“Smart IoT” connectivity ensures a reliable and secure gas supply for its customers Improved truck routing saves fuel costs and reduces carbon emissions SHV Energy has chosen IoT connectivity from Orange Business Services to deploy smart telemetry and meters on its gas tanks across Europe and the US. The solution will provide an enhanced gas […]
Archives for October 2020
NetSuite reveals updates to help SMBs navigate the new normal
Oracle NetSuite has announced a slew of new updates for its SMB customers which aim to enhance decision-making and unlock new growth opportunities. Announced at the company’s Now On Air virtual event, NetSuite’s latest updates are aimed at helping organisations to streamline and enhance financial, supply chain, and operational management, as well as the employee […]
Why We Need to Start Incorporating Better Cybersecurity Measures for IoT Devices Used by Health Organizations
By Ludovic F. Rembert, Head of Research at Privacy Canada. You’d be hard-pressed to find a sector that hasn’t seen vast technological improvements in recent years, and the healthcare industry is no exception. One reason for its rapid technological innovation has been due to its adoption of the IoT, or the Internet of Things. The […]
NetSuite upgrades its SuiteSuccess business management system
Oracle-owned NetSuite has announced the general availability of four new features for its cloud-based SuiteSuccess business management solutions. First launched in 2017, SuiteSuccess is designed to help financial and wholesale distributors share best practices, insight, and deployment guidance across specific verticals. The four enhancements, announced ahead of the NetSuite Now On Air virtual event, include the addition […]
Crowded connectivity markets are forcing connectivity disruptors to enter new areas of the IoT value chain
By Ibraheem Kasujee, Research Analyst, and Michele Mackenzie, Principal Analyst at Analysys Mason “IoT connectivity disruptors are seeking to diversify their IoT businesses and lower their dependency on connectivity revenue.” Disruptors continue to win important IoT connectivity contracts and compete directly with operators. However, the market for IoT connectivity is crowded, and surviving on profits […]
Nvidia launches AI platform to boost video conferencing
Nvidia has launched a GPU-based video conferencing platform for developers that it claims can fix common issues with video calling. The service is called Nvidia Maxine, a cloud-based platform that will use AI to realign callers’ faces, improve streaming quality, boost resolution, and more. Video conferencing is the number one source of internet traffic, according to Nvidia, with some 30 million […]
Google Workspace merges G Suite into single platform
Google Cloud has launched a fully integrated workspace productivity platform from which customers can access widely-used G Suite apps including Gmail, Calendar and Drive, among others. With a new user interface, the desktop-based application will allow users to seamlessly cycle between the entire G Suite portfolio depending on the task at hand, building on the integration of […]
Digital Transformation Strategies Are Failing. Here’s Why.
Every company’s digital transformation plans got sidetracked by COVID-19, but there are additional reasons why their strategies are not full steam ahead. Image: Pixabay Every organization has had to react to COVID-19 impacts. Before the pandemic hit, organizations were executing digital transformation strategies that were created in response to digital disruption. Then, in 2020, the […]
A perfect IoT union: bringing cellular connectivity into the cloud
By Christian Henke, Head of Product at EMnify. The cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) Most businesses in the world today – regardless of size, sector or phase of digitization – generally recognize the value of cloud. That said, there are varying degrees of familiarity with running applications in the cloud using infrastructure as […]
Cisco ordered to pay £1.46 billion in cyber security patent suit
Cisco has been ordered to pay $1.9 billion (£1.46 billion) to a cyber security firm after a US district judge ruled it had infringed its patents. Judge Henry Morgan concluded after a month-long trial that Cisco infringed upon four out of five patents that belonged to Centripetal Networks, according to Reuters. Virginia-based Centripetal was founded in 2009 and develops threat […]