IoT & Smart Cities

    July 2019
    PSDcast - The Global Deployment of 5G Technologies

    Ken Bednasz at Telit

    5G's the future of telecommunications, and as such, it's significantly faster and more reliable than the status quo. And in this episode of the PSDcast, we're chatting with Ken Bednasz at Telit about 5G and its global rollout. Telit's one of the leading enablers of the IoT, so they have a rather unique perspective on the
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    Date:
    07/31/2019
    Five Reasons Why Your IoT Application Needs Fog Computing

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    Figure 1: IoT with and without Fog Computing

    Cloud computing in the IoT is about centralized data processing. In contrast, fog computing focuses on moving computational power, storage capacity, device-control capability, and networking power closer to the devices. Fog computing is a term created by Cisco that is used to describe computing on devices in
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    Date:
    07/23/2019
    Sectigo Partners with NetObjex to Protect the Edge of IoT
    ROSELAND, N.J. – Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA) announced a secure edge computing technology pact with NetObjex. The collaboration provides enterprises and manufacturers with a secured, trusted computing infrastructure that extends from IoT edge devices to the cloud and blockchain. “By collaborating with Sec
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    Date:
    07/19/2019
    Switching Regulator Extends Battery Life in IoT Designs
    DALLAS – Texas Instruments (TI) introduced an ultra-low-power switching regulator with the industry’s lowest operating quiescent current (IQ) at 60 nA – 1/3 that of the nearest competitive device. The TPS62840 synchronous step-down converter delivers very high light-load efficiency of 80% at 1-µA load, wh
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    Date:
    07/16/2019
    IIoT Platform Addresses Safety Issues for Mining Tailings
    SANTIAGO - sensemetrics Inc. has been selected to present to the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international organization dedicated to improving the social and environmental performance of the mining and metals industry, in a vendor engagement session held alongside the Sixth International
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    Date:
    07/12/2019
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