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 startups to keep an eye on

Although IoT Insider’s sister publication Startups Magazine is arguably more of an authority on exciting tech startups looking to scale up, the IoT space is not short of the kind of innovation and out-of-the-box thinking that startups have in droves. …

Q&A: Björn Rosqvist, Qoitech emphasises power consumption

Concluding this four-part series highlighting experts who were out in Hardware Pioneers at full force to discuss innovation and more, IoT Insider had the chance to speak with Björn Rosqvist, Chief Product Officer at Qoitech about the importance of optimising…

The rapid expansion of LTE Cat 1 bis

Cat 1 bis has been touted as a type of LTE technology designed to bridge the gap between legacy 2G/3G networks facing sunsets, and more advanced LTE solutions. Recent insights from Berg Insight reported that shipments of cellular modules had…

Travel eSIMs: a threat or an opportunity?

A recent webinar hosted by Kaleido Intelligence discussed the travel eSIM opportunity for mobile network operators (MNOs), as conversation revolved around whether eSIMs should be regarded as a threat or opportunity to MNOs. Jon King, Chief Commercial Officer and Nitin…

IoT in oil and gas: use cases, technologies and challenges

Leveraging IoT technologies to improve efficiency of an operation, address any challenges and increase profitability is happening in numerous industries, and the oil and gas sector is no exception. What IoT in oil and gas looks like is another question. …

Eseye asserts IoT technology is crucial to supporting agriculture

Following the discussion on LBC recently by Mark Spencer, Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries, regarding the difficulties faced by UK farmers, Nick Earle, CEO of Eseye, asserted that IoT technology is crucial in addressing challenges in agriculture…

Cato Networks debuts MSASE Partner Platform at breakfast briefing

IoT Insider was invited to Cato Networks’ breakfast briefing on 19 June, where the company debuted its first managed Secure Access Service Edge (‘MSASE’) Partner Platform, a way for channel partners to deliver and profit from these services, by enabling…

INWED: Recognising influential women in IoT

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) enters its 11th year this 23rd June 2024, as it continues to spotlight women working in engineering roles and seek to bring more women into the industry. As part of its 10th edition last…

McDonald’s ends two-year AI trial

As McDonald’s has begun to embrace automation and AI for streamlining processes manual workers would otherwise do, it suffered a setback more recently when it made the decision to remove artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology from its drive through restaurants.…

Q&A: Chris Jones, Crypto Quantique, warns preparation ahead of CRA

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is coming hard and companies need to be prepared, warned Chris Jones, Director of Applications at Crypto Quantique in his talk at Hardware Pioneers. In this part three of interviews highlighting experts present at…