R&M, the globally active Swiss developer and supplier of cabling systems for high-end network infrastructures, is introducing its new R&MinteliPhy system for Netscale. The next generation of automated infrastructure management (AIM) for the world’s highest density fiber solutions now runs in continuous self-testing mode to automate system health checks. Netscale combined with R&MinteliPhy ensures up-to-date key information is always available, supporting infrastructure managers’ decision-making and helping avoid risks. IT system demands and the need for performance and agility are increasing, driven by Big Data, IoT, new (remote) working methods, mobile platforms and portable computing devices. Today’s data storage and management…
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Tokyo-based Trillium Inc, a leading contender in the global race to close the cyber-security gap that threatens to stop self-driving cars in their tracks, today announced the successful closing of its Series A financing round with investments by lead investor Global Brain, Mizuho Capital and DBJ Capital. Tokyo-based Trillium designs and provides custom, multi-layer adaptive cyber-security systems, focused in the near-term on automotive needs – but applicable to the entire IoT spectrum. “With funding now in place, we are set to move quickly to market with a robust and urgently needed solution,” said David Uze, Trillium’s CEO. “Hundreds of articles…
The history of IOT have been a visions of smart, communicating objects even before the global computer network was launched forty-five years ago. Here are a few milestones in the evolution of the mashing of the physical with the digital.
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, has created a new Industry Specification Group on cross-sector Context Information Management (ISG CIM) for smart cities applications and beyond. ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, aeronautical, broadcast and internet technologies and is recognised by the European Union as a European Standards Organisation. ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit association with more than 800 member companies and organisations, drawn from 67 countries. They determine its work programme and participate directly in its work. The first meeting of the ISG CIM is planned to take place at ETSI’s…
SOFTWARE AG Singapore has released its top predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2017, building on the company’s predictions from 2016. There is going to be a lot of buzz around IoT this year, with smart devices and Chatbots taking center stage. Edge computing will enable better device monitoring, giving smart devices an opportunity to penetrate the healthcare arena. Also, augmented dynamic games will marry the artificial world to the physical world. Here are Software AG’s predictions for 2017: Things have changed “Smart Things” have their own needs – drones need landing areas and docking stations for recharging,…
WestRock unveiled a connected packaging solution for smart products that combines Digimarc’s enabled barcode technology, with EVRYTHNG’s IoT Smart Products Platform to bring embedded, real time, connected digital intelligence to billons of WestRock packages, in-store signs and displays produced annually. WestRock’s Connected Packaging Solutions, developed through a collaboration between WestRock, EVRYTHNG and Digimarc, will be demonstrated at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Annual Convention & EXPO, nicknamed “Retail’s BIG Show”. As part of this smart packaging collaboration for paper-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) products, WestRock, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, will print Digimarc Barcodes that can…
The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) has announced its starting line-up of speakers for its second annual conference and is inviting the security community to further submit talk proposals. The conference is to be held at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London on December 6th and follows on from last year’s events at The Royal Society and Bletchley Park. The theme for this year is “Building an Internet of Trust” and strongly aligns with IoTSF’s mission to make it safe to connect. As part of the theme IoTSF will be promoting the concept of the supply chain…