Nanosatellite mission integrator NanoAvionics UK Ltd. and UK satellite communications provider Lacuna Space, have signed a second contract to integrate the Lacuna Space LoRa-based Space Gateway into NanoAvionics’ M6P nanosatellite bus which will be launched in Q4 2019 via a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The two companies successfully collaborated on the Lacuna Space technology […]
The global market for IoT-focused satellite services will grow to $5.9bn in 2025
According to the latest Satellite IoT Forecast 2019-2025 from Riot Research, the satellite IoT market will reach $5.9bn by 2025, with 30.3mn devices. The fight with LPWAN will start turning bloody towards end of period. The global market for IoT-focused satellite services, focused on enddevice connectivity hardware and the annual connectivity fees charged, will grow […]
How HSBC built its PayMe for Business app on Microsoft Azure
Bank-grade security, super-fast transactions, and analytics If you live in Asia or have ever traveled there, you’ve probably witnessed the dramatic impact that mobile technology has had on all aspects of day to day life. In Hong Kong in particular, most consumers now use a smart phone daily, presenting new opportunities for organizations to deliver […]
New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly!
Video Indexer (VI), the AI service for Azure Media Services enables the customization of language models by allowing customers to upload examples of sentences or words belonging to the vocabulary of their specific use case. Since speech recognition can sometimes be tricky, VI enables you to train and adapt the models for your specific domain. […]
IXDen Launches New IoT Security Protection Solution
More than 2 billion records reportedly left exposed by recent y breach. By 2020, 30 billion IoT devices to be in everyday use and will need protection. IXDen, the leading solution provider for securing IoT devices, today announced their new ‘IXDen Smart Homes’, a product which will protect billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices […]
Semtech’s IoT Platform Monitors Soil Irrigation for Healthier Crops
Oizom’s LoRa-based sensors reduce farm water and electricity consumption by up to 26 percent. Semtech Corporation announced that Oizom, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider for environmental applications, leveraged Semtech’s LoRa® devices and Tata Communications’ LoRaWAN®-based networking infrastructure for its new Agribot smart agriculture solution. “As water becomes an increasingly rare and expensive resource […]
Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage
Cloud data lakes solve a foundational problem for big data analytics—providing secure, scalable storage for data that traditionally lives in separate data silos. Data lakes were designed from the start to break down data barriers and jump start big data analytics efforts. However, a final “silo busting” frontier remained, enabling multiple data access methods for […]
Why Affective Computing Systems Need Synthetic Emotion
Affective computing systems impact human emotions. They aren’t necessarily able to recognize or respond to emotions well yet, but that will change.
Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service
Application development has radically changed over the years. From having to host all the physical hardware hosting the app and its dependences on-premises, to moving to a model where the hardware is hosted by external companies yet still managed by the users on to hosting your apps on a fully managed platform where all hardware […]
IBM revenue continues to fall as it chases cloud leaders
News 18 Jul, 2019 Bobby Hellard High hopes pinned on Red Hat acquisition to close the gap on rivals