ParkourSC acquires Qopper for digital supply chain operations platform delivering agility, resilience and faster innovation

San Jose, CA, USA. 28 June 2022 – ParkourSC, a specialist in supply chain technology solutions, announced its acquisition of smart operations platform and IoT network company Qopper in a stock-and-cash transaction. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Totalmobile launches field service intelligence solution allowing customers to review operational performance

Belfast, Northern Ireland. 28 June 2022 – Totalmobile, a Field Service Management Software (FSM) company, announced the launch of Insight, a new field service intelligence solution that enables organisations to gather and review data from services as they are taking place. The product is able to highlight risks and enable users to react to changes

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What’s coming to Industry 4.0?

Janus, the Roman god of new beginnings, is represented by a double-faced head, one facing the past and the other facing the future. Taking inspiration from this, manufacturers looking to accelerate their digital transformation should consider the impact of the past. So, what technology should manufacturers be looking to adopt? Here, Johan Jonzon, co-founder and

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Asset-tracking spend to reach $45bn globally by 2027

Hampshire, UK. 27 June 2022 – A new study from Juniper Research has found that global spend on asset tracking by enterprises will increase from $16 billion (€15.10 billion) in 2022 to $45 billion (€42.48 billion) in 2027 a substantial growth of 184%.

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Yorkshire Water Awards UK£10mn ESA deal to Samotics to improve energy efficiency and ops resilience

Leiden, Netherlands. 23 June 2022 – Samotics, a provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate industrial energy waste and unplanned downtime, has been selected by Yorkshire Water in the UK as its sole supplier of electrical signature analysis (ESA) until at least 2025, in a £10 million (€11.61 million)] contract win.

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Surrey Heath improves public engagement with XMAP mapping portal

Basingstoke, 23 June 2022 – Surrey Heath Borough Council has launched a new interactive mapping portal for public consultation on its Draft Local Plan. Powered by XMAP, the new generation Geographic Information System (GIS) platform, the online gateway allows visitors to search by address, or by zooming in and out on specific locations, and select

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Defining hybrid integration: What does hybrid data integration really mean?

Hybrids have always formed an integral part of myths, legend and speculation. In Greek mythology fantastic creatures are typically depicted as hybrids, such as the Minotaur and the Centaur. Even in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) context, there’s still something mysterious about hybrid. Here, Johan Jonzon, CMO and co-founder of stream analytics and hybrid integration

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New unified Qualcomm AI stack portfolio revolutionises developer access and extends AI leadership

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced Qualcomm AI Stack portfolio, accelerating the company’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Connected Intelligent Edge. Combining and improving its AI software offerings, Qualcomm AI Stack is a comprehensive AI solution for OEMs and developers, supporting a wide range of intelligent devices with broad AI software access and compatibility.

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1NCE now provides NB-IoT coverage maps at a single price

1NCE, the only provider of connectivity and software for IoT at a global flat rate, announced at Embedded World Nuremberg a significant expansion of its global IoT network coverage. The company has doubled its footprint of Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) coverage and now has NB-IoT coverage maps, available at a single price worldwide.

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Capgemini and Orange announce that Bleu will start engaging with customers by the end of 2022

Paris, France. 22 June 2022 – Capgemini and Orange confirmed that Bleu, their future joint venture that will provide trusted cloud (“Cloud de Confiance”) services to address the needs of specific French organisations, is expected to start supporting clients in preparing for their migration by the end of 2022 (date being subject to regulatory approvals).

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Vilnius delivers unicorns to city streets: Capital celebrates rapidly-evolving startup scene

23 June 2022 – Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, is celebrating the country’s second ‘unicorn’ (start-up companies valued at $1 billion (€0.95 billion) or more) and a booming multibillion-Euro start-up community by conceiving novel ways to motivate emerging and established businesses a new technology campus and Unicorn bus stops.

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Quectel launches ‘high performance’ 5G smart module SG560D aiming to deliver full potential of AI-led IoT

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has launched the SG560D, an Android Smart module integrating 5G New Radio (NR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Featuring a powerful CPU and GPU, the SG560D is designed to satisfy complex application scenarios that require both high data rates and computing capabilities such as in-vehicle infotainment, industrial

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What does hybrid data integration really mean?

Hybrids have always formed an integral part of myths, legend and speculation. In Greek mythology fantastic creatures are typically depicted as hybrids, such as the Minotaur and the Centaur. Even in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) context, there’s still something mysterious about hybrid. Here, Johan Jonzon, CMO and co-founder of stream analytics and hybrid integration

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Hydrogen vehicles in service to exceed 1mn globally by 2027

Hampshire, UK. 20 June 2022 – A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of hydrogen vehicles in service globally will exceed 1 million in 2027, from just over 60,000 in 2022 a substantial growth of over 1,500%.

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Two-thirds of UK businesses believe Metaverse will have major impact on their organisation, says Accenture

Almost two in three UK businesses project that the metaverse will have a major positive impact on their organisation in the future. Despite this, nearly a third of U.K. consumers have never heard of the metaverse, according to findings from Accenture.

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Smoke on the water: Finally, a better way to fight fire aboard cargo ships

Fire! The word suggests thoughts of emergency, loss of structures and trucks racing to put out the flames. But what if the fire is on a ship in the middle of the sea?, says Dhruthi Pyla of Dublin Jerome High School.

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