CAT-M1 vs NB-IoT – examining the real differences

As industry players look to provide the next generation of IoT connectivity, two different standards have emerged under release 13 of 3GPP – CAT-M1 and NB-IoT.

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Breaking down bridges, bridging the gap

In his Autumn 2017 budget, Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced the Government would invest £84 million (€95.29 million) to train new GCSE teachers for computer science. He also said the government will work with industry to create a National Computing Centre.

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Predicting the future

The fourth industrial revolution is well underway and as state-of-the-art technology drops in price, many more industries are benefiting from smart factories. As a recent PwC survey found 72% of companies expect to achieve advanced levels of digitisation by 2020, the reach of these technologies is only set to increase in 2018.

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Minding the Gap: Serious progress towards bridging the IoT ‘chasm’ – Part 2

For both developers and network providers, the road to the Internet of Things (IoT) has meant stepping into the unknown, but purpose-built test tools and services are now lighting the way, according to Stephen Douglas Solutions & Technical Strategy lead, Internet of Things, Spirent Communications.

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NEC Iberica launches Cloud and IoT platform to automate smart city management and control

NEC Iberica, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Europe, launched a new version of its smart city product offering, the Cloud City Operation Centre (CCOC).

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Getting ready for IoT monitoring

IoT devices, networks and services need extensive monitoring. Hundreds of thousands of devices are being added daily to the IoT ecosystem, connected to each other and the cloud through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular and fixed networks.

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GoPro’s slide underscores that IoT isn’t about the ‘Things’

In the Internet of Things (IoT) there is a single critical point: To make money, don’t look to the margin earned from selling your device. Turn instead to the potential for paid and perpetual recurring services that are “unlocked” by your device as the surer bet for long-term monetisation success. In other words, succeeding in

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Manufacturing moves from tech silos to synchronised factories to demand-driven factory of the future

Production has stopped and no one is scurrying around to take care of the flashing red lights. An event that at one time would have caused serious downtime is now only a blip, thanks to the evolution of manufacturing technology.

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Locatible launches next gen location and big data-enabled warehouses

Locatible, has developed new location tracking technology for large warehouses, working closely with customers in North America.

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Fixing the broken enterprise messaging IoT signal-to-noise ratio – Part 2

IoT comes to the enterprise: An agent of change for better business communications Here’s what I think we need, says David Gurle of Symphony: Communications platforms designed, from the ground up, to filter and prioritise messages.

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Blue Telecom Consulting becomes Tele2 partner in IoT, provides its M2M Active Monitoring System

Blue Telecom Consulting (BlueTC®) is to provide its M2M Active Monitoring System to Tele2 Sverige AB (Tele2). The main interest of the operator of Swedish origin lies in the system’s ability to passively and actively monitor key performance indicators in its own or third party roaming networks.

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Graphmasters use Splunk data to help German drivers find the best route through traffic

London, UK. January 6, 2016 – Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of a software platform for real-time operational intelligence, has announced that Graphmasters, the company behind the Nunav navigation app, is using Splunk® Enterprise to drive value from the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Predictive and prescriptive analytics aim to transform operational data into actionable information

Savi®, a company specialising in sensor technology and sensor analytics solutions that create operational intelligence from the Internet of Things, has announced that new predictive and prescriptive analytics-based scenarios have been added to Savi Insight™ to uncover previously undetected operational and supply chain patterns.

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