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Early IoT success relies on turning pain points into proof points – and then looking for a bigger opportunity
Jeff Miller is vice president of PTC’s IoT Transformation Advisory Practice. He and his team help companies maximise the value of their investments in IoT technologies and solutions through transformation strategy, business insight, monetisation and programme consulting services. Here, he tells George Malim, the managing editor of IoT Now, how organisations can construct attractive business cases
Read moreOne size doesn’t fit all – for business case flexibility you need security and connectivity choices
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to mature, organisations are looking to select enabling technologies, services and solutions to turn their business ideas into reality. Among the many fundamental capabilities required, connectivity and security are among the most visible as Richard Stamvik, managing ecosystem and partnerships at MultiTech, discusses in this interview with IoT
Read moreDude, where’s my car?
With live commercial consumer connected car offerings, called Telia Sense, in Sweden and Denmark, enabled by partner Springworks, Telia is making substantial commitments to IoT applications and services. Jens-Peter Meesenburg, the head of global IoT verticals at Telia, tells George Malim why it has targeted connected cars and how he sees the company developing further
Read moreIoT is still in early stages of development, say investors backing Wireless Innovation and Sabio
Lyceum Capital has been in the news lately. On 16 August, www.IoTGlobalNetwork.com reported that the company was an investor in customer contact specialist Sabio, which has amassed a €35 million warchest. CEO, Andy Roberts told the website exclusively what the company would spend it on. One week later, Lyceum was back in the headlines announcing
Read moreSelf-configuring, self-healing mesh networks meet meters’ signal propagation demands
As smart meter roll-outs continue across the globe, David Parker, a senior analyst at Beecham Research talks to Geoff Sarney, the senior vice president for global sales and marketing at CyanConnode to understand the challenges and different requirements large-scale smart meter rollouts place on technology providers.
Read moreContinuous innovation is at the core of development for the IoT vision
The summer break is behind us. With a rested mind, we want to reflect on the status of the Internet of Things (IoT). There are many factors affecting the market place. On the technological side, continuous developments excite supply and demand: the return of relevance of connectivity forms with LPWAN and 5G, the evolution and
Read moreOpenness and security can go hand-in-hand to support IIoT
As organisations grapple with the complexities of securing industrial internet of things (IIoT) applications across multiple bearers, Robert Jones, vice president of Product and Sales at Netsnapper and Dan Caton, the partner manager at Wireless Logic Group, explain how new approaches can achieve both high security and the openness needed for IIoT to flourish.
Read moreConnectivity and infrastructure platform means customers feel like they own their own connectivity
Robin Duke-Woolley, the founder and chief executive of Beecham Research interviews Oliver Tucker the chief executive of Wireless Logic to learn more about how customers can receive the experience of owning their own connectivity to support their IoT applications.
Read moreTelit has IoT in its DNA so it can support organisations in their digital transformations
Yosi Fait is the interim chief executive of Telit, having previously served as the president and chief financial officer of Telit. He began his career as an accountant with Ernst & Young Israel before serving as chief financial officer of Pelephone, the first cellular operator in Israel. In addition, he has CEO experience at Alony
Read moreIoT relies on five key attributes to ensure a secure foundation for services to run over
Security in IoT is a process that relies on continuous security across five key dimensions of an IoT service. These five attributes are Secure Boot, Secure Firmware over the Air, Secure Physical Interface and APIs, Secure Physical Transport Layer and Robustness. Here, Mats Andersson, the senior director of technology for short range wireless at u-blox,
Read moreLPWA addresses power consumption and cost of service barriers to IoT-enabling smart city devices
As organisations begin to roll-out low power radio (LoRa) and low power wide area (LPWA) connectivity, Michele Mackenzie, a principal analyst at Analysys Mason, interviews Sara Brown, the senior director of marketing at MultiTech, to learn more about how the technologies are being applied to smart city deployments.
Read moreIoT platforms can expose the data needed to augment realities and generate real value for industrial enterprises
Mike Campbell is the general manager of the ThingWorx business at PTC. The company has recently launched ThingWorx 8, which is a purpose-built platform for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) that enables you to quickly build and deploy new apps and augmented reality (AR) experiences.
Read moreFirms want operational effectiveness as technical and business model flexibility from their IoT providers
Andrew Brown, the executive director of Enterprise and IoT Research at Strategy Analytics, recently spoke with Rami Avidan, the chief executive of Tele2 IoT, to discuss what Tele2 is doing in IoT and how it is addressing the needs of customers, not just in terms of connectivity, but in bringing complete IoT deployments to fruition.
Read moreVodafone is aiming to be the Android of mobile IoT
Tom Rebbeck, the research director for the Enterprise and IoT research practice at Analysys Mason, spoke to Erik Brenneis, the chief executive of Vodafone Global Enterprise, about Vodafone’s NB-IoT networks, developer tools and smart city projects.
Read moreThe fragmented smart city market needs providers who can offer end-to-end solutions
Tom Rebbeck, research director at Analysys Mason caught up with Nicolas Chalvin, the vice president of enterprise IoT ecosystem marketing at Gemalto, to discuss Gemalto’s approach to the smart city.
Read moreConnected cars are prepared to play their part in a wider ecosystem of federated data and apps
Rakesh Kushwaha is the head of the IoT Product Unit within Nokia’s Applications and Analytics business group. Here he tells George Malim how he sees the connected cars ecosystem developing as the market moves on from retrofitting point solutions to traditional vehicles using long-established technologies to one where many services utilise the same, flexible platform
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