Industrial stories - Page 79

Schneider Electric has teamed up with networking vendor Cisco to bring advanced networking and control system technologies to its customers.

Differentiation will be a key market driver for almost every equipment vendor, distributor and integrator over the next couple of years.

Wireless automation in industrial processes set to grow at 16.19% over next 5 years, says Research and Markets.

Automation looms as firms favour machines over people, challenging job security across all sectors, says Grant Thornton study.

As Cisco bulks up its IoT portfolio, New Zealand boss Geoff Lawrie spells out the importance of IoT for New Zealand resellers.

NetComm Wireless teams up with Deutsche Telekom to drive Industry 4.0 revolution with its M2M hardware integration into the 'Cloud of Things'.

Cisco has released a new Cisco IoT System and 15 new IoT products to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the current wave of digitisation.

SnapperNet is ramping up its vendor portfolio to help Kiwi resellers address the burgeoning internet of things/machine to machine market.

Huawei and Vodafone have entered into a strategic alliance to focus on the enterprise market in a number of regions, including Asia Pacific.

Wanhao champions 3D printing in NZ schools to prep kids for tech-driven future jobs, forming curriculum partnerships.

Smart machines are increasingly making business decisions that humans have less control over, according to Gartner.

The number of cellular connected IoT/M2M devices is set to increase from 252 million in 2014 to 908 million in 2019, with wearables driving the growth.

A team of researchers are developing a 'power over Wi-Fi' system that has the ability to recharge batteries from up to 28 feet (8.5 metres) away.

Cisco is taking 'security everywhere' with a slew of new offerings to embed security across the network, turning it into a sensor and enforcer.

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has completed its acquisition of Pentaho, a data integration, visualisation and analytics company.

Seven government grants, totaling $3.15 million, have been awarded to New Zealand startups through technology business incubators.

Wireless network security is causing sleepless nights for CIOs and IT managers, with many 'fessing up that their networks are, in fact, insecure.

Check Point Software introduces new security gateway for Industrial Control Systems; aims to prevent cyber attacks on critical infrastructure.

Green Mountain Grill sports a Wi-Fi access point and is iPhone controlled. It's an improbable combo, but in use it worked well.

Bimodal organisations require agile, fast and innovative sourcing procedures, says Gartner. Traditional and non-sequential modes must work in tandem.