This year, World IoT Day (9th April) marks a global recognition of the growing convergence of IoT and AI. With Transforma Insights forecasting AIoT connections to rise from 1.4 billion at the end of 2023 to 9.1 billion at the…
World IoT Day: from one billion to the next wave
Today marks World IoT Day, a day organised by the IoT Council where people ‘connected’ (geddit?) with the IoT industry can come together to highlight the milestones, challenges, and emerging trends shaping connected technologies. What is World IoT Day? Established…
LEO satellites for IoT: webinar on the space networks driving global connectivity
IoT Insider is to host a webinar examining how Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are transforming the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling global connectivity, lower latency, and new applications across agriculture, maritime, logistics, and industrial operations. The free online event,…
IoT outages: resilience is a risk decision not a technical detail
By Iain Davidson, head of product marketing, Wireless Logic It seems not a day goes by without news of an outage, cyber incident or infrastructure disruption. The prevalence of cyberattacks, network issues and even extreme weather is forcing businesses to…
IoT-enable your Easter with an interconnected egg hunt!
In a world where IoT technology is seemingly seeping into every aspect of our lives: from smart homes to smart cars, it seems to us that the humble Easter egg hunt is ripe for the same connectivity boost. Imagine an…
Tech career change: from the ward to the Cloud
Denise Payne explains why she left her role as an NHS to retrain as a Cloud Support Engineer. When I left my role as a nurse on an NHS intensive care ward it wasn’t because I stopped caring. Actually, I…
Stick that in your Strava: the IoT systems protecting runners from self-driving cars
With driverless taxi services poised to expand across European cities this year, a new study is urging operators to equip vehicles with IoT enabled on-board traffic lights to signal to runners and pedestrians when it is safe to cross. Researchers…
Easter: how IoT is modernising egg farming
The image of painting eggs to be colourful for Easter is eternal: a tradition that can be traced back to paganism and Christianity, as a symbol of fertility, rebirth, and new life. Easter egg hunts became a practice from the…
Transparency, infrastructure, and public trust are key to urban success
Residents in high-performing cities tend to perceive more transparency in their cities and be actively engaged in the processes that shape their quality of life, the IMD Smart City Index 2026 finds. The report, entitled ‘The Quest for Trust and…
Cloud sovereignty: location, access, and jurisdiction
Cloud residency has moved from a technical preference to a board-level control question, as organisations are being asked to evidence who can access data, under which jurisdictions, and what happens when something goes wrong across borders, writes Mark Lewis, Chief…