The global state of smart cities – and how the UK compares

In recent years the global focus on smart cities and IoT has increased exponentially, with businesses, local authorities and major governments across the developed world considering what a smart city deployment might look like for them.

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New identity platform kills the password and ushers in ‘frictionless’ user experience, says ForgeRock

ForgeRock®, has released a new edition of the ForgeRock Identity Platform to enable organisations to orchestrate secure, frictionless user experiences using push authentication.

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Consumers slow to connect with IoT in the home

1.Two-thirds of UK consumers believe the Internet of Things (“IoT”) could make their lives better, according to the latest Deloitte Consumer Review;

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The benefits of an Open IoT ecosystem

Three leading Internet of Things (IoT) companies have demonstrated the first end-to-end IoT ecosystem designed with re-usable infrastructure and open industry standards for industrial and commercial applications at scale.

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Resin.io wins US$8m funding to accelerate growth of next generation IoT DevOps platform

Resin.io, has announced that it has secured $8 million in funding from DFJ, GE Ventures, and Ericsson. Resin.io was founded in 2013 with a mission to use linux containers and other open technologies to simplify the way developers build, deploy, and manage software for IoT devices.

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How the Cloud Makes the IoT Manageable

Security and Privacy Big cloud service providers are already thinking about how to bring the Internet of Things together on an enterprise scale. IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, and Samsung (they’re obsessed with the IoT) have all developed platforms to help businesses manage their Things.

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Most IT professionals ‘unaware’ of how to secure IoT devices on their networks, says ForeScout survey

ForeScout® Technologies, Inc. has announced the findings of its new “Enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) Survey”.

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Telekom Austria Group in first demo of NB-IoT in Austria at M2M/IoT CEE Forum

Digitalisation is making great strides forward through all sectors of industry and not even politics is exempt. M2M or the Internet of Things is already the fastest-growing area of business in telecommunications.

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Authentication, Authentication, Authentication!

With IDC predicting there will be 200 billion connected devices operating amongst us by 2020, the IoT is a digital revolution tipped to eclipse any of those that came before it.

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Icon Labs provides a guide to security requirements for classes of IoT devices and systems

Icon Labs has announced that this whitepaper for IoT Device Engineers and manufacturers is now available.

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What should businesses do to better protect themselves against security threats posed by IoT?

A recent report amongst IT decision makers revealed that security is currently the main barrier to IoT adoption by businesses. So how real are the threats and what do businesses need to do to combat them? Much attention to date has focused on security threats within the consumer landscape, as highlighted by the well-publicised Barbie doll hack,

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Addressing key IoT security concerns for manufacturers

The potential of the Internet of Things is no secret: Gartner predicts 20.8 billion things will be connected by 2020. Others say that number could be as high as 50 billion. But connecting technologies in new ways and deploying them in new cyber-physical environments creates countless new security threats.

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Telenor Connexion launches ARTS data analytics tool for actionable IoT insights

Telenor Connexion has announced the expansion of its IoT solutions offering with the release of its new Big Data Analytics tool: ARTS (Advanced Real-time troubleshooting ToolSet).

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RCH launches smart neighbourhood partnership led by HouseMark

Arqiva, Webthings and Flexeye has announced the launch of Smart Neighbourhood@Broomhill – a ground breaking demonstrator project with River Clyde Homes (RCH) and led by HouseMark.

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Ping! Buzz! Is it a new car photo or a customer alert? – Part 1

Fixing the broken enterprise messaging IoT signal-to-noise ratio The Internet of Things (IoT) offers a lot of potential for empowering employees and increasing business productivity – getting them the information they need, when they need it, in order to keep business moving, and to inform good decision-making.

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MultiTech’s MultiConnect mDot awarded LoRaWAN certification by LoRa Alliance

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. a global manufacturer of M2M and IoT devices, announced its MultiConnect® mDot™ a LoRaWAN™ ready, LPWAN RF module, is fully certified by the LoRa® Alliance.

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