SAP – accelerating adoption of the IoT vision

Business software giant SAP is moving fast to help its customers tackle the challenges they face in addressing the Internet of Things. But what is the modus operandi of SAP and how does it see the IoT market developing?

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IoT Tech Expo announces 2016 World Series with Germany and North America dates confirmed

The IoT Tech Expo, a series of Internet of Things (IoT) conferences and exhibitions, has announced its 2016 world series with events and dates confirmed in Berlin and San Francisco for 13-14 June and 20-21 October respectively.

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GlobalPlatform updates NFC UICC configuration to align with latest GSMA specifications

GlobalPlatform has confirmed that it has extended the scope of its UICC Configuration to incorporate additional requirements from the telecom industry. GlobalPlatform worked closely with the GSMA to integrate new use cases for the deployment and management of contactless services on NFC-enabled devices from the GSMA NFC UICC Test Book.

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Cisco’s US$1.4bn acquisition of Jasper shows determination to gain a stronghold in IoT

San Jose, CA, USA. February 3, 2016 – Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced its intention to acquire Jasper Technologies, Inc., a privately-held company based in Santa Clara. Jasper delivers a cloud-based IoT service platform to help enterprises and service providers launch, manage and monetise Internet of Things services globally.

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The future of IoT, as told by those driving the revolution – Part 1

Internationally renowned Smart IoT speakers share their views of the industry ahead of what is claimed to be the world’s largest IoT event.

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KORE redefines device segmentation, increases control for enterprises and IoT resellers

KORE, the managed wireless network services provider specialising in Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced it has enabled a new hierarchical account structure functionality in PRiSMProTM.

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Enterprise IoT: Two disparate worlds unified in the Cloud – Pt 1

Applications are created and deployed in OT domains. They operate in IT domains, alongside or incorporated in mainstream business processes like ERP. Seamless integration between these disparate worlds is a mandatory IoT requirement.

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Low latency, high performance video processing circuit block built by Renesas for autonomous driving

Renesas Electronics, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the development of a new video processing circuit block for use in automotive computing system-on-chips (SoCs) in future autonomous vehicles.

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SMiD Cloud launches SMiD Pro cloud privacy solution

SMiD Cloud, the makers of cloud privacy device SMiD Pro are bringing the market the first, plug & play solution that gives users total control over the privacy of their cloud-stored files, photos, videos, legal documents, blueprints, contracts and anything else they entrust to cloud providers.

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A Cambrian explosion in IoT evolution

Studying the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have theorised an event called the Cambrian explosion. During a relatively short period, the diversity of animal life seems to have rapidly increased from predominately single-cell organisms to a much wider variety of complex organisms.

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This is the year to focus on the services delivered by connected ‘Things’

A fundamental change happens to businesses when they enter the world of the Internet of Things: they transform from being a product business (manufacturing and selling an item) into a connected-service business.

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Telemetry radio receiver aims to combine ‘always-on’ convenience with long battery life

Low power radio provider, Radiometrix, said that it has delivered a boost for designers of solar or battery-powered telemetry systems with a new high-sensitivity narrow band receiver that can be kept “always on” without drawing excessive power.

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BlackRidge Technology, Alliance Technology, SentryWire and Zentera Systems partner to offer next-gen cloud ecosystem solutions

BlackRidge Technology, Zentera Systems, Inc. SentryWire, and Alliance Technology Group jointly announced a collaboration to deliver secure hybrid networking solutions for the next-generation cloud ecosystem.

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New York Waterway ferries ‘run safer and smarter’ with Hitachi Visualisation

Transportation systems stand to benefit significantly from mobile optimisation and digitalisation, placing them squarely among the frontline use cases for smart cities.

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How to select the optimum service type for the smart home

One of the most daunting tasks for any platform or device vendor in the smart home market is identifying which type of company offers the best opportunity for long-term success – security providers, multiple service operators (MSOs), smart home specialists, do-it-yourself (DIY) smart-home systems or utilities.

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What’s going to be on show in Barcelona?

A number of trends will be visible at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. Here Dr Kevin Curran of Ulster University, describes some of the features.

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