KORE empowers national retailer’s digital transformation with 5G connectivity

 KORE, has announced its collaboration with a national retailer to catalyse its digital change. By delivering advanced 5G connectivity, KORE is driving a nationwide shift towards digital-first retail, from security systems to customer experiences. KORE’s 5G solutions and services, including failover options, provide link for these retailers to reimagine inventory management, business operations, and customer service.

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G+D Mobile Security and IDnow GmbH partner to develop AI-driven biometric and security technologie

G+D Mobile Security and IDnow GmbH have partnered to develop AI-driven biometric and security technologies. A first result of this co-operation is the development of a fully automatic remote identification solution for international markets.

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Microsemi’s SyncServer S80 wins Security Industry Association’s network support solutions award at ISC West New Product Showcase

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced it is the recipient of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) award for its network-ready, highly accurate and secure SyncServer S80 server.

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Newly released mesh network performance results from Silicon Labs clarify IoT connectivity options

Silicon Labs has released the industry’s first comprehensive network performance results based on large-scale, multicast testing of Zigbee®, Thread and Bluetooth® mesh software. Each mesh networking protocol presents unique characteristics and advantages, depending on the use case and end application.

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HUBER+SUHNER to unveil high-speed extension to its Test+Measurement portfolio at DesignCon 2018

HUBER+SUHNER, the manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity products, is set to present its latest solutions for digital system testing at this year’s DesignCon exhibition in Santa Clara.

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China Telecom, State Grid, and Huawei join forces on 5G network slicing for smart grids

China Telecom, China’s State Grid, and Huawei have jointly released a report entitled 5G Network Slicing Enabling Smart Grid which details results of their 5G network slicing project, a major national initiative in China.

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Symantec selects Amazon Web Services to deliver cloud security to global customers

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that Symantec has chosen AWS as its strategic infrastructure provider for the vast majority of its cloud workloads, leveraging AWS’s infrastructure scale and maturity to deliver cloud security to its global customers.

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Utilities look to RF Mesh to address network optimisation for next-generation distribution grid

Utilities will rely heavily on RF mesh networks as a key communication technology, according to new research commissioned by Silver Spring Networks, Inc. and conducted by Zpryme. The research measured communication network priorities for next-generation distribution grid optimisation for 350 utilities across the globe.

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New Quick Start Solution from MapR accelerates deep learning application deployments

MapR Technologies, provider of the Converged Data Platform that enables organisations to create intelligent applications that fully integrate analytics with operational processes in real time, announced at Strata London a new Quick Start Solution (QSS) focusing on deep learning applications.

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Supporting IoT services on 5G network slices through Service Quality Management – Part 2

High speed, high reliability and low latency are the key benefits that CSPs expect from 5G. While high speed (targeted at 20 Gbps) helps to upload and download video-based content faster and in larger volumes, high reliability (always 100%) supports mission-critical services especially in the IoT world.

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Supporting IoT services on 5G network slices through Service Quality Management – Part 1

High speed, high reliability and low latency are the key benefits that CSPs expect from 5G. While high speed (targeted at 20 Gbps) helps to upload and download video-based content faster and in larger volumes, high reliability (always 100%) supports mission-critical services especially in the IoT world. Here is the Part 1 of the article.

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Connectivity assurance for the IoT service provider

The success of IoT is dependent on two key elements of the IoT ecosystem: performance of the things (sensored devices) and performance of the networks that connect them. The latter offers a greater risk to the Service Provider, as the devices often are required to have very reliable and high quality

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Wind River unveils on-premise cloud infrastructure designed to advance Industrial IoT

Wind River®, a global provider of software for the Internet of Things (IoT), has released a new software virtualisation platform enabling critical infrastructure companies to cost-effectively evolve aging legacy control systems not previously designed to support the connected nature of IoT.

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The Internet of Energy has much to gain from embedded SIM, says Beecham Research

New embedded SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) technology could play a major role in accelerating the development and adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) applications in the energy sector such as smart metering, demand response,

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