ASX listed IoT technology company Xped is expanding into the aged care market, via recently acquired company JCT. Xped says it has signed up five new channel partners that will give JCT a national sales presence marketing and selling JCT products and solutions into the aged care sector. Xped announced in April that it planned […]
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IIC/CHINA agreement will help harmonise industrial internet
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a global organisation formed to promote the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has signed a MoU with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) to help ensure interoperability for the industrial Internet in China. The IIC says it and CAIT will identify and share best practices, collaborate on […]
Thinxtra taking Sigfox to Asia
Thinxtra, the Sigfox licensee for Australia and New Zealand is widening its horizons, announcing plans to rollout a Sigfox network in Hong Kong, and unveiling plans for networks in several more Asian countries in 2017. The move into Hong Kong appears to give it a headstart on rival LPWAN technology, LoRaWAN. So far as IoTAustralia […]
Edge computing gets foggier
A few years ago Cisco coined the term ‘fog computing’ for edge computing in IoT networks. The industry recognised the need for harmonising this component of the IoT ecosystem, the name caught on and the OpenFog Consortium was formed in November 2015 with ARM, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Princeton University as founding members. One […]
Creator Global
We’re an industrial design agency for the Internet of Things, transforming business for the world’s biggest brands. We design, prototype and manufacture connected products and IoT experiences. We also have an address in the US: Level 17, 104 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011 Contact email: create@creator.global Website: http://creator.global/ Level 2, 387 Little Bourke Street […]
Hitachi aims for IoT-driven trebling of Australian revenues
Diversified Japanese multinational Hitachi has unveiled a plan to triple its Australian revenues in five years, largely by exploiting IoT technologies and applications. The plan was unveiled by Hitachi’s president and CEO, Toshiaki Higashihara, to a capacity audience at Hitachi’s Social Innovation Forum in Sydney – an annual global event staged in Australia for the […]
Spotless gets into smart metering to exploit ‘Power of Choice’
ASX listed Spotless – which provides a diverse range of services – has launched smart metering service provider Spotless Advanced Metering (SAM) to take advantage of new legislation that shifts responsibility for metering of energy supply from network operator to retailer and gives large customers the option of appointing their own metering service provider. SAM […]
CSIRO maps out Australia’s advanced manufacturing future
The CSIRO has released a roadmap on advanced manufacturing, that sets out a vision to transform Australia’s manufacturing industry over the next 20 years into a “highly integrated, collaborative and export-focused ecosystem that provides high-value customised solutions within global value chains.” It says that, under this vision: Australian manufacturers will be more customer and export-focussed, […]
The “high rise” of smart connected buildings: Realising the benefits of IoT
The development of smart connected buildings is rapidly increasing. Research firm Memoori predicts the ‘Building Internet of Things’ market will grow from $US22.9 billion in 2014 to more than $US85 billion in 2020, predominantly in the areas of security, lighting control, fire detection and safety. Gartner predicts smart commercial buildings will be the biggest […]
Blue IoT
Blue IoT is an innovative boutique energy and infrastructure services firm who care about people and outcomes. We reduce energy, maintenance and operating costs while improving safety, smarts, efficiency, health and energy security through the use of the IoT and big data analytics. We utilise the IoT and big data analytics to dig up […]