Tag: Devices
Lone worker protection services market to reach €260 million by 2021,...
New research from analyst company Berg Insight has forecast that the market for lone worker protection solutions in Europe and North America will reach €260...
No more security through obscurity for IoT device makers
The outcry over security compromises involving ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) devices has led to much hand-wringing over the potential future of the market. But...
Cloudflare launches Orbit security offering to protect IoT devices
CloudFlare has launched a new service called Orbit to help protect IoT devices against hacking and malware.
The Orbit service routes an organization’s IoT traffic through...
More than two-thirds of consumers are concerned about IoT device security
More than two-thirds (69 percent) of US and UK consumers are concerned about the security of their personal data with Internet of Things (IoT)...
Dunelm boosts supply chain operations with IoT and SAP
IoB speaks to Gavin Chappell, supply chain and merchandising director at UK home furnishing retailer Dunelm, about the challenge of managing supply chain and...
Intelligent hand-dryer collects bathroom-break data
Drying your hands after a bathroom break may never be the same again. A new smart product, the AdDryer from Savortex, promises to blast users with advertisements,...
BrickerBot ‘creator’ claims two million IoT devices have been destroyed
BrickerBot, a piece of malware designed to damage insecure IoT devices so badly that they become useless, has now 'bricked' as many as two million devices, according...
Linux Foundation EdgeX Foundry aims to ‘unpickle’ IoT interoperability
The new EdgeX Foundry project aims to unify the IoT marketplace, but with so many groups already having tried and never quite succeeded, could...
Expanding your IoT offering into the US? Think bigger. Think globally.
Jonathan Smith, director of connectivity sales for Europe at IoT/M2M specialist Aeris, shares his tips on how European makers of IoT-enabled devices can successfully...
Microsoft pushes IoT as a service to enterprises
Microsoft has unveiled IoT Central, its new IoT as a service offering designed to help in the deployment of IoT projects in the enterprise.
The...
Smart home product manufacturers must target customers in different ways
Smart home consumers can be divided into seven segments, according to new research from market analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
Manufacturers selling smart home products to customers need...
Mirai malware repurposed to mine Bitcoins using slave IoT devices
Criminals have added code to the Mirai malware that targets IoT devices to mine Bitcoins.
IT security researchers have discovered a module added to the...