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From employee safety to supply chain efficiency: How the IoT is driving developments
We’re all aware of the impact of recent events on the automotive sector. Over the past six months the number of cars built in the UK has fallen to the lowest since 1954. In Europe, says Luc Vidal-Madjar, head of Global IoT Solutions at BICS, some car producers expect output to drop 20-25% this year, reflecting a worldwide trend.
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How to geolocate your assets with GPS and Wi-Fi while extending battery life by years
There is an insatiable demand for tracking objects with small, battery-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It’s a demand that was recently exacerbated by the supply chain disruption during COVID-19, says Maria Kalama, business development director, Lacuna Space.
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2020: The year that didn’t go as planned for transport
At the start of 2020 many decision makers in transport forecasted what was in store for changes to the way we move. Now that we’ve passed the halfway mark for the year, says Peter O’Driscoll, managing director of RingGo, it can certainly be said that things have not gone as anticipated and, as a result, some predictions have taken a far different course of action in comparison to what was initially expected.
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Europe, N America hit 27.5mn active insurance telematics policies in 2019
According to a new research report from the Internet of Things (IoT) analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of insurance telematics policies in force on the European market reached 12.8 million in Q4 2019, says Martin Svegander, senior analyst at Berg Insight.
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Report calls for urgent action to meet cyber threat to critical infrastructure
Global safety charity, Lloyd’s Register Foundation today launched a report called Operational Cyber Security for the Industrial Internet of Things: Challenges and Opportunities. It highlights an impending threat to critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, given the growing reliance on the Internet of Things (IoT), say Robert Hannigan, executive chairman international at BlueVoyant and Sadie Creese, professor of Cyber security, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.
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Do you speak the language? Solving global IoT network challenges
Imagine the scenario, says Ian Marsden, co-founder at CTO at Eseye: You’re the CIO of a healthcare business with thousands of IoT-enabled devices deployed around the world. They’re devices that people rely on, and they’re connected via the local mobile network.
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Three questions network operators should ask about IoT security
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic put the reliability and security of communications networks under the spotlight as millions of people reverted to work, care, and learn from home, says Steve Buck, SVP product and operations, security business unit at Mobileum. Many have commented that out of necessity, the digital transformation of many industries accelerated more in the last few months than they have in the last few years.
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Welcome to the Hotel California: Is your IoT device locked in?
For IoT devices, mobile connectivity can be a lot like the Hotel California. As the famous lyric goes, ‘you can check in any time you like, but you can never leave’. And as the Internet of Things (IoT) matures, that’s becoming true of more and more access points to mobile networks, even some that are considered innovative, says Ian Marsden, co-founder and CTO of Eseye.
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Delivery is more important now than ever…
… And we have the stats to prove it! Navigating the shifting tides of business in a world that has been upended by coronavirus is challenging, to say the least. Many companies, both small and large, have had to throw their long-term plans and projections out the window, favoring weekly plans that are more reactionary than forward-thinking. But as the dust settles, hard data and customer insights can help us see the path forward, say Matt Mesic and Morena Simatic of OptimoRoute.
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