Caitlin Gittins
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Caitlin has been the Editor of IoT Insider since April 2024. She loves learning about new tech, market trends and use cases. She reports on the latest trends and innovations in the IoT space. In her spare time, Caitlin reads sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Toyota’s vision for smart city, Woven City, completes construction

At CES 2025 Toyota announced the completion of Phase 1 of its Woven City, marking significant progress since the company first announced its transformation into a mobility company at CES 2018, and since it revealed the Woven City concept in…

Has Matter achieved interoperability? Panel at CES interrogates this and more

What have been the biggest challenges for Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) members working on the Matter standard? Has the standard achieved the promise of the smart home? Why did member companies who are direct competitors decide to get involved, and…

UK announces AI strategy: experts respond

UK Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer recently announced the nation’s plan to “turbocharge” AI as it will take forward 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan. IoT Insider spoke to experts about the new…

Verizon not alone in turning their focus to satellite connectivity

Last year, Verizon announced that it was teaming up with Skylo to integrate direct-to-device messaging capabilities to its customers using satellite connectivity, in a sign of how satellites are increasingly being viewed as a complementary technology to cellular and Wi-Fi…

Tiago Rodrigues of Wireless Broadband Alliance sees Wi-Fi adoption growing

A report recently released by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) indicated, among other things, the importance of the convergence of Wi-Fi and Private 5G, the growth in adoption of Wi-Fi, and more. To learn more, IoT Insider Editor Caitlin Gittins…

2025 predictions for IoT: AI-powered attacks and more

Some of the predictions forecast to shape 2025 include the hard-hitting topics and technologies, like AI, the Edge, and 5G, as well as predictions in more specific industry spaces, such as healthcare which foresees coexistence testing, medical device batteries and…

Does paying with a smartwatch pose a security risk?

It’s thanks to Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that we’re able to make contactless payments using our smartphones or wearable technologies like smart watches, as well as for asset tracking and access control purposes. Although NFC technology is being harnessed…

Direct Insight webinar covers CRA training for embedded engineers

A webinar hosted by David Pashley, Managing Director of Direct Insight in December 2024 delved into the finer points of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) legislation, covering the scope, timeline, requirements and reviewing the compliance process, for the benefit of…

Navigating network data analytics

Telecommunications companies, AKA Communication Service Providers (CSPs), oversee a significant amount of network data. This data, collected from network devices, servers, and applications, holds the potential to offer deep insights into network performance and inform strategic decision-making. Sasa Crnojevic, EMEA…

Gen AI tools set the foundation for IoT

The advent of publicly available generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude,and Perplexity brought with it a massive wave of excitement andinvestment. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta have all placed large bets on AIpartnerships, acquisitions, and branded AI capabilities. As excitement…