Blogs
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GPS tracking provider Trackerando deploy cloud-based IoT platform in just six weeks
Trackerando allows its enterprise and consumer customers to accurately track and monitor vehicles, assets and people. The company upgraded to Cumulocity to provide an IoT platform which delivers carrier grade reliability and accelerates innovation (more…)
January 18th, 2018
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Grab the keys: The future of connected cars is trust-based services - Part 1
Last year saw many industries take further steps to focus on incorporating connectivity and increased levels of personalisation in their products and services, says Andrew Till, vice president of Technology & Marketing at HARMAN Connected Services. (more…)
January 16th, 2018
January 12th, 2018
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Cities on the edge
The technologies that will empower the smart cities of the future are refreshingly free of controversy. The concept itself is an easy sell: after all, who doesn’t want buildings to be greener, energy networks more efficient, traffic congestion and pollution reduced? (more…)
January 12th, 2018
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Why we turned to an open source database to back our IoT platform
At their core, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are all about data – collecting valuable information at a magnitude and level of granular detail that has never before been possible. This is perhaps especially true when it comes to enterprise IoT applications, (more…)
January 12th, 2018
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Over-the-air firmware: The critical driver of IoT success
In the early days of IoT, updating remote devices often caused intermittent disruption and performance degradation. As IoT platforms have matured, they have embraced a novel way to remotely and reliably update connected devices with little to no disruption: over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates. (more…)
January 12th, 2018
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Early success in IoT relies on turning pain points into proof points – and then looking round the next corner for a bigger opportunity
Jeff Miller is vice president of PTC’s IoT Transformation Advisory Practice. He and his team help companies maximise the value of their investments in IoT technologies and solutions through transformation strategy, business insight, monetisation and programme consulting services. Here, he tells George Malim, the managing editor of IoT Now, how organisations can construct attractive business cases for initial deployments that also position them to benefit from greater second and third wave opportunities as IoT understanding and capability matures
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January 5th, 2018
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Get on-board for smart city ticketing today
True mobile ticketing is at the heart of future public transportation, says Antony Savvas. A key aim of the smart city agenda lies in the use of data and technology to create efficiencies, improve sustainability and improve the quality of life for those living and working in such cities. (more…)
January 5th, 2018
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The Tailgate Scandal - Where there’s a name there’s a shame
The problem of bumper-bullying is in the news and I’m disappointed this scandal hasn’t been described as ‘Tailgate’. It’s a story of people ‘getting too close’. (more…)
January 3rd, 2018
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Predicting the maintenance
It happens at the worst of times – late for a meeting, on the way to the rugby and even when you’re desperate for the bathroom. When your car breaks down, you can moan in retrospect, acknowledging the signs that it needed urgent maintenance. Thanks to technology, more specifically the evolution and application of cognitive learning, these frustrating occurrences will become a thing of the past. (more…)
December 27th, 2017
