this month in
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AUG 2017
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Brandon Cannaday
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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor
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- They Developed a Partner Ecosystem
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They Update Their Talent Management Strategies
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They Focus on the Business Challenge, Not the Technology
U.S. senators to introduce bill to secure 'internet of things'
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- Products are patchable and conform to industry security standards
- Supplying devices that have unchangeable passwords or possess known security vulnerabilities
Introducing Bluetooth Mesh Networking
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The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimized for creating large-scale device networks. It is ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks, and other IoT solutions where tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices need to reliably and securely communicate with one another.
The UK wants smart homes to become one with the energy grid
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"You might want to set your smart washing machine to run when electricity is particularly cheap, for example, or even cede control of your smart fridge to an external force that turns it off for ten minutes when demand is high and the grid is stressed."
i.am+ buys Wink, the smart home hub formerly owned by Flex and Quirky
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“During the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, the company sold its Wink business to an unrelated third-party venture backed company in exchange for contingent consideration fair valued at $59.0 million and recognized a gain on sale of $38.7 million, which is recorded in Other charges (income), net.”
T-Mobile completes NB-IoT trial across Las Vegas
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New LTE narrowband technologies support lower power consumption, improved coverage, and increased device density.
THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET VOCABULARY TECHNICAL REPORT V 2.0
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- Incorporates several terms that are important in the field of security and used in the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF).
- Incorporates several terms that are important for and used in Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA)
- Several new terms including trustworthiness, endpoint, IoT device, IoT sensor and IoT actuator.
this month in
THINGS
AUG 2017
@CincyIoT
Brandon Cannaday
@BadCanyon
This Month In Things 8/10
By Taron Foxworth
