Prodea releases platform for the ‘connected home’

A company called Prodea Systems has released what it calls a "one-of-a-kind" platform for the connected home. Prodea says its Residential Operating System (ROS) delivers numerous services on a single managed platform: entertainment, education, health and wellness, a private cloud, home security, automation, energy management and enhanced communication. The offering enables devices from smartphones and TVs…

ByThe Global ViewApril 11, 20140Comments

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IT giants target barriers to internet of things

Some of the world's biggest technology companies have come together to "break down the barriers" standing in the way of the internet of things. The founding members of the new Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) include AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel. The open membership organization will focus on eliminating "technology silos to support better access to big…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 27, 20140Comments

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UK, Germany target 5G, ‘internet of things’

As two countries that have made new technology development a priority, the UK and Germany are teaming up in hopes of doing even more to promote economy-building digital innovations. Both UK Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about those goals Sunday at the opening of the CeBIT 2014 high-tech trade show in…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 10, 20140Comments

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BT trials new networking tech for ‘internet of things’

Delivering on the potential of the "internet of things" (IoT) means being able to make devices of all kinds -- from mobile phones to city lampposts -- "talk" to one another easily and efficiently. However, that's a challenge in a world where wide bands of the wireless spectrum are allocated to specific users, and where devices…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 15, 20140Comments

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Google’s $3.2bn Nest purchase is about smarts, not thermostats

Nest Labs was launched with a vision of a "conscious home" made possible in part through a thermostat that "learns" how to save energy and money. That vision is now backed by a $3.2 billion cash purchase by Google. Founded by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, the Palo Alto-based Nest aimed from the start to make…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 14, 20140Comments

Smart Cities

Four more firms join ‘internet of things’ alliance

Four new smart-grid companies have joined an organization working to promote the use of the Internet Protocol for the networking of "smart objects." The IPSO (IP for Smart Objects) Alliance also announced plans to begin a series of interoperability tests, and has completed and approved two new standards for the "internet of things." New alliance members include: GreenWave…

ByThe Global ViewJune 23, 20110Comments

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Energy future is killing ‘business as usual’

A funny thing happened on the way to the smart grid: the companies involved in building it all became smarter too. Spend a little time exploring the smart-grid industry landscape, and you'll discover that -- for the firms active in the space, as well as for the technologies and services they specialise in -- business as…

ByThe Global ViewApril 12, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

In internet of things, who’s Google?

In our idealised energy future, where a fully built smart grid functions as efficiently as an "internet of things," who will be Google? It's a provocative question, no doubt. Still, it's probably far too early yet to identify the organisation likely to end up dominating the smart-grid sphere. Will it even be just one organisation, or…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 19, 20110Comments

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Prodea releases platform for the ‘connected home’

IT giants target barriers to internet of things

UK, Germany target 5G, ‘internet of things’

BT trials new networking tech for ‘internet of things’

Google’s $3.2bn Nest purchase is about smarts, not thermostats

Four more firms join ‘internet of things’ alliance

Energy future is killing ‘business as usual’

In internet of things, who’s Google?

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