Orange Business Services has developed an IoT system for Australian construction company McConnell Dowell to gather data from heavy machinery and other assets to boost operational efficiency and reduce costs. Orange Business Services says it created an IoT platform to collect, report and visualise real-time information over a private LoRaWAN network to digitise manual and paper-centric […]
Sensavation debuts low-code IoT development platform
Brisbane-based startup Sensavation has a developed low-code IoT development platform designed to facilitate the development of custom IoT applications and dashboards. Low-code development platforms, according to Wikipedia, enable less experienced developers to create application software through graphical user interfaces and configuration instead of traditional hand-coded programming. Wikipedia says the name was coined by Forrester in […]
Bega Cheese to deploy Cumulocity to IoT enable supply chain
Australian dairy products manufacturer, Bega Cheese will deploy Cumulocity, Software AG’s IoT platform, to build an IoT service linking supplier farms, milk transport storage and processing facilities, in conjunction with Swinburne University of Technology. The system will provide real time data on milk production at farmer suppliers including volumes, temperature, quality composition, and transport conditions. […]
Aussie Rick Somerton to head satellite IoT player eSat Global
Rick Somerton, presently regional director ANZ for satellite IoT player eSat Global, has been promoted to the company’s CEO. Somerton joined eSat Global, a US based company planning to use existing geostationary satellites to provide communications for IoT, as regional director ANZ in November 2019. Before that he was CEO and founder of IoT OZ, […]
RMIT, Siemens & Festo team to promote Industry 4.0
RMIT, Siemens and Festo are to set up an Industrial Digital Innovation Hub at RMIT to promote Industry 4.0. Festo is a Germany based provider of automation technology and, through Festo Didactic, a provider of industrial training and education equipment and programs. The three organisations have signed a MoU to explore cooperation to “help drive […]
Murdoch Uni launches IoT- focused Digital Futures Academy
Murdoch University in Western Australia has set up a Digital Futures Academy with Cisco as the foundation partner, and a focus on IoT. Murdoch University Provost Romy Lawson said the academy would offer ‘micro-credentials’ and short courses that will provide industry-relevant learning experiences and certification, initially on IoT. “Students will be given the opportunity to […]
Swinburne Uni to deploy Cumulocity IoT platform
Software AG has signed a partnership with Swinburne University of Technology under which it will provide its Cumulocity IoT platform for research and education purposes. Software AG said the platform would be used by Swinburne University’s IoT research customers on projects in Australia mainly in agriculture, industrial IoT and manufacturing. Swinburne will also incorporate Software […]
David Spence named chair of IoTAA
Long-time IT industry executive David Spence has been appointed chairman of the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) replacing Gavin Smith, president at Bosch Australia and New Zealand, who has served as founding chairman since 2016. South Africa born Spence has been involved in over 25 internet and telecommunication businesses since joining Consolidated Press on his arrival […]
Washington H Soul Pattinson backs Leading Edge Data Centres
ASX listed investment house, Washington H Soul Pattinson, has invested $20m in Leading Edge Data Centres to fund a network of regional edge computing data centres around Australia. Leading Edge says it will build a network of 20 world-class tier three data centres across regional Australia to provide faster internet speeds and direct cloud connectivity […]
Buddy makes LIFX smart lights controllable with Microsoft Power Automate
Buddy Technologies is enabling businesses to control their Buddy LIFX smart lights via Microsoft Power Automate and convey information, for example that a meeting is due to start. Control will be via Buddy’s LIFX Power Automate Connector for its smart lighting, which has been approved by Microsoft and is now being deployed in all Azure […]
