Big Data

Introduction CASE STUDY: Cities are centres for most of the economic activities creating approximately 80% of any country’s GDP, says Prajakt Deotale of Tech Mahindra Ltd. Cities’ activities can affect an area up to 300 times their own size – hence, the creation of sustainable, smarter cities is seen as a priority for most governments in

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has gathered interviews and specialist articles on the IoT and its technological, economic and social impact in its newly published “Internet of Things Executive Handbook 2016”.

Big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) are expected to add $450 billion (£322 billion) to the UK economy from 2015 to 2020. This is twice the size of the combined education,

Pioneers Ventures, a venture capital branch of Pioneers.io, is to invest €250,000 into Vienna-based smart parking start-up Parkbob.

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

When did we first start connecting things? A long time ago. Our ancestors were stringing together beads and shells around the time that language was invented.

Geotab, a telematics provider with more than 450,000 vehicles in 70 countries on its roster of users, has acquired one of its partners, Maps BI.

  Wi-NEXT®, the global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) edgeware hardware and software provider, has announced a partnership with IBM® for the delivery of predictive and quality analytics for manufacturers. The companies’ combined solution offers an advanced analytics platform that is especially useful in the fast-moving consumer goods and food service industries.

Late last year, I had the pleasure of being called for jury duty. During the proceedings, where the defendant was accused of armed robbery among other offences, the judge mentioned that there were actually two trials going on. For this one, a jury was being selected, but for the other one, the defendant opted for

The Islamic Azad University (IAU) is a private university system in Iran, and reportedly one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world. Now, the university is to create what it says is the first ever lab for Internet of Things (IoT) experiments in the Middle East & North

The year has got off to a good start. In the same week that Toyota unveiled plans for an IT infrastructure to support a global fleet of connected cars, ISIS showcased its latest driverless car bomb and North Korea set off an earthquake inducing Hydrogen bomb. Three events guaranteed to give the population the willies.

Ask an IT professional at any modern enterprise what new phenomenon both fills them with huge anticipation yet makes them quiver with fear, and their answers could be similar.

PTOLEMUS Consulting Group has released the 2016 edition of its usage-based insurance global study by offering a free, 125-page abstract. The document reveals the key findings of the 1,000-page telematics insurance market analysis.

Tumbling oil prices have held centre stage in the media this year with the barrel price dropping to an all-time low across North America and predictions showing no sign of any respite in 2016.

The contrast between proprietary and open source software is as old as the IT industry itself. Software in almost every category is available either from suppliers who develop and market their code by themselves or from developer communities who work with open code.

I remember reading an article where a number of Hollywood actors talked about how uneventful and boring love scenes were in movies. At first glance, the average person shakes their head….I mean, how bad can making out with Brad Pitt or Kate Upton be? Well, when you realise that dozens of people are watching, the