US based startup UbiquitiLink plans to launch a network of low earth orbit satellites that will support communications to and from standard cellphones and IoT devices using NB-IoT over most of the earth’s surface. In terrestrial networks cellphone range is limited to about 35kms but this is a fixed limit built into the technology, not […]
Capgemini integrates X-IoT platform with Idemia digital identity
Global consulting firm Capgemini is to enter into a partnership with digital identity specialist Idemia to introduce an IoT device management platform it says will reinforce secure connectivity for a vast array of devices and data. Capgemini says the joint platform will bring to smart devices much needed security and connectivity while simplifying device on-boarding, […]
ETSI set to release standard for consumer IoT security
ETSI is scheduled to release on 17 February a standard for consumer IoT security, based on the recently released UK standard. According to the ETSI website, the standard is aimed primarily at those developing, producing and selling consumer IoT products, and will “contain around a dozen high-level outcome-focused requirements, which bring together what is […]
$US25m raised for world’s smallest satellite swarm
US startup Swarm Technologies has raised $US25m in a series A financing round to progress plans for what it says will be a network of the world’s smallest satellites, for IoT and other low rate data applications. Cofounder and CEO Sara Spangelo announced the funding in a blog post on Medium.com, saying the round had […]
IoT Security Foundation updates compliance framework
The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) has updated its IoT Security Compliance Framework following user feedback of the initial version, along with its IoT Security Best Practice Guidelines for the design of connected consumer products. IoTSF plenary chair Richard Marshall said a major improvement in the new release was the move to a risk based approach […]
Interest grows in Sky & Space Global’s nanosatellites services
ASX listed Sky & Space Global (ASX: SAS), which is planning a network of nanosatellites to provide IoT connectivity, has scored a definitive agreement for the supply of connectivity services, to Latin American satellite communications service provider GlobalSat Group, The agreement follows a number of recent announcements of MoUs by SAS with others interested in […]
The edge is back, but it will be hacked.
A resurgence of interest in edge computing will create new vulnerabilities and open up a new avenue for hackers, says Nick Savvides, Symantec’s chief technology officer for APJ. Setting out a series of predictions for cyber security developments in 2019, Savvides declared “The edge is back … And IoT is driving it.” According to Savvides, […]
Hiber promises cut-price global IoT connectivity by satellite
Dutch startup Hiber has launched the first of a planned constellation of 48 nanosatellites that it says, together, will “provide the entire planet with the ability to stream data to and from connected technologies.” A second satellite was due for launch on 29 November but was delayed because of adverse winds in the upper atmosphere. […]
IPv6 supporting IoT device growth, says Cisco
Cisco says IPv6 adoption is enabling IoT connectivity. “The transition from an IPv4 environment to an IPv6 environment is making excellent progress, with increases in IPv6 device capabilities, content enablement, and operators implementing IPv6 in their networks.” A few years ago IPv6 was in the news, amid dire predictions about the imminent exhaustion of the […]
Nutanix joins the IoT edge computing bandwagon
Hyperconverged infrastructure specialist, Nutanix, has entered the fast growing market of edge computing for IoT, announcing general availability of Nutanix Xi IoT edge computing technology that integrates with the company’s just-announced Xi Cloud Services. Xi Cloud Services is billed as “a new suite of offerings designed to create a more unified fabric across different […]
