Internet of Things

Encryption won't help. Testing your software won't help. And this problem will only get worse over time. VW Emissions Scandal: Death Knell for IoT? Read more...

Twenty years ago, if you told me my phone could be used to steal the password to my email account or to take a copy of my fingerprint data, I would’ve laughed at you and said you watch too much James Bond. But today, if you tell me that hackers with malicious intents can use my toaster to break into my Facebook account, I will panic and quickly pull the plug from the evil appliance.  Read more...

The hack was simple. Terry Dunlap tapped out a few commands on his laptop and within seconds a message popped on the screen: "Done!" With a few more keystrokes, he could see what the security camera could see and swivel it at will.  Read more...

As an industry, we need to start to address the security limitations inherent in the Internet of Things. A new hardware-led approach needs to be at the heart of the solution. Read more...

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer takes the time to reveal the stocks that are running away from the competition. Read more...

In a recent research, Analyst firm IDC found that the average cost of a critical application failure is $500,000 to $1 million per hour and the average total cost of unplanned application downtime is $1.25 billion to $2.5 billion per year for Fortune 1000 companies. Read more...

Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. Read more...

Investing in the Internet of Things in a targeted way means picking individual stocks. So be prepared: It's a high-risk, high-reward undertaking. Read more...

Dell today announced the launch of the new Edge Gateway 5000 Series purpose-built for the building and factory automation sectors. Composed of an industrial-grade form factor, expanded input and output interfaces, and with wide operating temperature ranges, the Edge Gateway 5000, combined with Dell’s data analytics capabilities, promises to give companies an edge computing solution alternative. Read more...

Four additional companies will join the ranks of founding members at a new Internet of Things research center hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology. Read more...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Ericsson has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 17th Cloud Expo , which will take place on November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Read more...

Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. Read more...

Cisco today announced the inauguration of openBerlin, a Cisco® Innovation Center. The center is now fully operational in the Euref campus in Berlin's Schöneberg district. Read more...

With the Synergy platform, Renesas Electronics aims to simplify embedded design while encouraging rise of a support ecosystem comparable to smartphone apps developers. Read more...

In 10 years you may be trying to watch cat videos in 4K, 8K or 16K resolution, but mobile networking will be as much a big-data problem as a bandwidth drag race. The systems that carriers brag about now for delivering games and streaming media to smartphones will have to be totally re-architected in the next few years to accommodate sensors, cameras and remote-control connections. Read more...

Robots have evolved from science-fiction humanoids into intelligent autonomous machines that are revolutionizing the way consumers live, work and play. Reflecting this evolution, the Robotics Marketplace, presented by Robotics Trends at CES® 2016 will see a 71 percent growth in exhibit space over its footprint at the 2015 CES. Read more...

According to a new survey, 64 percent of consumers are confident they can control the information access of Internet of Things devices, but 78 percent of IT professionals say security standards are insufficient.  Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet of Things (IoT), one of a cadre of new buzzwords in the Telecom, Media, and Technology (TMT) industry, is an expansive and loosely defined category. Read more...

And artificial intelligence will be hot for Chinese consumers, but 3-D printing will be all the rage in Europe. Read more...

Ever since the spectacular dot-com bust of 2000, any new tech boom is eventually clouded by prophesies that another collapse is close at hand. A splashy Vanity Fair cover story this month, entitled “Is Silicon Valley In Another Tech Bubble?”, is just one recent speculation about the possible frailty of the current expansion. Read more...

As more intelligent IoT applications shift into gear, they're merging into the ever-increasing traffic flow of the Internet. It won't be long before we experience bottlenecks, as IoT traffic peaks during rush hours. Read more...

Bristol is installing high-end public wired and wireless networks aiming to create a place where vendors can experiment to the benefit of companies and citizens. Read more...

Electric power utilities face relentless pressure on their financial performance, and reducing distribution grid losses is one of the last untapped opportunities to meet their business goals. Read more...

Salesforce Ventures already launched with a $100 million investment fund last September with the Internet of Things in mind. Read more...

Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. Read more...

Alibaba's cloud division has opened a second data center in Silicon Valley while Amazon has announced a slew of new features for its cloud service, as tech giants jostle for the top spot in a rapidly growing market. Read more...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing rapidly by extending current technologies, products and networks. By 2020, Cisco estimates there will be 50 billion connected devices. Gartner has forecast revenues of over $300 billion, just to IoT suppliers. Read more...

Developing software for the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with its own set of challenges. Security, privacy, and unified standards are a few key issues. Read more...

Are you wondering if any of your clients (or their competition) have deployed Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in their businesses? Read more...

In his session at @ThingsExpo , Tony Shan, Chief Architect at CTS, will explore the synergy of Big Data and IoT. First he will take a closer look at the Internet of Things and Big Data individually, in terms of what, which, why, where, when, who, how and how much. Read more...

The Motley Fool Believes Intel's Internet of Things Strategy Is a Strong One, Unlike a Recent Anchorite Article. In a Recent Report, a Motley Fool Writer Analyzed the Company's Plans; Jason Hope Chimes in With Some Analysis of the Plans the Computer Giant has Made as It Develops Its Internet of Things Strategy Read more...

By 2020 the Internet of Things is on target to be a trillion dollar industry with approximately 26 billion objects set to be linked together on the Internet. This trend will literally affect everyone's daily life and most industries and businesses. Including the Sports and Entertainment industries. In sports we're already seeing some amazing technology in stadiums, fantasy sports, virtual ... Read more...

Silicon Labs , a leading provider of microcontroller, sensing and wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things , today released the industry's most cost-effective solution for voice-enabled ZigBee® remote controls. Read more...

Azure IoT Suite became generally available starting September 29. This suite consist of technologies to monitor and manage devices that come under Internet of Things. Read more...

Microsoft looks to take another swing at forging a winning mobile strategy in a world dominated by Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Read more...

One of the frustrations of choosing an Internet of Things device is finding one that plays well with the other smart appliances in your home. Philips' Hue lighting platform is already pretty extensible, but today it's finally gained support for ano... Read more...

"The Internet of Things transforms the way organizations leverage machine data and gain insights from it," noted Splunk's CTO Snehal Antani, as Splunk announced accelerated momentum in Industrial Data and the IoT. Read more...

The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a significant mix of opportunity and risk. Compared to the connected devices of the past, the gazillions of new IoT devices that are being predicted for our homes, transportation, cities, medical devices and elsewhere represent a unique set of security challenges for both companies and their users. They also offer a host of new and attractive opportunity ... Read more...

Clearly the way forward is to move to cloud be it bare metal, VMs or containers. One aspect of the current public clouds that is slowing this cloud migration is cloud lock-in. Every cloud vendor is trying to make it very difficult to move out once a customer has chosen their cloud. Read more...

Today Lord Drayson, CEO and Chairman of Drayson Technologies introduced Freevolt™ : a revolutionary energy harvesting technology that turns ambient radio frequency waves into usable electricity to charge low power electronic devices. Read more...