member. Based in China, TA Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. provides third-party testing and evaluation services.

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What a difference a year makes as Digi CEO remodels business, divests and buys to boost profits

To describe 2015 as a watershed year for Digi International is almost selling it short. A fire wiped out much of its Thai-based production capacity, the company appointed a new CEO and re-structured its management team, it sold a major business unit, acquired a new company, and re-vitalised its finances.

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MicroEJ to introduce Operating System for IoT at Embedded World show in Nuremberg

MicroEJ will unveil the latest version of its MicroEJ Operating System (OS), at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany (February 23-24, 2016).

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IPETRONIK offers new four-channel analogue measuring module with sensor supply and sampling rates up to 100kHz

IPETRONIK has extends its measuring module family of the Mx- and Sx-series with the Mx-SENS2 4, a X-LINK module for voltage measurements of up to ±100 V and ICP measurements.

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Spirent and Oasis partner as they aim to accelerate IoT connected devices

Spirent Communications plc, a provider of device intelligence solutions, and Oasis Smart SIM, a global Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) connectivity and management provider, have announced a strategic partnership.

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MultiTech’s IoT gateway uses LoRa to share data at WaterBit’s

MultiTech Systems, Inc., a global manufacturer of M2M and IoT devices, has launched a field trial with WaterBit, Inc. an agricultural services provider based in Sunnyvale, California.

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