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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Jun 28, 2017
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
Vodacom opens Narrowband Internet of Things laboratory
In order to help incubate and commercialise machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems using narrowband networking, Vodacom … more.
Salesforce IoT demo shows it’s becoming easier to meld CRM and IoT
Today, using the internet-of-things channel for building CRM victories seems to be a demonstration of more hype than reality. But there is vast … more.
Asset Management Fees Face A New Headwind
A blockchain is a shared digital ledger or database that maintains a … With the use of blockchain, Kaal argues that funds can easily break down fees … more.
Big Sky: The New World of Sky-oT
As machine to machine (M2M) marketing-speak has moved to IoT, other satellite firms have put their own spin on where they fit in the bigger picture. more.
Big Sky: The New World of Sky-oT
There are at least 15 start-up companies and seven to eight established satellite companies that want to play a role in the Internet of Things (IoT) as … more.
Blockchain: Initial coin offerings pull in millions but at what cost?
Innovators who want to raise capital in a hurry, for projects based on blockchain electronic record systems and electronic currency platforms, are … more.
Big banks turn to IBM for trade finance platform
IBM has been busy making a name for itself as the go-to blockchain technology provider for trade finance solutions. That reputation strengthened this … more.
Cisco Live 2017: Key Takeaways from CEO Chuck Robbins’ Keynote
The new networking realities: In 2016, the world hit an inflection point as the number of machine-to-machine network activations exceeded those of … more.
Cisco announces Kinetic IoT operations platform
Cisco has announced its Kinetic Internet of Things (IoT) operations platform, with a focus on managing connections, “fog” computing, and the delivery … more.
Unblocked: The Power of Blockchain Technology
Brands & Transform Business, the new report from OgilvyRED authored … more.
CORRECTING and REPLACING Rivada Networks Receives Top Score in Michigan
Business Wire (press release) … machine-to-machine, Internet of Things, etc.). Rivada has formed a consortium of leading companies to build and operate networks in the U.S. and … more.
How Nevada Is Preparing For Blockchain Technology
Law360, New York (June 27, 2017, 11:21 AM EDT) – When I entered the Nevada Legislature in 2010, my state was feeling the effects of the Great … more.
BlackBerry Seeks Sales Force to Match Software Focus
… salespeople for industrial software maker QNX, acquired in 2010, as well as for its Internet of Things business, which connects computing devices in … more.
Developing the INTEROPERABLE Internet of Things
OCF member and Principal Architect of Emerging Technologies at Shaw … more.
Cloud Identity Leader Auth0 Adds $30 Million Series C
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 27, 2017 – Auth0, the leading Identity as a Service platform, today announced it has raised $30 million in a Series C … more.
IBM Scores Blockchain Deal With 7 Major Banks
International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) has invested in blockchain, looking to use the technology to remove inefficiencies and reduce costs for … more.
Artifical Intelligence But Real Style at the Turing Conference
During the conference, which covered everything from Moore’s law to the Internet of Things, the group of panelists were throwing out comments on … more.
VC Firm Homebrew Considering an ICO to Raise its Next Fund
Rooted in blockchain technology, ICOs are a form of crowdfunding whereby companies sell their own digital currencies or “tokens”similar to … more.
It Takes Smart People To Make Smart Cities Work
Internet of Things sensors embedded in streets, light poles, and buildings will manage the flow of autonomous vehicles to reduce congestion and … more.
McKinsey Publishes Internet of Things Update
optimistic outlooks on new technological advances as well as plenty of room for … more.
Global Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
2017: US$13 Billion Automotive Telematics Market Provides a Gold … more.
China and India to Account for Half of All New Mobile Subscribers Added by
Business Wire (press release) … and efficiency brought about by increased take-up of mobile services and adoption of new mobile technologies such as machine-to-machine (M2M). more.
Florida International University to launch one of the first Internet of
South Florida Business Journal The segment of technology, which revolves around smart devices, is fast-growing and increasingly requires new, trained talent. more.
Arduino Announces IoT Kit for LoRa Developers
Arduino, developer of educational microcontroller boards, has teamed up with semiconductor provider Semtech to offer Internet of Things (IoT) … more.
Hyperledger Fabric Publishes Release Candidate Blockchain for Testing
The maintainers of Hyperledger Fabric, a platform for distributed ledgers supported by a modular architecture that delivers high degrees of flexibility, … more.
Emerging Applications of Blockchain for Supply Chains
problems, with applications in socially responsible supply chains, … more.
PTC Named Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year and IoT
Automation World PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced that it has received the 2017 Compass Intelligence Awards for Industrial Internet of Things Company of the … more.
Blockchain Technology Highlighted In FIS Readiness Report
Of this leadership pool, 47 percent of firms are using blockchain technology for collateral management, 42 percent use blockchains for regulatory … more.
How to protect your computer against the latest ransomware attack
… says it has been assumed the ransomware is spreading from machine to machine using a vulnerability called EternalBlue in Microsoft’s file and print … more.
5 of the biggest cybersecurity risks surrounding IoT development
The Internet of Things is permeating every facet of our lives. It brings with it new cybersecurity risks for developers to consider. more.
Taking Stock of the Blockchain Amendments to the Delaware General
The National Law Review Two amendments have been proposed to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) to permit corporate record keeping utilizing blockchain … more.
Building Peer to Peer Insurance prototype on Ethereum blockchain in one
However, the main focus was on the blockchain and smart contracts’ part to put an insurance policy on the blockchain and make it work. That’s why we … more.
IBM building blockchain-based platform for big European banks
Blockchain technology provides an electronic record-keeping and transaction-processing system, which lets all parties track documentation through a … more.
Trend Micro launches new $100 million venture fund with focus on IoT
… is aimed to help Trend Micro nurture a portfolio of startups that are incubating ideas in emerging technology areas such as Internet of Things (IoT). more.
Cubic Telecom, China Mobile, and Valid Join Forces to Deliver LTE
PR Newswire (press release) … machine-to-machine (M2M) and mobile device companies across the globe. Providing connectivity in over 180 countries; the most robust network, … more.
IBM Scores Blockchain Deal With 7 Major Banks
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has invested in blockchain, looking to use the technology to remove inefficiencies and reduce costs for … more.
UTSA researchers claim to create product that extends battery life of
KSAT San Antonio “It would benefit all battery-operated devices, some medical-implanted devices, mobile phones and also other internet of things devices that can last … more.
World Economic Forum - Blockchain: The Next Generation Of The Internet
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, could soon give rise to a new internet era even more disruptive and transformative than the current one, … more.
Send Data from Thingworx to raspberry using mqtt
about reverse? how to do that is any document ? is anyone aware of it? more.
‘Smart Solutions’ at Internet of Things World Europe 2017
13th to 15th at Excel, London as one of the eight technology events under … more.
China Telecom and Orange step up IoT push
… existing strategic partnership means their respective enterprise customers will be able to deploy IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) services across … more.
SAP’s chief strategy officer thinks blockchain is not a zero-sum game
Blockchain is not a zero-sum game and its implementation across various sectors is going to be an overall positive for businesses, German software … more.
How Sydney blockchain startup Hashkloud scored partnerships with two
SmartCompany.com.au Blockchain has been receiving a deluge of media attention in recent weeks, and Sydney-based startup Hashkloud is capitalising on the growth of the … more.
In conversation with… Blockchain author and commentator Don Tapscott
Revolution: How the Technology Underlying Bitcoin is Changing Business, … more.
Can the ‘internet of things’ help stimulate growth in Hong Kong?
The Hong Kong government is urging industries to expedite their adoption of so-called internet of things (IoT) solutions, which could push forward … more.
PetrWrap & WannaCry Won’t Teach Businesses To Better Protect Themselves
Forbes IoT (Internet of Things). It’s estimated that a million new devices are being added to the Internet every three hours. These smart devices, are computers … more.
‘End Poverty, Restore Trust’: World Bank Dives into Blockchain with Lab
CoinDesk The world’s largest multilateral development bank is launching a blockchain lab as part of a bid to pilot projects that can improve governance and … more.
ZhongAn Plans to Put China’s Chickens on a Blockchain
The entire process of Chinese chicken farming, which sees some 5 billion chickens consumed every year, could soon be tracked on a blockchain. more.
Seven Major European Banks Select IBM to Bring Blockchain-Based Trade
Blockchain News IBM has announced that it has been selected by a consortium of seven of Europe’s largest banks to build and host a new trade finance platform based … more.
New Vodacom narrowband IoT lab in Midrand
… at Vodaworld in Midrand, Vodacom aims to incubate and commercialise machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoT systems using narrowband networking. more.
IoT Time: M2M/Internet of Things weekly digest
Global mobile association the GSMA has declared that its Mobile IoT Initiative has ‘taken off’, citing the recent commercial rollouts of Low Power, Wide … more.
New postgraduate on Internet of Things
are joining forces for a postgraduate programme on the Internet of Things … more.
Is blockchain the land of milk and honey? 9 experts share their concerns
Is the blockchain just a hype? Can it offer an exponential benefit above other existing technologies? In the second part of our interview series, our nine … more.
Swiss Crowdlending Fintech Opts for Blockchain
The company therefore has decided to link up with Blockchain-fintech Lykke, Splendit said in a statement today. Lykke, a Swiss startup, operates a … more.
Understanding Apple’s Internet-of-Things Story in 10 Slides
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been hugely influential in streamlining and popularizing connected technologies, and its expertise in design and refining … more.
(VIDEO) Comcast’s New Initiative Taps Blockchain For TV Ad Data Security
Blockchain Insights Platform, as Comcast calls it, will be a new and improved advertising approach developed in collaboration with Comcast’s own … more.
SEC is Still Eyeing to Regulate the ICO Market
US Securities and Exchange Commission is still eyeing to enforce regulations to Blockchain companies engaged in ICO. With the increase of … more.
Daimler and LBBW successfully utilize blockchain technology for launch of
Stuttgart, Germany Daimler AG and Landesbank Baden-Wrttemberg (LBBW) for the first time have jointly used blockchain technology to execute a … more.
Cybersecurity expert Trend Micro to pump money into IoT start-ups
Trend Micro is changing tack a little, with a new $100m fund created by the cybersecurity company to invest in IoT. Internet of things (IoT) is, at this … more.
Blockchain: 3 big implications for your company
Blockchain uses an equally simple idea that may be just as revolutionary: If every member of a large network has the same data, along with a … more.
NEM.io Foundation teams up with Blockchain Global to drive global expansion
The NEM.io Foundation, the creator of the peer-to-peer NEM blockchain platform, has entered into a strategic alliance with Blockchain Global, … more.
Avaya and Arowana Consulting Revolutionize Guest Experiences with IoT
Marketwired (press release) … convenience and efficiency of human-to-human, human-to-machine and machine-to-machine communications in any type of business or industry. more.
What Will Happen to ARKADOS GROUP INCORPORATED (OTCMKTS:AKDS) Next? The
Weekly Register Arkados is engaged in offering software and hardware design and developing solutions that enable machine to machine communications for the … more.
Blockchain Will Come Into Industry in Two Years: Accenture Aerospace Head
Head of Aerospace and Defense at Accenture John Schmidt has said he really sees Blockchain coming into the industry over the next two to three … more.
Circle, Blockchain And The Birth Of Social Payments In The UK
In my first blog for Forbes, I spoke about how there was no equivalent for Venmo in the UK and how P2P payments were not mainstream enough to … more.
Sell Side Forges Ahead with Ambitions for Live Blockchain
John considers the merits of two blockchain-focused groups making announcements of progress this week, and Google’s $2.7 billion fine for allegedly … more.
NEM Foundation Opens First Blockchain Center in Malaysia
The NEM Foundation, creators of the NEM blockchain platform whose native cryptocurrency (XEM) is the sixth most valuable blockchain token in the … more.
CFTC Chief Asks Congress for More Money to Oversee Blockchain
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has cited the advance of technologies like blockchain in a request to obtain additional funding for its … more.
Bitcoin’s Blockchain Basis For IBM’s New Financial Platform
Tech giant IBM is building a blockchain-based platform for seven big European banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, that is aimed at … more.
Israeli Blockchain Start-Up Bancor Raises $153 Million in Digital Currency
JNS.org The Tel Aviv-based blockchain start-up Bancor Foundation raised $153 million worth of digital currency this month, in a record-setting initial … more.
Experts Task Agripreneurs on Internet of Things
Recently Nigeria Society of Engineers, Apapa branch, Lagos, Nigeria, inducted new members into its hallowed chambers. The theme for the annual … more.
Aeris Earns IoT Vehicle Telematics Company of the Year Award from Compass
GlobeNewswire (press release) SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Aeris, a pioneer and leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, said today it is the … more.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1200 chips have built-in LTE for always-on
Digital Trends Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 1200 chip will power the next generation of Android smartwatches, fitness trackers, Internet of Things devices, and … more.
HDS Federal makes its big move with Brocade deal
… a traditional IT infrastructure-focused company to one that also offers agencies services in big data, analytics and the Internet of Things, Turner said. more.
That fancy Samsung fridge might be made in South Carolina
Samsung also acquired audio supplier Harman for $8 billion and committed $1.2 billion to US-based R&D and investments for Internet of Things … more.
World Economic Forum Blockchain White Paper Gets Warm Reception
The World Economic Forum (WEF) today published a dedicated Blockchain report detailing how the technology will flow into the global economy. more.
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