Want to know how noisy it is in Helsinki, the air quality in Santander (Spain), or how many people are walking down Portland Street in Manchester? Perhaps not, unless you live in, or have a particular interest in, one of those cities, but the fact that such data is on offer and readily available shows […]
Smart cities and the gold coin
As cities and councils create new smart city applications, data will play THE key role in realising success. While the infrastructure will serve as the engine, data sharing platforms will act as the fuel for building new applications across city resources and residents’ needs. Now, you may be a bit fed up with half-baked […]
Bring your own IoT device, a repeat of history
Remember when there was much media coverage, analyst commentary and corporate angst around bring your own device (BYOD): employees wanting to use their own smartphones, laptops, notepads into the corporate IT environment? There was much debate about the pros, cons and risks of doing so, and widespread opposition. In September 2011 I reported “A […]
Smart city data: it’s good to share, and ETSI’s helping
ETSI issued a rather enigmatic and acronym-laden press release last week that had some important things to say about data sharing in smart cities. It opened by saying: “The ETSI Industry Specification Group for cross-cutting Context Information Management (ISG CIM) has just released its main specification GS CIM 009 for NGSI-LD API, particularly targeting smart city applications […]
Are we that smart
I had a lot of feedback to the blog on Smart Economies, which surprised me. I’d imagined everyone was on holiday. Anyway, thank you for the calls and emails (you know who you are). I’d promised to reply, so I’m going to use this blog to do so. Some of the comments were along the […]
What to expect in IoT in 2019
AT&T’s president of IoT Solutions, sets out AT&T’s view on IoT trends and developments we can expect to see in 2019. The first mainstream self-driving ‘things’ likely won’t be cars Tractors and farm equipment, heavy machinery for things like mining, drones, and robots will lead the first wave of automation. While self-driving cars may eventually […]
Do we have a smart economy?
Happy New Year! And welcome back! While January 1st is just the previous day in time plus one, a lot of folk use this time to reflect on the past year and plan for the year forward. It’s one of the few times we allow ourselves the luxury of thinking beyond the next month, or […]
A dumb way to make a smart device
If you want a classic example of what’s wrong with the approach to IoT security being taken by manufacturers of consumer devices, look no further than the Balboa hot tub. There’s no end of stories about consumer devices being produced with communications capabilities and little or no access protection. Many of these – such as […]
What’s on the IoT threat horizon in 2019?
‘Tis the season for predictions, and the IT security industry has been particularly prolific: a number of the major vendors have come out with their thoughts on what we can expect in cyber crime and cyber crime prevention in 2019. Not surprisingly, IoT loomed large in their forecasts. Not surprisingly the news was, mostly, not […]
Where exactly is ‘The Edge’?
As we’ve reported several times recently, edge computing is tipped to be big, driven largely by the demands of IoT. And it seems every vendor is jumping on the edge computing bandwagon. In June this year Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announcing plans to invest $US4 billion in intelligent edge technologies and services over the […]
