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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Oct 21, 2016
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
(Paid Event) MQTT: The Protocol of The Internet of Things
devices connected to a network to merge the digital with the physical,
IBM extends partnership with 21Vianet to deploy Blockchain in China
IBM seems to be interested in pushing blockchain aggressively and this time it is aiming at China. IBM and 21Vianet, a provider of Internet data center …
(Paid Event) MQTT: The Protocol of The Internet of Things
devices connected to a network to merge the digital with the physical,
Why Verizon will struggle to achieve long-term revenue growth
5G technology will provide Verizon high-bandwidth, low latency machine-to-machine communication, which will be critical for precise IoT.
Ripple’s blockchain tech is being trialled for cross-border payments
It was announced this week that innovation firm R3 and 12 banks within its member consortium have been experimenting with Ripple’s distributed …
Blockchain Technology May Be Borrowed By DARPA To Secure Military Networks
Bitcoin, has acquired a different identity. According to Steve Norton’s article …
How M&A Is Driving the Growth of the Internet of Things
These are just a few of the mega-deals this year that underscore the huge role M&A is playing in the development of the Internet of Things as tech …
Expanding Bluemix Footprint in China, IBM Adds Blockchain, IoT
IBM made big cloud moves in Chinadelivering blockchain and internet of things services on its Bluemix platform and partnering with Walmart.
Emerald Acquisition Ltd. Buys Shares of 53200 Iridium Communications Inc.
DailyQuint … radio frequency crosslinks between satellites. Its lines of business include land mobile, machine to machine, maritime, aviation and government.
Expanding Bluemix Footprint in China, IBM Adds Blockchain, IoT
IBM made big cloud moves in Chinadelivering blockchain and internet of things services on its Bluemix platform and partnering with Walmart.
Telecom’s next battle will take place in the Web’s slow lane
File photo. The system, in Madrid, is the vanguard of what will eventually be a global Vodafone narrowband network for the so-called Internet-of-things …
onchain to provide framework for alibabas blockchain-powered email evidence
EconoTimes Onchain, the open-source universal blockchain system, has partnered with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and will provide …
I.D. Systems Inc. (IDSY) Major Shareholder Emancipation Management Llc Buys
The Cerbat Gem I.D. Systems, Inc (I.D. Systems) develops, markets and sells wireless machine-to-machine solutions for managing and securing enterprise assets, …
China’s tech giants will shape international blockchain standards, with
Quartz The Chinese government has published a whitepaper (link in Chinese) that sets out key milestones for the development of blockchain technology in …
CognitiveScale launches AI Blockchain-with-a-Brain for enhanced customer
PR Newswire (press release) Powered by the company’s Cognitive Cloud foundation and secured with blockchain, the company’s ENGAGE and AMPLIFY products will leverage …
IBM and Walmart use blockchain technology to track China’s pork
US technology and retail giants IBM and Walmart, alongside Beijing’s Tsinghua University, will put Chinese pork on a blockchain in a move to bolster …
Symbiont Unveils Enterprise-Ready Distributed Ledger, Releases ‘Assembly’
Nasdaq Symbiont is working with the State of Delaware on the Delaware Blockchain Initiative to store state archival records on a distributed ledger. Allianz …
When Gadgets Attack: Internet of Things Compromises Security
The phenomenon is called Internet of Things (IoT), and is expected to surpass mobile phones as the largest category of Internet-connected devices in …
Is Connected System Hype or Reality?
IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine (M2M) communications …
Blockchain Technology as the Solution To Electoral Fraud: Graduate Students
Yahoo Finance Blockchain systems, the technology behind bitcoin, may be the key. Nineteen teams of graduate students from universities around the world have …
Leading Technology Innovators Headline the First Pharma Blockchain Seminar
EIN News (press release) RxBlockchainBootcamp.com- announced its blockbuster speaker line-up comprised of global blockchain innovators and pharma and legal experts.
Form D Action: Cambridge Blockchain $1.80 million Fundraising. Matthew M
Frisco Fastball Cambridge Blockchain, Llc, Limited Liability Company just had published form D about $1.80 million debt financing. The date of first sale was …
Internet of Things and APIs in the Public Sector
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IBM Blockchain Platform Coming to China via 21Vianet Group
21Vianet Group, the largest carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, is bringing IBM’s Blockchain platform via IBM Bluemix cloud …
cognitivescale launches blockchain-with-a-brain to deliver ai applications
CognitiveScale, the provider of industry-specific machine intelligence software, has announced that it is using blockchain technology to its customer …
Orange Business Services Helps Enterprises Benefit from IoT and Big Data
IoT Business News (press release) (blog) … innovative IoT-based services. Orange recognized by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant for Managed Machine-to-Machine Services Worldwide.
UBS names new head of blockchain
UBS has appointed a new head of research and development for its burgeoning blockchain business to replace Alex Batlin, who has left to join BNY …
Ethernet applications for the Industrial Internet of Things
If you travelled back in time a few years, you would find factories all running on RS232 and similar slow serial ports. Today, applications demand faster …
China Telecom a strategic partner of Shanghai in Internet Plus
… (US$4.1 billion) during the 13th Five-Year Plan period to enhance telecommunications infrastructure and to extend its Internet of Things network.
Visa Introduces International B2B Payment Solution Built on Chain’s
Business Wire (press release) Visa is working with Chain to build Visa B2B Connect using Chain Core, an enterprise blockchain infrastructure that facilitates financial transactions on …
Gabelli Automotive Symposium Keynote to Focus on Internet of Things
RYE, N.Y.–Gabelli & Company is pleased to announce Bridget Karlin, Managing Director in the Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy and Integrated …
Ethernet applications for the Industrial Internet of Things
IIoT, also known as Industry 4.0, can be defined as using well-established technologies in sensor data, machine to machine communication and …
The Changing Role of IT in End-to-End Supply Chain Management
… technologies his company is focusing on as they move toward the future artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-to-machine (M2M) interfaces.
Visa Taps Blockchain for Cross-Border Payment Plan
Because of the complexity and risk of these cross-border payments, a handful of firms are trying to apply blockchain to simplify it. Visa and Chain’s …
blockchain and big data make inroads to china via ibm bluemix
Earlier in May, IBM announced that its IBM Blockchain service on Bluemix is now available in beta. The beta version, with several new and exciting …
E-commerce company aims to fast-track blockchain technology in the travel
The Moodie Davitt Report USA/INTERNATIONAL. Blockchain technology which underpins bitcoin could soon be widely applied in key travel-related business services and …
Unanimous Jury Selects Disruptive Technologies as the Winner of Norwegian
Business Wire (press release) … prestigious technology award, Norwegian Tech Award, with its unique technology to tie things around us to the Internet - Internet of Things (IoT).
IBM Japan and SBI SECURITIES Test Blockchain-based Bond Trading System
SBI SECURITIES will try to work out how they can adapt the blockchain technology to allow consumers and suppliers in bond trading realm to connect …
BRIEF-IBM: SBI Securities is testing potential of blockchain technology
Reuters IBM - SBI Securities intends to make blockchain technology for securities operations commercially available in future. Source text for Eikon: Further …
IBM and SBI Securities test bond trading on the blockchain
SBI Securities is working with IBM on testing blockchain, the distributed … SBI Securities is simply testing the complexity of blockchain relative to its …
European Banks Fall Behind Wall Street in the Blockchain Race
European banks risk falling behind its Wall Street competitors in the blockchain race as it struggles with cost-cutting measures after the 2008 financial …
Cybereason Researcher: This World-Eating Malware Is Simple, but So Is the
BostInno Security researchers and analysts have long warned of the distinct hackability of Internet-of-Things devices. A rudimentary and highly effective …
IBM, SBI to Test Blockchain Bond Trading
IBM is working with a Japanese securities firm on a new blockchain pilot focused on developing the foundations for a next-generation bond trading …
Visa and Chain team up for new B2B blockchain payments platform
Visa has unveiled Visa B2B Connect, a new blockchain-based platform that it is building with US-based blockchain specialist Chain Inc. At present, …
When the Entire Internet Seems to Break At Once
He believes that someone harnessed a vast number of digitally connected internet of things devicesmainly routers, IP cameras, and digital video …
Snowden, Internet Pioneers Issue Warnings about Internet of Things & Smart
Consumer Electronics Net Original 3-Part Series, DIGITS, Features Exclusive Interviews with the Elusive Edward Snowden, ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf & Other Digital …
Hazelton Capital Partners 3Q16 Investor Letter; Up 15.5% YTD
USA Technologies, Inc. is a machine-to-machine (M2M) transaction and payment processing company. The company focuses primarily on the …
UBS Names Former APAC CTO New Blockchain Lead
Following the departure of its first head of blockchain Alex Batlin this week, former UBS APAC CTO Peter Stephens will assume the role. Batlin, who …
McAfee’s Keynote at Blockchain: Money Conference on Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity firm MGT Capital Investments Executive Chairman John McAfee is set to provide a keynote presentation at the Blockchain: Money …
IoT round-up: Asavie, Vodafone, IBM and Bosch make moves
In another busy week for internet of things (IoT) developments, Asavie struck a deal, Vodafone signed a roaming partnership, IBM’s business soared …
Major DDoS Attack Causes US Outages on Twitter, Reddit, Others
… the rise of increasingly massive DDoS attacks on the rapidly expanding number of network-connected devices on the Internet of Things (IoT). Earlier …
Insurance Coverage for the Internet of (Defective)
liabilities: car being remotely controlled by hackers, medical devices being …
ICICI Bank Teams with Emirates NBD to Execute Cross-Border Blockchain
Finance Magnates The pilot transactions were made on a custom-made blockchain application, … Through the blockchain network’s integration with the Infosys’s core …
4 Ways Solution Providers Can Find Profit Opportunity In The Internet Of
CRN The Internet of Things is here now, but many solution providers are still scratching their heads over how to monetize it. CRN recently hosted an IoT …
SecTor Highlights: Snowden Appearance, Call to Secure All the ‘Things’
With the increasing use of technology in every facet of modern life and the growing realm of internet of things (IoT) devices, Hypponen now sees the …
Openserve and Huawei Join Forces for Seven-Fold Increase in Fibre Network
Marketwired (press release) With the introduction of an agile SDN controller, a “brain of network” and “machine to machine communication mechanism” instead of existing …
Visa works on blockchain B2B payment system
Visa says it is working with blockchain developer Chain to develop a near real-time transaction system for high-value international payments between …
The FBI and DHS are investigating today’s huge cyberattack
Last week, for instance, the Department of Homeland Security pointed out the potential for nefarious uses should connected Internet of Things (IoT) …
IT Firm Fujitsu Sees Commercial Interest in Blockchain Security
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed tools for securely sharing documents via blockchain, with an eye to bring commercial products to market next …
Internet attacked, sites forced off: Internet of Things abuse?
“These devices, collectively referred to as the ‘Internet of Things,’ have been the source of an increasing number of attacks since early 2015, …
Convention on ‘Internet of Things’ from Monday
The Institution of Engineers (India), Andhra Pradesh State Center (IEI/APSC), will organise its 32nd National Convention on Internet of Things (IoT) at …
Visa and Chain Enlist Blockchain to Expedite International B2B Payments
Visa and Chain, a San Francisco-based enterprise blockchain infrastructure startup, announced today that they are teaming up to help banks facilitate …
Bank Consortium Develops Open Source Blockchain Platform
Blockchain is being used by developers to create an open source platform for the use of the technology that powers cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in the …
Blame the Internet of Things for today’s web blackout
Blame the Internet of Things for today’s web blackout. Flashpoint says hacked cameras and routers enabled a Mirai botnet to take out major websites …
Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet
The distributed denial of service attacks against dynamic domain name service provider Dyn this morning have now resurged. The attacks have …
4 Ways to Improve Internet of Things Security
cyber-security news and investigation site Krebs on Security was the target …
Blockchain Validating Peers do not start
Membership Services is running but the validating peers do not start.
Legal Implications of Expanded Use of Blockchain Technology
Anna McKenzie are the authors of “Legal Implications of Expanded Use …
Hackers Wrecked the Internet Today Using DVRs and Webcams
It’s not computers, but devices from the so-called Internet of Things. We’re talking smart fridges, web cams, and DVRs. It may sound funny, being …
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