Innovation by automotive manufacturers

By Pierce Owen, Analyst, Machina Research As Samsung’s acquisition of Harman last month demonstrated, the automotive and connected car ecosystems are in a period of constant evolution. This was not always the case and is not something with which the OEMs are entirely comfortable. However, one aspect of these ecosystems will not be changing anytime

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IoT monetisation means enabling enterprises to offer everything as a service

Mohsen Mohseninia is vice president of market development for Europe at Aeris. With more than 18 years of experience in the telecoms sector and an early pioneer of the machine-to-machine market, Mohseninia joined Aeris in 2013. Prior to that he was head of M2M for Logica in the UK, having worked for the company in

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Accelerating adoption and monetising consumer IoT – How to create a seamless customer experience

As OEMs and service providers look to increase consumer IoT adoption, a seamless customer experience is vital, with simple exploration, registration and activation as the aims. Yuval Mayron, the general manager of the Amdocs Internet of Things business unit, tells Antony Savvas about how service providers and OEMs need to work together to deliver the

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Address the device management dilemma with cloud-based device management

Of all the challenges presented by IoT, device management is one of the most complex. In the industrial IoT sector, for each of the widelydiffering device types connected to an IoT network, the device management platform must provide what is in effect a lifecycle management function, from activation to decommissioning.

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Antennas are essential elements for the Internet of Things

Among the multitude of attention and discussion that surrounds the Internet of Things (IoT), the subject of antenna performance is not always properly considered. Sometimes, this lack of attention is driven by certain interpretations of IoT, based on which of several low cost devices are close to each other with no need for powerful transceivers.

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Privacy in IoT: The impact of Brexit and the US Election

On November 9, 2016, the day after the US presidential election, people all over the world woke up to the same surprise they had when they woke up on June 24, the day after the Brexit referendum: the polling data they thought they could believe was, in fact, irrelevant. That data, so assiduously collected and analysed,

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No company has all the answers in IoT, so grow with the right partners

At the end of the M2M/IoT Forum CEE in Vienna the moderator, Jeremy Cowan of IoT Now, draws lessons from two days of intense debate.

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How can you ensure end-to-end interoperability between products and services?

In July Actility, a provider of low power wide area (LPWA) networking and the company behind the ThingPark LPWA IoT platform, launched the ThingPark Approved programme. Actility also welcomed the first partners to achieve ThingPark Approved status. Here, Jeremy Cowan of IoT Now asks Christophe Francois, the vice president of Ecosystem at Actility, how to

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Capitalising on the Industrial Internet of Things requires new business models and processes

Global players in many industries such as telecommunications, medical, industrial and manufacturing, and transportation are changing their business models to create new offerings and to capture their share of the trillion dollar Internet of Things (IoT) market.

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One application makes the business case for IoT, the others achieve monetisation

IoT user organisations are moving towards a data driven strategy where deployments are utilised for multiple applications, writes Kate O’Flaherty.

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Low power long-range radio networks mean enterprises are doing it for themselves

Enterprises are increasingly looking at low power radio networks to run their IoT applications and services. Here Daniel Quant, the vice president of product management and strategic market at MultiTech, tells George Malim that low power long range (LPLR) enterprise networks offers enterprises both large and small a compelling opportunity to switch from a monthly

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Platform-based approach is the best way to futureproof IoT applications

The rise of IoT is creating a plethora of exciting business opportunities as well as challenges for enterprises seeking to realize the business potential of connecting their assets. In order to support enterprises in reaping the full benefits of IoT in their business operations myriad IoT platforms have launched into the market over recent years,

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Ireland’s eir Business launches IoT Connect using MDS’ customer management platform

Warrington, UK. November 1, 2016: eir Business has deployed MDS’ Customer Management Platform (CMP) to allow small, medium and large enterprises to connect their Internet of Things (IoT) assets in the field.

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Low power connections open up powerful options for enterprise IoT

As low power wide area (LPWA) radio technologies and LoRa WAN in particular start to take off organisations are benefiting from wider connectivity choices and reduced barriers to entry. These new connectivity options are vital to stimulate further utilisation of IoT, Stream Technologies’ Mohsen Shakoor and Niall Strachan tell George Malim

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IoT Contract Hot List – September/October 2016

We take a look at who is winning what M2M and IoT business, with whom and where.

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Smart energy helps consumers save money, energy providers make money and companies achieve compliance

Smart energy relies on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to change the consumption habits of users and enable energy providers to gain efficiencies while boosting their environmental credentials, writes Emmanuel Maçon-Dauxerre.

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