Internet of Things World 2016 to Be Held in Dublin November 21 22
Monday, August 8, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Internet of Things World 2016 will offer attendees the ability to immerse themselves in everything IoT. The event will be held on November 20 – 22 in Dublin, Ireland. Highlights of the conference include:- 10 dedicated content tracks with over 110 IoT Case Studies relating to consumer and industrial IoT markets.- Analyst Briefings hosted each morning, providing a p...
Why Hasn't the Internet of Things Taken Off and How Can It
Friday, June 17, 2016 by Manav Khurana
Nest thermostats, Hue light bulbs, Fitbit fitness trackers – these and a number of competing devices are the kinds of Internet of Things applications to reach the general public. That’s solid progress if you compare today’s IoT to where it was 5 years ago, when it was primarily the domain of enthusiasts, but it’s a long way from the kind of ubiquity we see in the m...
Webroot Launches New Cybersecurity Service for the Internet of Things
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
Webroot has released the Webroot BrightCloud Threat Intelligence for IoT Gateways, which provides a cybersecurity service for Internet of Things (IoT) Gateway partners and developers of IoT solutions to augment real-time protection against malicious threats, unauthorized network access, and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. It provides a set of threat intelligence servic...
New NBIoT Consortium to Promote Narrow Band Internet of Things
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
Yet another IoT play is in motion as a new NB-IoT consortium has been announced by a group of telecom industry heavyweights including Huawei, Qualcomm, Vodafone and others.The formation of the new NB-IoT forum is aimed at promoting the ecosystem around Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology. NB-IoT is a solution for deployment of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) n...
Built.io Flow's Latest Release Offers Internet of Things (IoT) Integration
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
Built.io has announced the general availability of its Built.io Flow offering updates to the platform that facilitates enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) integration connecting software, systems, sensors and devices. Built.io Flow is an integration-as-a-service platform that enables developers connect sensors, devices, systems and applications across mobile, w...
Facebook Announces New Parse SDKs for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Friday, September 11, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
With the expansion of the Parse for IoT SDK line, developers can build more connected devices with Parse, using new dedicated SDKs for Atmel, Broadcom, Intel and TI hardware which allow the Parse cloud to handle the entire backend.Developers can now build apps for Atmel's SAM D21 + WINC1500, TI's CC3200, Intel's Edison or Broadcom's WICED and connect to the Parse cloud....
IBM Launches New Internet of Things Learning Portal for Developers
Friday, August 7, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
IBM has created a new IoT portal, IBM developerWorks Recipes, designed to help developers learn how to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices to the cloud and how to use data coming from those connected devices.Through developerWorks Recipes, developers can access materials providing guidance in the creation, management and connection of IoT devices to each other and ...
SecureRF Offers Next Generation of Asymmetric Security for the Internet of Things
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 by Richard Harris
SecureRF offers a family of Algebraic Eraser public key cryptography cores that offer increased performance while requiring low power and a small footprint. The AE Core is a Diffie-Hellman like authentication protocol that utilizes SecureRF’s Algebraic Eraser algorithm, a linear-in-time method, to enable higher levels of security to low resource devices without altering...
Sierra Wireless and L&T Technology Services to Offer Linux Based Internet of Things (IoT) Platform
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sierra Wireless and L&T Technology are teaming up to establish a Legato Lab, designed to support the development of IoT applications with the Sierra Wireless’ Legato embedded application platform. The two companies will jointly market their respective products and services to customers in the automotive, transportation, and industrial markets.The Legato platform is ...
How the Internet of Things will Affect Business App Developers
Monday, April 27, 2015 by Brian Alexakis
I think we can all agree, IoT is an exciting frontier for developers. It seems like in no time we'll run into the Jetsons and experience the future-is-now convenience of automated flying cars that tuck themselves away into a brief-case. That stuff of science-fiction is quickly becoming a reality today with IoT. However, much of the attention around IoT focuses on the co...
Wireless IoT Forum Created to Offer New Internet of Things Industry Association
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Wireless IoT Forum officially launched at the end of March to support and promote the creation and deployment of open standards for the Internet of Things worldwide. The Forum will support the deployment of wireless wide-area networking technologies in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. The organization will provide a place for companies to participate in t...
Panasonic to Provide Royalty Free Access to its Internet of Things Technology
Thursday, March 26, 2015 by Richard Harris
Panasonic has announced that it will provide royalty-free access to its software, patents and experience from its product ecosystem for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) software and service.The company plans to make available for royalty-free use its mature and tested device-to-cloud software technology, currently employed in home monitoring systems, solar en...
Perfecto Mobile Launches LocalLink for Location Based Testing of Internet of Things Apps
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Perfecto Mobile has released LocalLink, a new extension to its Continuous Quality Lab that addresses location-based quality needs and testing of Internet of Things (IoT). Perfecto’s Continuous Quality Lab is a flexible hybrid cloud test lab that addresses location-based use cases and IoT.The new LocalLink extension expands test coverage and capabilities, mitigates risks...
Echelon Corporation Expanding its Multiprotocol IzoT Platform for the Industrial Internet of Things
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 by Richard Harris
Echelon Corporation is expanding its multiprotocol IzoT platform for the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) to include new Wi-Fi control modules and integrated support for BACnet/MS-TP. Echelon is demonstrating the use case of the IzoT platform for converged building control and lighting control networks supporting both wired and wireles...
Learn How Mobile App Developers Can Cash in on the Coming Wave of Internet of Things (IoT) Initiatives
Friday, October 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Recently we reported on the first of several app developer centric whitepapers covering of the Internet of Things (IoT) by the Application Developers Alliance. The first entry in the series released in August is titled “Internet of Things: A Developer's Mandate” and if you haven’t read it yet, you can do so on the Alliance's website.
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Kii Announces Out of the box Internet of Things (IoT) Platform
Thursday, October 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
Kii, an end-to-end mobile platform provider, is announcing early access availability of its Internet of Things (IoT) Platform which will provide device manufacturers and app developers with the capabilities to deliver full-fledged scalable IoT solutions.The platform offers out-of-the-box features such as cloud enablement of devices, device management, big data analytics...
relayr Takes Home Big Bucks as First Prize Winner of the Cisco Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Grand Challenge
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
We usually don’t cover funding announcements, there are plenty of other sites you can find that info. I find all that news about companies receiving funding kind of boring (ok I get a little jealous too!) However, I received a notice I thought was worth spreading the word about. We just found out that IoT startup relayr took home $150,000 as the first prize winner ...
Aeris Launches Neo Marketplace for Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M Connectivity
Friday, October 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Aeris is launching the Neo marketplace for IoT and M2M connectivity with a goal of simplifying the development process, speeding time-to-market, and lowering costs.The Neo online platform enables prospective customers the ability to purchase a connectivity solution in minutes, and have a fully functional solution within a day. The program requires no volume requirements...
Operational Intelligence and Monetizing the Internet of Things
Monday, August 18, 2014 by David Brinker
The Internet of Things (IoT) has moved from clever idea to the cusp of realization. Billions of machine sensors, accessories and devices such as mobile phones, are poised to be networked for the IoT – with 26 billion installed units by 2020, according to Gartner. The conversation surrounding the IoT has progressed from devices to storage and now to the technologies that...
A Real World Guide to the Internet of Things (IoT) from an App Developer’s Perspective
Thursday, August 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
It seems you can’t turn the corner without having someone virtually knock you on the head with the Internet of Things (IoT). But as an app developer, have you really heard anything yet about IoT that says, OK, now that is relevant to me?First, if you don’t know what the basic concept of IoT is, here you go: Connect all the things to the Internet so that automation and d...
HP Internet of Things Study Shows Majority of IoT Devices Contain Serious Vulnerabilities
Monday, August 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
HP has released new research, The Internet of Things State of the Union Study, which reveals that 70 percent of the most commonly used Internet of Things (IoT) devices contain serious vulnerabilities. The study is an outgrowth of HP’s OWASP Internet of Things Top 10 Project. The projects goal is to educate the IT community on the main facets of Internet of Things s...
ABO Data announces the US availability of PLAT.ONE Enterprise Grade Internet of Things Application Platform
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
ABO Data has announced the US availability of PLAT.ONE, an enterprise-grade Internet of Things application platform. PLAT.ONE has already been available in Europe supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. PLAT.ONE provides the ability for enterprises to create scalable and secure, multi-tenant, cloud-ready application ...
Software AG Releases Internet of Things (IoT) Solution Accelerator
Saturday, May 31, 2014 by Richard Harris
Software AG has unveiled its Internet of Things (IoT) Solution Accelerator, a tightly-bundled set of smart tools to help gain actionable insights from different, disparate data sources.The new Software AG IoT Solution Accelerator enables the ability to visualize and analyze the performance of devices individually or together. It also allows the development of ...
AllJoyn Enables Open Source Development Across Internet of Things Connected Products
Thursday, April 17, 2014 by Richard Harris
AllJoyn is an open source project, initially developed by the Qualcomm Innovation Center, and hosted by the AllSeen Alliance, which provides a universal software framework and core set of system services that enable interoperability among connected products and software applications across manufacturers to create dynamic proximal networks.Manufacturers ca...
SXSW Watch: 2014 Connected Home Developers Garage to Attract App Developers Wanting to Plug into $71B Internet of Things Market
Thursday, March 6, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Heading to SXSW this weekend? Looking to plug into the $71 billion Internet of Things market? Check out the inaugural ‘Connected Home Developers Garage’ on Sunday, March 9, hosted by iControl Networks, Silicon Labs and Time Warner Cable. The IoT opportunity for app developers is becoming clearer, and smart home systems are a new fronti...
Internet of Things Connected Device Overload: Are We in the Process of Jumping the Shark
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Many of you reading this may not be familiar with the term “Jump the Shark.” It originates from an episode of Happy Days in 1977 when the Fonz put on his leather jacket and water skis then jumped a shark held in a pen off of a California beach. I have seen it, not wanting to date myself I won’t say when.The episode was truly terrible, demonstrating that the show had got...
Intel Creates Internet of Things (IoT) Division
Thursday, November 7, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
I’m still not sure that I am totally comfortable that one day my toilet paper will carry a chip in it, as I recently read from one futurist Internet of Things (IoT) zealot. However there is no doubt that connectivity is going to continue to grow and who really knows what the Internet of Things future holds. So it comes as no surprise that Intel has created a new divisio...
