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.

Infineon will implement ISO standard 21434 for automotive MCUs

The increasing connectivity of road vehicles has subsequently led to a growing need for cybersecurity, a development that Infineon has responded to with its plans to implement ISO/SAE/21434 for its TRAVEO T2G automotive microcontrollers. The United Nations Economic Commission for…

LPWAN “has a voice”, says Jason Legget of Connexin

News of Connexin lobbying the UK government to recognise Low Power, Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) as critical infrastructure passed across IoT Insider’s news desks recently and prompted us to speak to Connexin directly about this particular campaign, which reflects growing…

Recognise verticals are different, says GSMA Intelligence webinar

A recently released report from GSMA Intelligence showed, among other insights, that enterprises are focusing more on improving cybersecurity and boosting their revenue, as opposed to cutting their costs. GSMA, who hosted a webinar delving into these insights and at…

Vodafone and Three merge in £16.5bn deal

Vodafone and Three have finally merged, in a £16.5 billion deal, following approval from the CMA, who launched a months-long investigation in which it sought to make sure that the merger wouldn’t lead to weakened competition and result in other…

Functional safety and modularity next trends in robots, says NEXCOM

Jenny Shern, General Manager of NexCOBOT, a subsidiary of NEXCOM Group, spoke to IoT Insider about AI being the “next trend”, the growth of mobile robots and functional safety, and offering modularisation in robotics, sharing insights into the pain points…

IoT Unplugged: S4:E9 – Interoperability and open communications

Interoperability and open communications in industrial automation were the topics of conversation in the latest episode of IoT Unplugged, on which Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation featured. The mission of the Foundation is to develop…

STMicroelectronics dish on their new NB-IoT module platform

STMicroelectronics’ aim to simplify large-scale IoT deployments with the introduction of its new NB-IoT ST87M01 module platform also revealed growing demand for power-efficient smart metering solutions that can integrate with different cellular networks, Carlo Masseroni, Product Marketing Manager told IoT…

Turning to non-terrestrial networks: a chat with SIMCom

In a recent conversation with Mads Fischer, Europe Sales Director at SIMCom, held at electronica, the company demonstrated how they are turning their focus to the potential of non-terrestrial (NTN) networks in providing ubiquitous coverage for when cellular drops out,…

Top IoT stories this month: November

Every month on IoT Insider, we feature a wide range of contributed articles from industry experts in our insights section, on topics anywhere from impending legislation to understanding connectivity technologies and the ever-evolving threat landscape. In the continuation of this…

Resilience the word of the day: FT’s Cyber Resilience Summit

Resilience was the word of the day, not least because it was used in the Financial Times’ cybersecurity event: the Cyber Resilience Summit, which IoT Insider attended. The event was held in London on 27th November and brought together thought…