Tag: smart cities
Cambridge Consultants: Where’s my smart city?
Tim Winchcomb, technology strategy consultant at Cambridge Consultants, asks: where are the business models that will allow technology to flourish and make the smart...
Start-up of the month: Waylay – connecting IoT to business processes
Internet of Business spends five minutes with Waylay co-founder and CEO, Piet Vandaele, discussing the need for an "orchestration" platform that enables the integration...
Dutch city of Dordrecht uses IoT for smart city planning
IoT gateways have been used as part of a smart city research project in the Dutch municipality of Dordrecht. Sensors were introduced to monitor pedestrians,...
TestPlant CEO: IoT has broken the established IT testing model
Dr John Bates, CEO of testing automation company TestPlant, spoke at the recent Nutanix Next 2017 conference about the end-to-end realities of putting IoT systems through...
Survey: Facilities managers look to IoT for building performance boost
A growing number of facilities managers are investing in IoT technology to improve the performance of the buildings they manage, according to a recent...
UK government pledges £16 million investment in 5G test network
The UK government is awarding £16 million to three universities to develop a cutting-edge 5G test network.
With all five chosen for their international reputation...
IoT on course to dominate connected landscape, says Cisco
The IoT will represent more than half of the 27 billion internet connected devices and connections expected globally by 2021, according to the latest Visual...
Nokia launches fifth Open Innovation Challenge with focus on IoT
Finnish telecoms heavyweight Nokia has launched its Open Innovation Challenge for the fifth year running, with a focus on IoT.
Nokia is calling on start-ups and...
City of Lakeland, Florida turns to IoT to improve flood prevention
Monitoring lake levels as part of wider flood prevention measures can be a time-consuming and costly task for city officials, but the IoT can help.
Scientists working for...
Manchester CityVerve is like a neural pathway
(Editor's note: Two weeks ago, we were shocked and saddened to hear news of the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena. Out of respect for the...
Autonomous driving will create $7 trillion “passenger economy”, says Intel
A new “passenger economy”, worth £7 trillion, will be created by fully autonomous vehicles by 2050, according to new research from Intel and Strategy Analytics.
The report,...
Multitasking garbage trucks scan streets for more than trash
Many smart city projects rely on live or near-live data. It is typical for the data collection points to be situated in fixed locations – but...