ABB invests in edge-to-cloud platform provider Pratexo

ABB is investing in a partnership with Pratexo, an edge-to-cloud acceleration platform company. The partnership involves a minority investment in Pratexo through ABB’s venture capital unit, ABB Technology Ventures (ATV). Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

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Heavy vehicle charging points in Europe, North America to reach 768,000 by 2030, says Berg Insight

Berg Insight just released new findings about the market for heavy electric commercial vehicle charging infrastructure in Europe and North America. The total number of connected charging points in Europe is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 67% from 6,400 in 2022 to 390,000 by the end of 2030.

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ABB, China Telecom unveil joint digitalisation, industrial IoT lab

ABB and China Telecom unveil a joint digitalisation and industrial IoT laboratory in Hangzhou, China. The collaboration between ABB Measurement & Analytics China Technology Centre and China Telecom’s Internet of Things subsidiary E Surfing IoT will focus on developing end-to-end industrial IoT solutions for industrial companies based in China.

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Eurotech announces a new secure edge AI portfolio complying with IEC62443 cybersecurity standard

Eurotech, a multinational company for edge computers and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has announces its new edge servers with scalable, cybersecurity certified AI capabilities.

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Industry needs drive a thirst for new IoT solutions 

The annual IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona recently took place, and Antony Savvas was there for IoT Now to find out how industry movers and shakers were tackling challenges around connectivity, building partner ecosystems, sustainability and evolving standards. 

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ABB aims to help reduce world energy use with IoT

Global engineering group ABB is using the Internet of Things (IoT) to try and help reduce the world’s energy consumption. An industry target of 10% reduction will not all come from IoT, reports Antony Savvas, but the company believes IoT will be paramount in finding opportunities for savings.

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Red Hat introduces lightweight Kubernetes to power the evolution of open edge computing

Red Hat, Inc., the provider of open source solutions, has introduced Red Hat Device Edge, a solution for flexibly deploying traditional or containerised workloads on small devices such as robots, IoT gateways, points of sale, public transport and more. Red Hat Device Edge delivers an enterprise-ready and supported distribution of the Red Hat-led open source community

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ABB partners with Samotics to expand condition monitoring services with electrical signature analysis

Leiden, Netherlands. 22 September 2022 – Engineering and technology company, ABB and Samotics, a provider of electrical signature analysis (ESA) technology based in the Netherlands, have entered a strategic long-term partnership. The aim is to provide enhanced condition monitoring services. They will deploy each company’s capabilities to deliver insight into machine health and energy efficiency. As a

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2022 will see a $4.6bn global spend on industrial digital twins, says ABI

In its new whitepaper, 70 Technology Trends That Will—and Will Not—Shape 2022, ABI Research analysts identify 35 trends that will shape the technology market and 35 others that, although attracting huge amounts of speculation and commentary, are less likely to move the needle over the next twelve months.

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ABB information systems selects Google Cloud to expand its cloud footprint

Google Cloud announced it has been selected by ABB to further expand the cloud footprint of its Information System (IS) services. The Swiss headquartered global technology provider has chosen Google Cloud as part of the organisation’s ‘Rationalising IT Operations’ (code named: Program RIO) initiative, which seeks to further increase the scalability and resilience of its

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Power generation in Russia: IoT predictive analytics saves lives not just profits

In western Europe you may think of security of power supply in terms of keeping the regulator happy and avoiding fines. In the extreme cold of Russia and Kazakhstan says Jeremy Cowan, the focus is on saving lives by avoiding unexpected shutdowns in power generation. 

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Iotic raises €7.5mn to drive growth of digital twin technology used by Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Bam Nuttall

Cambridge-based Iotic has secured investment of €7.5 million (UK£6.5 million) to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its pioneering digital twin technology.

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IoTSWC aims to take connectivity to ‘next level’, including IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain

Digitalisation is making a relentless headway and transforming all kinds of industries and economic sectors, as a result of which many companies are assessing the most suitable technologies to invest in.

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Ted Schönbeck from Google cloud inaugurates Embedded Conference Scandinavia 2019

It has now been confirmed that Ted Schönbeck, head of Cloud Technology at Google Cloud, will inaugurate ECS 2019 which takes place November 5-6 at Kistamässan in Stockholm. He will also hold the keynote presentation ”AI – from hype to reality”.

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Increasing penetration of IoT-based devices boosts popularity of location-based ambient intelligence, says TMR

According to a new market report the global location-based ambient intelligence market is projected to reach a value of approximately US$497 billion by 2027. According to Transparency Market Research, the market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 21% from 2019 to 2027.

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Smart factory market to cross US$155 bn by 2025

Global Smart Factory Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $75 billion (€66 billion) to over $155 billion (€138 billion) by 2025; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.

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