27 June, 2017

IoT success in India means focusing on the long tail which demands a vibrant partner ecosystem

Juergen Hase is the chief executive of Unlimit, the dedicated IoT business unit established by India’s Reliance Group. Hase is a telecoms industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, ten of which have been in IoT. Here, he tells Rickard Andersson, an analyst at research firm, Berg Insight, about the company’s aims and its capabilities in providing IoT solutions for enterprises. (more…)

12 June, 2017

Skip the scary stories and focus on what you need to secure in manufacturing IoT

Security issues in the connected and PC-dominated world are nothing new. With thousands of IoT devices connected every year, companies and security providers have increased their  understanding of how to deal with new threats. (more…)

25 May, 2017

The tech is here, it’s the value chain for virtualised systems that’s challenging for industrial automation

As industrial organisations assess and prepare to deploy IoT systems, many of the concerns about the technology, including the performance, scalability and security, are being addressed by technical innovation. However, the business model for vendors and the new value chain that is required to support virtualised technical approaches to mature industrial processes is proving harder to address.

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23 May, 2017

IoT platforms must accommodate organisations’ needs to operate them at multiple levels

Different organisations require different functionality from IoT platforms in order to operate their services effectively. IoT platforms therefore must be able to operate at a variety of levels in order to satisfy market and end user demands, Mobeen Khan, the associate vice president for IoT Solutions at AT&T, tells Robin Duke-Woolley, the founder and chief executive of Beecham Research

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16 May, 2017

IoT needs security by design… not as an afterthought

Syed Hosain is the chief technology officer of Aeris, a technology provider and a cellular network operator that delivers comprehensive IoT and M2M services to leading brands. As IoT matures and scales up, it’s clear that the security issues that afflict the wider internet are also present in IoT but they are also accompanied by numerous device, hardware, software and application weaknesses that are specific to IoT apps and services.

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16 May, 2017

Customers want a horizontal network platform for multiple use cases instead of dedicated connectivity for vertical silos

Matt Bacon is marketing and communications director at Actility. Here he discusses with Rickard Andersson, an analyst at research firm, Berg Insight, which industries are set to be transformed by the industrial IoT (IIoT) and the mainstream arrival of low power wireless network technologies.

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15 May, 2017

Discovering IMPACT, the Nokia horizontal IoT platform

The IoT platform landscape is among the most dynamic and rich areas in the IoT community. Here, Saverio Romeo, the principal analyst at Beecham Research, interviews Marc Jadoul, the market development director for Internet of Things at Nokia to learn about the company’s view on the IoT and its IMPACT (Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things) (more…)

27 March, 2017

Open architecture and data and services federation required to achieve the true potential of the IoT

Jim Nolan is the executive vice president for IoT Solutions at InterDigital. Here, he shares his views on the company’s IoT solutions and ambitions for growth with Emil Berthelsen, the principal analyst at Machina Research (more…)

22 February, 2017

Beyond the hype IoT is creating transformative new apps, services and experiences

Oliver Tucker is the chief executive and co-founder of Wireless Logic, the provider of M2M/IoT managed services across mobile, satellite, low power wireless networks and fixed lines. Established in 2000 with Philip Cole, the company can overlay a private, secure network across global mobile networks to give customers access to an otherwise high cost and complex platform. (more…)

20 February, 2017

Operational excellence that addresses scalability and security provides the platform for IoT differentiation

Frank Ploumen, is the chief technology officer for IoT platforms and applications at Nokia. Here, he tells George Malim, that among the many challenges facing the further development of the Internet of Things (IoT), technology is no longer the greatest. Technology and connectivity choices in particular still play a critical role – and important work remains to be done – but it is taking a more comprehensive approach to enabling profitable business models and achieving operational excellence that is now at the top of organisations’ minds (more…)

17 February, 2017

Welcome to the era of the super (virtual) network operator

Nigel Chadwick is the chief executive of Stream Technologies, which provides its IoT-X platform to companies across the IoT. Here, Chadwick tells IoT Now that, as IoT applications and services proliferate and enter the mainstream, organisations are looking for platforms with the capabilities of IoT-X to enable them to have the widest possible choice of connectivity providers while also supplying the tools they need to manage, operate and charge for service effectively. It’s an exciting time, says Chadwick, as market growth is poised to explode (more…)

13 February, 2017

Acquisitions won’t stop as KORE expands to provide software and services

Alexander Bufalino joined KORE in October 2016 as senior vice president of international sales and marketing. Here, he tells IoT Now that, following the acquisition of Wyless, the company is addressing customers’ needs for global services and preparing to widen its offering to include software and services in addition to connectivity.  (more…)

16 January, 2017

Specific apps need LTE chipsets optimised for IoT

Eran Eshed is the vice president of worldwide marketing and sales at Altair Semiconductor. Here, he tells Christopher Taylor, the director of analyst firm Strategy Analytics’ RF and Wireless Components advisory service, how the company is progressing following its acquisition by Sony earlier in the year and how he views the prospects for single-mode LTE (more…)

09 January, 2017

Nokia makes impact in IoT with new platform offering

Michele Mackenzie, principal analyst at Analysys Mason, talks to Jason Collins, the vice president of Internet of Things marketing at Nokia, to discuss the company’s approach to IoT from technology to ecosystem and business models (more…)

05 January, 2017

How SAP helps telcos deliver value in connected cars, smart cities and healthcare

Stephan Gatien, the general manager for the Telecommunications Business at SAP, talked to Tom Rebbeck, the research director at Analysys Mason, about SAP’s approach to IoT and how it is trying to help telecoms operators grow their IoT business (more…)