IoT

Semtech Corporation has announced UNIDATA S.p.A, has adopted the LoRaWAN technology platform to deploy a low power, wide area network (LPWAN) in Italy. Unidata will also create a showroom, the “LoRa Lab,” near Unidata’s headquarters in Rome to educate and encourage IoT solutions and services based on Semtech’s LoRa technology.

BSRIA has commented on the take up and value for money of smart meters being fitted in UK homes. DECC’s (Department of Energy & Climate Change) own figures suggest that at the end of 2015 only 2.3m meters were deployed in smart mode of some 51m due to be installed by end 2020.

Moixa Technology has announced a ground-breaking pilot of Moixa’s smart battery Maslow product in ScottishPower customer homes, helping them to save money and use more of the energy they generate. It also demonstrates how storage technology could address the challenges facing the UK’s overstretched grid.

DFI joined Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT, offering customers IoT solutions with hardware and software that has been pre-tested and verified to work with Microsoft Azure IoT services. Microsoft Azure IoT is an integrated tool to manage IoT applications which include cloud data storage, security system, and platform services. 

As children, most of us remember reeling off the various farm yard animals included in the popular nursery rhyme ‘Old MacDonald had a farm’. However, the next generation of toddlers may have to add another couple of verses. Advances in technology are changing the industry around the world, meaning that the farms of tomorrow will look quite different.

When it comes to protecting IoT devices OEMs can no longer rely on obscurity or a secure perimeter model. As Icon Labs explain, security must begin at home with a device capable of defending itself against network attacks.

While many aspects of the IoT remain unresolved, if there is one certainty it is that there will be no ‘normal’. Every ‘thing’ in the IoT will likely be designed to accomplish a specific objective. And commercial pressure will demand that it achieves that objective in the most cost effective way possible. Avnet Memec Silica explain.

Steve Rogerson looks at how the Internet of Things (IoT) hype is turning into reality. Analysts seem to be trying to outdo each other in their predictions for what will happen with the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). 

The Internet of Things is the next industrial revolution, and Tridonic is convinced that lighting will play a decisive role. With this in mind the company has developed the toolbox, net4more, which will not only connect luminaires with each other, but deliver a value add that goes far beyond lighting.

The IoT for industries is transforming both the consumer and the business landscape, offering tremendous opportunities for agile suppliers. However, businesses founded on connectivity across devices, geographies, applications and services require diversity in business models. Each industry and company will need a customised approach to connectivity based on its unique requirement.