Smart Cities

Zaragoza, Spain. 4 October 2022 – Smart cities are still very much in their infancy but have the potential to transform the way citizens interact with their urban areas. That is  according to the first in a series of whitepapers bringing together global experts in Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The Connected Human Report: Smart Cities

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in smart cities. For them to flourish we need to make sure there is visibility, control, and security of IoT devices – but what does that mean, asks David Maidment, the senior director of the Secure Devices Ecosystem at Arm

Join this friendly and informative conversation on Monday, October 10th, 2022, at 3pm UK with Alicia Asín, CEO and co-founder OF Libelium, Jim Morrish, Co-Founder of Transforma Insights and Jeremy Cowan, Editorial Director & Publisher of IoT Now.

China and Paris, 21 September 2022 – Milesight, the AIoT solution provider, and Actility, the world specialist in IoT connectivity solutions, announced a partnership to facilitate the deployment of IoT use cases for indoor air quality (IAQ), smart buildings, smart offices, smart cities, smart agriculture, and many other verticals.

Berlin, 12 July 2022 – FIWARE Foundation, the non-profit organisation that encourages the adoption of open standards implemented using Open Source technologies for the development of smart solutions on a global basis proudly announces today that  Amazon Web Services (AWS), the comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, has joined FIWARE Foundation as a Platinum Member. This

People talk about smart cities. But interconnected services are not just for Cities are they? How do we ensure a joined up approach, that avoids siloed services for parking or waste management?

You don’t choose a life partner for their hair colour You don’t choose a home because it has nice curtains You don’t choose a Business Platform for its logo

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.

One of the well-rehearsed challenges about smart cities is that this is not a single application. Where most IoT deployments draw on the skills of one industry, smart cities must connect and integrate diverse business groups. For that you need particular platform and integration skills.

Funny things, cities. After wandering out of Africa around one hundred thousand years ago, our ancestors seem to have been perfectly happy existing in hunter-gatherer communities until something like 7000 years ago, writes M2M Now’s Alun Lewis.

Cities have to be resilient, ever-evolving places for trade and the smart use of IoT technologies can help cities maximise their economies of scale.

Half of all humanity now lives within an urban environment.

Every day in publications such as M2M Now, we can read of new, exciting and useful M2M services emerging within the vertical segments.