Lucy Barnard
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Bringing over two decades in journalism, Lucy Barnard has reported on everything from London’s property chessboard to Abu Dhabi’s vertical ambitions — and always delivered the story before deadline. Lucy is interested in how technology intersects with major global challenges, from climate change to gender equality and social justice. She believes innovation isn’t just about efficiency or convenience—it’s a powerful tool for building a fairer, more sustainable world.

IoT Unplugged: S5:E5 – LoRaWAN: what to know

On the latest episode of IoT Unplugged Craig Herrett, Managing Director of Alliot Technologies discussed the growth of the LoRaWAN market, key drivers, and recommendations for companies who want to deploy IoT solutions. Alliot Technologies are a distributor of LoRaWAN…

Meta confirms 50,000km subsea cable

Plans officially announced by Meta to build a subsea cable spanning 50,000km have been called by the company “its most ambitious subsea cable endeavour yet”, as Project Waterworth, once done, will provide connectivity to the US, India, Brazil, South Africa,…

IoT Unplugged: S5:E4 – Examining the latest cybersecurity regulations

Vincent Lomba, Chief Product Security Officer at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise shared insights into the latest cybersecurity regulations on the latest episode of IoT Unplugged. During the course of the episode, Lomba highlighted key cybersecurity regulations worldwide, including the EU’s NIS2…

Ambient IoT represents “paradigm shift”: Ambient IoT Alliance forms

Last week, news of the establishment of the Ambient IoT Alliance was officially announced, counting Wiliot, Intel, and Infineon among its ranks as founding members. A press release was issued explaining that the Alliance was founded to support the development…

Understand your risk profile first: Q&A with John Golden, Nozomi Networks

Approximately six or seven years ago Nozomi Networks expanded into servicing the IoT industry as an “explosion” in devices deployed by their customers represented significant challenges, said John Golden, Regional Director, who spoke to IoT Insider at the latest edition…

Real-time data has become the norm, said Ben Gamble from Ververica

Processing data in real-time used to be the preserve of mission-critical applications because of the associated cost and lack of accessibility, but this is no longer the case, Ben Gamble, Field CTO of Ververica told IoT Insider in an exclusive…

The perception of satellite is changing, says Liz Wilson of Ground Control

The perception that satellite communications are expensive and exclusive to critical use cases is changing as the technology develops, said Liz Wilson, Global Marketing Director at Ground Control, in a conversation with IoT Insider at IoT Tech Expo Global, as…

IoT Unplugged: S5:E3 – Rethinking connectivity

Ivo Rook, Co-CEO of 1NCE spoke about the fundamental challenges and opportunities in IoT connectivity on the latest episode of IoT Unplugged, as he drew on his background in telecommunications and private equity to share how he thought scaling IoT…

Security is a “moving target”, says Preeti Khemani of Infineon about CRA

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which legislates cybersecurity for devices with a connected element, was formally adopted by the European Commission in October 2024 and has to be fully implemented by 11th December 2027. What the CRA aims to do…

Q&A: Ian Itz of Iridium talks through the exciting nature of satellite

Satellite communications are increasingly being seen as a viable alternative or complement to terrestrial infrastructure – providing connectivity where cellular or Wi-Fi fails – as the market continues to grow, buoyed by the launch of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites…