Australian IT services provider, Empired as been named winner of Microsoft Australia’s Business Insights and Data award, at its annual partner conference, for its IoT project based on the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite, for Adelaide –based convenience store operator, Peregrine Corporation. Peregrine operates more than 260 stores across Australia under the On The Run, Smokemart […]
Buddy debuts heavy-duty Parse mobile backend-as-a-service
ASX-listed IoT company, Buddy Platform (ASX: BUD) has launched as a public beta, its version of Parse, a mobile application backend-as-a-service. Buddy Parse is a hosted version of Parse that Buddy says it believes to be “the closest possible Parse implementation to the Facebook-hosted original.” Parse was developed by the company of the same in […]
IoT players form alliance to promote Hypercat IoT standard
A group of Australian IoT industry players – KPMG, the Knowledge Economy Institute and Giant Ideas – along with UK firm Flexeye have launched Hypercat Australia, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the UK developed Hypercat standard for interoperability in IoT, particularly in support of development of smart cities. In collaboration with the UK’s Hypercat […]
KPMG Australia launches IoT practice – seeks staff
KPMG Australia has launched an IoT practice, part of the firm’s management consulting business and the first such practice within the global KPMG network. It will be led by Piers Hogarth-Scott, previously a director in KPMG’s digital consulting practice and KPMG aims to grow it to more than 30 IoT specialists within two years. It is already […]
In-home monitoring of ailing aged could save $3 billion annually, says CSIRO
The CSIRO has reported on the results of Australia’s first large-scale trial of in home monitoring of aging people with chronic health issues, saying it demonstrated that widespread adoption could shave $3 billion a year from healthcare costs. CSIRO and partners trialled various systems with 287 patients over a 12 month period. CSIRO says it […]
AMP & CSIRO backed Evergen launches home energy optimiser
Renewable energy start-up Evergen has launched what is claimed to be Australia’s first intelligent home energy management system, with the technical backing of CSIRO, and $2.9m in funding from AMP Capital and its former head. The CSIRO says it developed Evergen’s core energy management intelligence and provided research expertise to help Evergen commercialise the product. […]
IoT “critical for success” for Australian businesses, says Vodafone
Vodafone Australia has revealed some Australia-specific data from the survey carried out for its global IoT Barometer, released in July, saying it shows that more than three quarters of Australian businesses believe embracing IoT to be critical for success in their industry. The survey was conducted by Circle Research in April and May 2016 and […]
Standards Australia sets smart metering standards in train
Standards Australia has published a Roadmap for Advanced Metering Standards, developed through a series of forums and consultations with industry stakeholders to consider the standards needed to support the adoption of smart metering in Australia. Standards Australia says publication “paves the way for stakeholders to submit proposals for the development of contemporary Australian Standards for […]
Buddy hopes for a slice of $US36m New York building management pie
US-based Noveda Technologies, a provider of software for the real-time monitoring of energy and water deliver systems being acquired by ASX listed Buddy Platform (ASX: BUD) has been qualified by The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to provide its IoT technology, along with the Buddy Platform for NYSERDA’s $US36m initiative to […]
ACOMM adds IoT to awards list, gives first to NetComm Wireless
For the first time the annual ACOMM Australian Communications awards, announced on 21 July, included an IoT award – the IoT Innovator award, and it was won by NetComm Wireless for its smart home gateway. Runners up were Cisco for its Asset Management for Sites tool, and Telstra for its IoT Challenge, staged in November […]
