Jessica Twentyman
Jessica Twentyman is a journalist with a 20-year track record as both a writer and editor on national newspapers and IT trade titles. Her work focuses on how smart companies use technology to achieve real business results. She is a contributor to the Financial Times, The Economist and Computer Weekly, and Consulting Editor on Diginomica.com and I-CIO.com.
Analysis: 2018 looks set to see a surge in microgrids
Microgrids offer a way to add resilience to existing energy infrastructure or build entirely new, independent supply systems to serve remote locations. They also...
Chirp and EDF Energy team up on power station connectivity project
Tech start-up Chirp and utility EDF Energy have been awarded a £100,000 Innovate UK grant to explore data-over-sound in radio-frequency restricted environments.
Data-over-sound start-up...
KraussMaffei: Keeping pace with manufacturers’ Industry 4.0 ambitions
Internet of Business speaks with Malte Manke, CIO at industrial equipment maker KraussMaffei Group, about emerging needs and expectations among digitally savvy manufacturing companies....
Adding additive manufacturing to the smart factory set-up
In addition to prototyping, manufacturing companies are increasingly looking to additive manufacturing on 3D printers as a way to build production components, too.
With...
BICS: In the IoT, machines must be able to roam freely
Internet of Business speaks to Mikael Schachne of BICS about the company’s approach to helping customers equip smart machines and devices with international IoT...
Analysis: Machine learning has much to teach utilities companies
Machine learning techniques look set to transform the way that utilities companies predict customer usage and production capacity in the years ahead.
Utilities take note:...
Utilities tell their networks: “Smart grid, heal thyself”
As smart grids get smarter, utilities are increasingly looking for ways to enable them to diagnose and heal their own problems.
In early January, the...
Interview: Frank Piller on people, smart factories and Industry 4.0
Professor Frank Piller talks Internet of Business through the workshop he’s preparing for our Internet of Manufacturing event in Munich in February.
At many manufacturing...
GE to provide Enel with software for monitoring power plant assets
Predix deal between GE and Enel will initially focus on asset performance management in 14 power plants in Europe and Latin America.
Last week, General...
Top ten mobile operators account for 76 percent of cellular IoT...
New research from Berg Insight ranks global mobile operators by number of cellular IoT connections and reveals robust growth among Chinese providers.
Which global mobile...
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi launch Alliance Ventures, announce first investment
New venture capital fund Alliance Ventures will aim to support and develop technologies for vehicle electrification, autonomous driving, connectivity and artificial intelligence.
Automotive alliance...
Analysis: A manufacturer’s guide to IoT monetization
What does IoT monetization mean for the business models of companies that manufacture machines and devices?
Cutting costs, boosting productivity and achieving new efficiencies: these...