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5 best practices for making smart-building LANs more secure

Smart-building controllers can reduce risk of smart devices being used as entry points to the LAN, but they should be chosen and managed carefully.

Feb 14, 2022 6 mins

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IoT in 2022: IoT turns into a service

As IoT matures, vendors are creating application bundles to simplify deployments, but security remains a worry.

Jan 12, 2022 4 mins

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IBM, Samsung team on unconventional, super-efficient semiconductor

By reorienting transistors on the semiconductor, IBM and Samsung say their technology can cut power consumption by 85%.

Dec 14, 2021 2 mins

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LoRa takes a trip to the moon and back, chirping all the way

LoRa wireless that's used in IoT networks is known as a low-power, long-range technology—long-range enough to carry a message between Earth and the moon.

Dec 2, 2021 3 mins

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Are you IoT Ready?

The challenge of performance monitoring in the IoT age

Jun 30, 2015 3 mins

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Report: Chip shortage and edge/IoT will drive IT change in 2022

Forrester Research says IT pros now think of IoT and edge as inextricably connected and that the two will be used to help enterprises comply with US government regulations.

Nov 15, 2021 3 mins

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3 steps to better collaboration between networking and security pros

Enterprise Management Associates: Most organizations acknowledge failure to create fully successful teams to deliver reliable and secure cloud, data-center, and IoT initiatives.

Nov 15, 2021 5 mins

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Arm creates virtual IoT chips to accelerate development

Virtual instances of new Arm chip designs will let developers create apps before the silicon arrives.

Oct 20, 2021 3 mins

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Edge computing: The architecture of the future

To fully digitize the last mile of business, you need to distribute compute power where it's needed most -- right next to IoT devices that collect data from the real world.

Oct 12, 2021 4 mins

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Edge computing: 5 potential pitfalls

Edge computing has many upsides including better near-real-time response and analytics for IoT, but it’s far from plug and play.

Oct 12, 2021 8 mins

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