Consumer video surveillance equipment in the smart home

The consumer and DIY video surveillance equipment market includes all equipment sold through in-store and online retail channels. In 2014, the global market size will top $1 billion USD for the first time with the US accounting for almost 65% of total revenue.

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ADTRAN FTTH solution to accelerate dynamic, on-demand services for the Internet of Things

ADTRAN®, Inc. has  announced an enhancement to its cloud and broadband access solutions to further focus on agile services delivery for both smart home and small business connectivity. Tapping the expertise of Axiros’ device management capabilities to its existing services management portfolio, ADTRAN is expanding its ability to automate and manage a broader range of premise-based devices

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Biometric payment for all: introducing connected devices for payment

Natural Security Alliance is pleased to  has announce the launch of two connected devices implementing the Natural Security standard. These devices have been developed for proximity payment projects to enable users to pay with a strictly personal device that was designed specifically for payment transactions and that delivers strong authentication without compromising security or personal data protection.

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Lantech™ range of high performance industrial managed Ethernet switches for rail and offshore marine applications now available from M.A.C. Solutions

A range of high performance industrial managed Ethernet switches that are certified for use in trackside and onboard rail, as well as offshore marine applications, are now available from Industrial Data Communication and M2M specialist M.A.C. Solutions (UK) LIMITED.

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On-line publication service added to Telit media mix

Telit Wireless Solutions, has announced the addition of an on-line information portal to the company’s Web site in order to provide a library of informed articles on the dynamic M2M communications marketplace. There will be a different topical focus each month, and new articles published on a weekly basis.

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Is an age of driverless cars really on our horizon?

Earlier this year, Cisco set out a number of predictions for “connectedness” in the automotive sector: Namely, it said the horizon for driverless cars is likely to be 5–7 years, as by then it will cost more for us to drive our cars than to let them drive us. Cisco also noted that traffic management

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mHealth regulation, security, and privacy Who’s responsibility is it?

Mobile mHealth devices present prolific opportunities across the board. However, it could be just a matter of time before a public data breach that rocks the industry – such as a massive identity theft or large-scale insurance fraud, reports Arif Mohamed for M2M Now.

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The IoT is more than Hype

The foundation of the Internet of Things is not new. Connected embedded systems have long been a key component of many mobile, enterprise, and industrial markets. Now, however, the combination of more pervasive connectivity with the evolution of contextual and real-time analytics is (re)defining the IoT market’s potential.

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Changing IoT security from an inhibitor to an enabler

Security often inhibits the sales process for embedded device OEMs. Customers don’t buy a product because it’s secure, they buy it because it does something they want it to do. From the customer’s point of view, as well as that of many salespeople, security is all downside risk that doesn’t contribute to the benefits of a product. However,

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How the Internet of Things is transforming the boardroom

As telecoms services have moved away from basic voice and data to become all-pervasive aids, supporting new ways of living and working, it’s increasingly important that the industry itself embraces and adapts to human challenges implicit in this technology revolution. In particular, it has to find ways to learn from the new generation of female pioneers in management and engineering

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NICC takes UK Telecoms into the next-generation

The UK’s technical forum for communications interoperability, NICC, brought together the industry’s for the NICC Open Forum. With 5G, IoT (Internet of Things), spectrum access, nuisance calls and CLI spoofing all hot topics on the agenda, NICC chairman, Sir John O’Reilly, welcomed delegates to address the evolving ecosystem at a time when the industry is

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Kamstrup wins major Cleantech prize

The key to the global environmental and climate change challenges lies to a large extent in finding new solutions and technologies for commonplace processes and products. The Cleantech prize ‘EY Entrepreneur Of The Year’ is thus given to a business that leads this development and marketing of products and services, thereby helping to reduce the

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European M2M specialist Maingate announces first UK connectivity deal

Maingate, has announced a new contract with Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD), marking their first connectivity deal in the UK.

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The Technology Paradox in digital health

Despite the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of digital health over the traditional analog services, we have seen significant barriers to adoption that have resulted in what I refer to as the Ten Paradoxes of Digital Health. This article will address the Technology Paradox.

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Next gen connectivity platform becomes an IoT ecosystem for enhanced service margins

Nigel Chadwick is chief executive of Stream Technologies, provider of state-ofthe- art, end-to-end wireless network services for connected devices, globally. The company has recently launched IoT-X, a next generation connectivity enablement platform. As Chadwick tells M2M Now, Stream’s IoT-X is enabling network operators and multi-national organisations via creation of a fast expanding, value enhancing and unique IoT ecosystem spanning

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Telenor Connexion and Bluefish Technologies announce joint solution for safeguarding networks

In order to meet the huge growth of IoT devices and IoT solutions springing up every day, Telenor Connexion and Bluefish Technologies have developed a SIM-based Network Safeguard Solution.

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