Welcome to the era of the super (virtual) network operator

Nigel Chadwick is the chief executive of Stream Technologies, which provides its IoT-X platform to companies across the IoT. Here, Chadwick tells IoT Now that, as IoT applications and services proliferate and enter the mainstream, organisations are looking for platforms with the capabilities of IoT-X to enable them to have the widest possible choice of

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Remote patient monitoring revenues to reach €32.4bn in 2021, according to Berg Insight

Revenues for remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions reached € 7.5 billion(US$ 8 billion) in 2016, according to a new study released by Berg Insight.

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IoT Now Magazine – February / March 2017

IoT Now Magazine (ISSN 2397-2807) explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing CSPs across this sector. Our exclusive interviews pass on the key lessons learned by industry leaders in next gen Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services.

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Acquisitions won’t stop as KORE expands to provide software and services

Alexander Bufalino joined KORE in October 2016 as senior vice president of international sales and marketing. Here, he tells IoT Now that, following the acquisition of Wyless, the company is addressing customers’ needs for global services and preparing to widen its offering to include software and services in addition to connectivity. 

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The number of remotely monitored patients worldwide grew 44% in 2016 to 7.1 million, says Berg Insight

M2M/IoT market research provider, Berg Insight has released new findings about the mobile healthcare (mHealth) market. The number of remotely monitored patients grew by 44% to 7.1 million in 2016 as the market entered a growth phase fuelled by rising market acceptance in several key verticals.

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Communications Service Providers in IoT in 2017: where unicorns fear to tread

Matt Hatton, Founder & CEO, Machina Research Every year Machina Research puts together a set of predictions for what we expect to see in the new year in the Internet of Things. This year is no different. These predictions span everything in the ecosystem including enterprise end users, consumer products, regulation and device trends. One

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Specific apps need LTE chipsets optimised for IoT

Eran Eshed is the vice president of worldwide marketing and sales at Altair Semiconductor. Here, he tells Christopher Taylor, the director of analyst firm Strategy Analytics’ RF and Wireless Components advisory service, how the company is progressing following its acquisition by Sony earlier in the year and how he views the prospects for single-mode LTE

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Organisations look to back end and device security to survive, thrive and achieve compliance in IoT

As IoT deployments accelerate, an area of growing concern is security. The likelihood of billions of additional connections and the proliferation of endpoint devices in the form of IoT modules, sensors and other equipment is radically increasing the threat surface that organisations need to defend, writes Dr Mihai Voicu

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Secure the IoT through best practice-based design

The Internet of Things (IoT) vision can become reality, enabling the large spectrum of opportunities the industry is imagining, only if it is designed with a security-centric framework. Security is the indispensable prerequisite for the development of the IoT. This sentiment is shared by the entire IoT community, from the IoT solution and technology providers

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Nokia makes impact in IoT with new platform offering

Michele Mackenzie, principal analyst at Analysys Mason, talks to Jason Collins, the vice president of Internet of Things marketing at Nokia, to discuss the company’s approach to IoT from technology to ecosystem and business models

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How SAP helps telcos deliver value in connected cars, smart cities and healthcare

Stephan Gatien, the general manager for the Telecommunications Business at SAP, talked to Tom Rebbeck, the research director at Analysys Mason, about SAP’s approach to IoT and how it is trying to help telecoms operators grow their IoT business

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Be secure from the edge to the core for the lifetime of an IoT project

As the focus turns to securing the Internet of Things (IoT), Michele Mackenzie, an analyst for Analysys Mason’s IoT and M2M Solutions research programme, interviewed Andreas Haegele, the senior vice president of IoT at Gemalto, to explore the issues organisations face and how Gemalto is addressing the IoT security challenge

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IoT Contract Hot List – November/December 2016

We take a look at who is winning what M2M and IoT business, with whom and where. The Contract Hot List shows all the IoT related companies announcing recent contract wins, acquisitions or deployments.

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IT/OT integration brings significant challenges along with limitless opportunities

IT infrastructure challenges are changing as a result of the rapid growth of the IoT. Various developments are enabling more effective operational technology (OT) integration as well as easier development, deployment and usage of innovative solutions deployed in the field. Roberto Siagri, the chief executive of Eurotech, talks to Bob Emmerson about the company’s plans

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IoT Now Magazine – December 2016 / January 2017

IoT Now Magazine (ISSN 2397-2807) explores the evolving opportunities and challenges facing CSPs across this sector. Our exclusive interviews pass on the key lessons learned by industry leaders in next gen Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services.

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IoT’s new challenges are the volume involved, the diversity of use cases and security

Sri Ramachandran is chief technology officer of Numerex. He joined the company at the start of 2016 and is responsible for driving the company’s technology strategy with a focus on product development and engineering execution. He most recently served as CTO of Utilidata, an IoT and data analytics company driving energy efficiency in the electric

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