In a recent report published by Gartner, one of the world’s leading market research firms, the company says that 8.4 billion connected devices will be in use in 2017, a growth of 31% over 2016. The company predicts the Internet of Things (IoT) installed base to nearly triple during the 2016 to 2020 period, moving […]
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To derive business value from the Internet of Things (IoT), companies must focus on analyzing real-time data from things, staffing, and business processes. In today’s hyper-connected world, even a humble object like a sensor can acquire superpowers. For instance, a sensor inside an offshore drilling rig checks for damage to a critical valve by regulating
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Huawei is planning a big reveal for MWC 2017 (Mobile World Congress), and we expect it will be the Huawei P10. The event is scheduled later in this month in Barcelona. Huawei is planning a big reveal for MWC 2017 (Mobile World Congress), and we expect it will be the Huawei P10. The event is
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(Amazon CEO Jeff BezosAP) Lots of people, including myself, have observed that Amazon’s popular Alexa virtual assistant is a genius business tactic because it makes it easy to buy physical and digital stuff from the self-styled “everything store.” But in an interview with Billboard’s Stephen Witt, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos actually splashes some cold water on that
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Google has been consistently trying to improve Google Assistant – the company’s recent venture into AI on the smartphone. The company has now rolled out a new update for Assistant on Google Pixel, which introduces a new feature called “Home Control”, allowing it to control smart home devices like Philips Hue, Honeywell, Belkin’s WeMo, Nest,
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The connected home is fast becoming commonplace. Smart appliances like light bulbs, smart assistant speakers, thermostats, cameras and door locks arguably make life more convenient. That futuristic Jetson-like vibe they bring is certainly cool but are they compromising our homes’ cybersecurity? With the recent surges of attacks against Internet of Things and smart appliances, making
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With the ever-growing number of the Internet of Things devices, we are getting more and more connected everyday. On the other hand, we are also becoming more vulnerable to attacks, such as the Mirai attack last year. The challenge, therefore, is creating new methods of security to fend off possible attacks and risks in the
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A population explosion is underway — but not of the human sort. We’re talking things, as in the internet of things, aka the computing devices that have the ability to transmit data wirelessly. According to a Gartner report released this week, this will be the year in which the number of connected things surpasses the
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(TNS) — RALEIGH — Cumberland County’s state Rep. John Szoka and state Sen. Wesley Meredith filed legislation this week that aims to bring high speed internet to communities that lack it. “We have a lot of people that do not have access to broadband. We need to have that,” Meredith said. Szoka and Meredith’s proposed
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The whole idea of the internet of things is to connect more things, including devices far from a company’s data centers or maintenance crews. For enterprises that have devices all over the world, vendors and service providers are starting to look at the big picture. At Mobile World Congress later this month, Nokia will show
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