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The internet of things: a market landscape

By Jon Collins

22 hours ago Jun. 18, 2013 - 11:55 PM PDT

What can we expect the IoT landscape to look like, and how will its impact be felt? And is the attention being given by governments, manufacturers, and industry players merited, or is this just a fad? In this paper we look at the trends leading the growth of the internet of things, its components, and its characteristics. We examine the scale of the different opportunities and early examples of use cases. Finally, we look at potential inhibitors to adoption and potential challenges, notably around security, privacy, and system failure. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

Jasper Wireless plans to shape traffic over the internet of things

By Kevin Fitchard

Jan. 30, 2013 - 12:01 AM PDT Jan. 30, 2013 - 12:01 AM PDT

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M2M outfit Jasper is investing in Tekelec’s policy server technology, which means it will be able to prioritize the traffic of certain machines over others. Why? Not all “things” in the internet of things are created equal. Read more »

Tracking trees: How M2M is being used to prevent deforestation in Brazil

By Kevin Fitchard

Jan. 17, 2013 - 8:23 AM PDT Jan. 17, 2013 - 8:23 AM PDT

The Brazilian government is working with the private sector to shut down illegal logging operations in the Amazon by connecting trees. If a monitored tree is chopped down, environmental authorities can track it all the way to the sawmill. Read more »

Plug in Moj.io to make your dumb car connected and smarter

By Kevin C. Tofel

Nov. 30, 2012 - 9:09 AM PDT Nov. 30, 2012 - 9:09 AM PDT

Looking to get a connected car without buying a new vehicle? A small module with GPS and cellular radio that plugs into your vehicle’s diagnostic port may be the answer. Moj.io is just that and includes 8 useful apps to add smarts to your car. Read more »

Internet of things gets big push from ARM and other Silicon Fen players

By David Meyer

Nov. 1, 2012 - 10:46 AM PDT Nov. 1, 2012 - 10:46 AM PDT

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ARM, Neul and CSR have joined hands with Cable & Wireless Worldwide to push adoption of the Weightless wireless standard. Meanwhile, ARM and Neul are also backing an internet-of-things accelerator program, with the help of Unilever and Raspberry Pi. Read more »

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Infrastructure Q1: Cloud and big data woo enterprises

By Jo Maitland

Apr. 18, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT Apr. 18, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT

This quarter saw Amazon Web Services finally relaxing its public-cloud-only stance and launching services to support hybrid-cloud deployments. Meanwhile, Hadoop players moved to make their platforms more accessible to mainstream BI analysts and database administrators. A new quarterly report analyzes these trends and provides a near-term outlook. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Key technologies for the smart city

By Eric Woods

Mar. 27, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT Mar. 27, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT

Five key technology sectors are enabling the smart city: smart grids, smart transport, smart water and waste management, smart building systems, and the enabling ICT platforms for the smart city. Key players like IT companies, telcos and utilities must learn how to harness those technologies, and quickly. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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A near-term outlook for big data

By Krish

Mar. 20, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT Mar. 20, 2012 - 10:55 PM PDT

Big data now touches everything from enterprises to smart-meter startups, while Hadoop is fast becoming the leading tool to analyze that data, and debates around privacy abound. GigaOM Pro analysts offer insights on what to consider when it comes to big data decisions for your business. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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The big theme of MWC: How to live in a connected world

By Kevin Fitchard

Mar. 9, 2012 - 9:55 AM PDT Mar. 9, 2012 - 9:55 AM PDT

The industry has moved beyond starry-eyed soothsaying about a world of 50 billion connected devices to start talking about how these mammoth networks of objects and appliances would actually work and how they would be managed. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

M2M: one network will not rule them all

By Stacey Higginbotham

Jan. 31, 2012 - 3:45 PM PDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 3:45 PM PDT

Machine to machine networks, sometimes called the Internet of things, are the logical extension of today’s connected society; but creating such a network will require multiple technologies; telcos to open up their networks; governments to figure out a way to assign unique numbers for each device on the network and new rules to protect security and privacy. Read more »

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NewNet Q4: Platform mania and social commerce shakeout

By David Card

Jan. 19, 2012 - 12:39 PM PDT Jan. 19, 2012 - 12:39 PM PDT

The fourth quarter may have lacked a dominating big-event product announcement like Q3’s Facebook platform extension or Q2’s unveiling of Google+, but the NewNet world continued to buzz along. In the battle for mind share, everyone wanted to be a platform. Meanwhile, consumer and social technologies continued to gain momentum, and new vehicles for content and service discovery presented both challenges and opportunities for NewNet companies. And it is hard to ignore the overcrowded but growing world of daily deals. This quarterly report analyzes these trends and others, and it also provides a near-term outlook of trends, technologies and companies to watch in 2012. Companies mentioned in the report include Amazon, Facebook and Socialcast. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

Sprint pushes its wireless network for smart grid

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Jan. 19, 2012 - 9:14 AM PDT Jan. 19, 2012 - 9:14 AM PDT

Not all cellular network traffic comes from our cell phones and gadgets; a growing amount will come from machines using these networks to communicate, including the utilities that provide you with power and water. Spring announced a host of new smart grid partnerships on Thursday. Read more »

AT&T’s Digital Life could be its entre into the retail smart grid

By Kevin Fitchard

Nov. 18, 2011 - 11:56 AM PDT Nov. 18, 2011 - 11:56 AM PDT

AT&T is launching yet another new business division, this one called Digital Life Services. The operator hasn’t revealed many details about the new unit, but from the sound of it, this may be AT&T’s attempt to tackle the smart grid, targeting consumers and businesses directly. Read more »

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Connected world: the consumer technology revolution

By Adam Lesser

Nov. 10, 2011 - 12:01 AM PDT Nov. 10, 2011 - 12:01 AM PDT

Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

Meet the top 20 mobile operators

By Stacey Higginbotham

Oct. 27, 2011 - 8:22 AM PDT Oct. 27, 2011 - 8:22 AM PDT

There are more than 5 billion mobile subscribers in the world, and new growth is coming from Asia and Latin America, according to data out on Thursday from Wireless Intelligence, which ranked the top 20 mobile operators by subscribers. U.S. carriers are way down the list. Read more »

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The connected planet: Smartphones aren’t the only player

By Kevin C. Tofel

Sep. 12, 2011 - 9:23 PM PDT Sep. 12, 2011 - 9:23 PM PDT

The number of connected devices is steadily on the rise, but it’s not smartphones or computers that will lead us to the 50 billion connected devices expected by the year 2020. Rather, the Internet of Things — numerous smart objects that speak to the web and ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

AT&T links with smart grid player Digi

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Aug. 17, 2011 - 9:13 AM PDT Aug. 17, 2011 - 9:13 AM PDT

The undercover smart grid player Digi International is about to get a lot less undercover. On Wednesday, telco giant AT&T said it has partnered with Digi to offer home and building energy applications for the 13 million smart meters that connect to AT&T’s wireless network. Read more »

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Jasper Wireless plans to shape traffic over the internet of things

Tracking trees: How M2M is being used to prevent deforestation in Brazil

Plug in Moj.io to make your dumb car connected and smarter

Internet of things gets big push from ARM and other Silicon Fen players

The big theme of MWC: How to live in a connected world

M2M: one network will not rule them all

Sprint pushes its wireless network for smart grid

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