IBM Research has unveiled a new wide area networking technology LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide-Area Networks) designed for the interconnection of Internet of Things devices, claiming that it can support communications rates of up to 100kbps over tens of kilometres from devices that can run for up to 10 years on a AA battery. The unveiling […]
Adobe adds IoT support to Adobe Marketing Cloud
Adobe has made a number of enhancements to the Adobe Marketing Cloud that it says, will enable brands to bring highly personalised experiences to physical spaces like retail stores, hotel rooms, vending machines and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. According to Adobe, a new IoT SDK lets brands measure and analyse consumer engagement across any of those […]
US senators call for national Internet of Things strategy
Three US senators have submitted a resolution calling for the creation of a national Internet of Things strategy “to incentivise the development of the Internet of Things in a way that maximises the promise connected technologies hold to empower consumers, foster future economic growth, and improve our collective social wellbeing.” The proposal came from senators […]
SAP joins Industrial Internet Consortium
SAP has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium, a body formed to accelerate and promote the business use of IoT. The Industrial Internet Consortium is an open membership organisation formed to accelerate the development, adoption and widespread use of interconnected machines and devices, intelligent analytics and people at work. It was founded by AT&T, Cisco, General […]
Jasper and China Unicom form IoT partnership
Jasper, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, has formed an IoT partnership with China Unicom to provide IoT services for enterprise customers in China. China Unicom will offer a global platform through which companies can launch, manage and monetize IoT service businesses throughout China. According to Jasper, its Control Center platform will provide […]
Konekt raises $US1.3m for technology to network IoT over cellular
Konekt, a Chicago-based developers of a toolkit for IoT device management and connectivity via cellular networks, has raised $US1.3m in funding from multiple investors. The company claims to “represent a key step in connecting the forecasted billions of things to the Internet by simplifying the process of building connected products that work outside the home.” […]
New alliance to link 5G with IoT, and much more
The 5G World Alliance (5GWA) will be launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the mission to promote 5G as the neutral next generation world wide wireless Internet by integrating new technologies with a holistic integrated approach combining IPv6-based M2M, mobile Internet of Things, mobile cloud computing, software defined networks (SDN), network functions virtualisation […]
Top 10 IoT security problems identified
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has launched the OWASP Internet of Things Top Ten Project to help vendors who are interested in making common appliances and gadgets network/Internet accessible. The project walks through the top ten iot security problems that are seen with IoT devices, and how to prevent them. OWASP has identified […]
Sigfox scores $US115m investment for global IoT network
French startup Sigfox – which is planning to roll out its own global radio network dedicated to connecting the Internet of Things – has raised $US115 million from seven heavyweight investors: Air Liquide, Eutelsat, NTT Docomo, SK Telecom, and Telefónica. Today the Sigfox network covers France, Spain, the Netherlands and 10 of the UK’s larger […]
Beware the low-cost drones of death
Wired Magazine’s web site has a report of US Department of Homeland Security briefing on the potential use of hobbyist drones as weapons of terror or assassination. “The conference was open to civilians, but explicitly closed to the press,” Wired said. However it was able to report: “The officials played videos of low-cost drones firing […]
