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: Are bike-sharing schemes a smart city’s friend or foe?
There is much to be said for getting urbanites to switch to bike-sharing schemes for their daily commutes, but city authorities need to maintain...
Royal Dirkzwager keep eye on seas with satellite comms and big...
Maritime tracking specialist Royal Dirkzwager has used technology from Software AG to help clients keep a closer eye on vessel movements.
For Netherlands-based Royal Dirkzwager...
Ten IoT predictions for 2018 from Cisco’s Maciej Kranz
Internet of Business speaks to Cisco executive and bestselling author Maciej Kranz about his IoT forecast for 2018.
Maciej Kranz is vice president of strategic...
Amazon onboards new recruit, Alexa for Business
Amazon has launched a new set of tools to allow businesses to use its Alexa-driven smart speakers in offices and conference rooms.
Alexa could...
Analysis: Connected streetlights illuminate path to smart cities
Projects to install connected streetlights show that cities are serious about getting smarter. These technologies face bright growth prospects over the next decade.
The city of...
AWS goes all-in on IoT at Reinvent in Las Vegas
AWS is placing serious bets on IoT, with a flurry of announcements at its Reinvent conference underway this week in Las Vegas.
When it...
Zuhlke: Insurance sector can’t afford to ignore the IoT opportunity
In an exclusive interview, Brewster Barclay of Zuhlke tells Internet of Business that insurance companies need both imagination and technical know-how to drive business...
HPE and ABB spell out plans for industrial IoT partnership
At HPE's Discover conference, being held this week in Madrid, the IT giant has announced a partnership with Swiss/Swedish industrial company ABB.
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE)...
Chateau Kefraya cultivates smart vineyard pilot in Lebanon
At the Chateau Kefraya vineyard in Lebanon, an IoT-based smart agriculture project is drawing to a close – but valuable data has been harvested.
Lebanese...
Deutsche Telekom and Fraunhofer launch IoT R&D centre
Deutsche Telekom and Fraunhofer are teaming up on applied research to solve real-world logistics challenges, initially using NB-IoT.
When experts argue that governments should...
WinterSense aims to tackle weather-related travel delays
A road surface temperature sensor system, WinterSense, from the University of Birmingham looks set to address seasonal travel woes.
Winter is coming and at Internet...
Cainiao and 4PX open intelligent logistics park for ecommerce
Alibaba's Cainiao and 4PX claim new intelligent logistics park is smartest in China.
There’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but when it comes to bumper...