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.

Hexaware discuss becoming an “AI-first company”, Agentic AI and MCP

Mehdi Goodarzi, Global Head of AI Business Unit at Hexaware spoke to IoT Insider about pivoting to become an “AI-first company”, using AI to disrupt the industries it serves and pushing the boundaries of the technology, in a conversation that…

Q&A: Nordic talks through AI strategy following Neuton.AI acquisition

News broke recently of Nordic Semiconductor acquiring Neuton.AI in what appears to be its bid to more deeply integrate Edge AI into its devices. To understand the decision-making behind this acquisition and Nordic’s more general approach to AI, IoT Insider…

Solsta’s seminar delves into best practices for Edge AI

At Solsta’s Edge AI seminar, held in London on the 26th June, conversations centered around the challenges involved in integrating Edge AI into devices, as attendees sought to understand how they could make sense of this emerging technology for their…

S6:E5: The evolution of fleet management

Aliaksandr Kuushynau, Head of Wialon at Gurtam discussed the evolution of fleet management in the latest episode of IoT Unplugged. Gurtam, a company that was founded in 2002, began as a small startup which has since grown to manage more…

10 years of LoRaWAN: LoRa Alliance shares ambitions

This year LoRaWAN officially celebrated its 10-year anniversary, a testament to the long-range, wide-area capabilities of a technology which has established itself in applications such as smart cities and smart homes. Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit…

Infineon discusses preparing for post-quantum cryptography

Infineon’s wholehearted embrace of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and securing its solutions accordingly comes from its recognition of the threats that could be posed by quantum computing. Robert Bach, Product Marketing for Semiconductors ID Solutions at the company spoke to IoT…

Q&A: Kirsten Newquist, Identiv, talks through design considerations for tags

The growth in digital transformations for businesses spanning from healthcare to logistics has presented a significant opportunity for the deployment of BLE- and RFID-enabled tags which, simply put, give these businesses the in-depth insights they need. Kirsten Newquist, CEO of…

Synaptics discusses Wi-Fi 7 adoption and expansion of Veros portfolio

The recent release of Synaptics’ Wi-Fi 7 system-on-chips (SoCs) reflected how the company is investing in the Wi-Fi 7 market as it experiences steady growth and is beginning to enter into IoT applications. This was according to Vineet Ganju, Vice…

Hardware vendors must embrace software: advice at Advantech’s Edge Computing Summit

The necessity for hardware companies to embrace software solutions into their portfolio as Edge AI continues to grow and proliferate across applications was an interesting topic discussed at Advantech’s Edge Computing Summit held in Munich, on the 17th June. The…

DigiCert responds to IBM plans to build first large-scale quantum computer

In recent news, IBM announced that it would be embarking on a journey to build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, setting the stage for practical and scalable quantum computing. The plans, which were unveiled last week on the…