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Open-Source Developer Tools Aim at IoT Digital Twins

Open-Source Developer Tools Aim at IoT Digital Twins

ScaleOut Software is offering a no-cost digital twin API as part of its hosting platform to ease development for IoT deployments To deliver no-cost, open-standard development tools for IoT solutions, Seattle-based company ScaleOut Software has released its open-source...

RFID Tracks Rodent Traps for Pest Control

RFID Tracks Rodent Traps for Pest Control

The company is capturing automated data from readers worn by technicians as they open and service traps at customer sites A Midwestern pest control company is managing the services its staff members provide at customer sites as they inspect rodent traps, with an RFID...

PacSun Chooses Nedap to Improve Inventory Accuracy

PacSun Chooses Nedap to Improve Inventory Accuracy

The retailer is looking for the RFID-based program to help fulfill more customer orders PacSun has entered into an agreement with Nedap to implement RFID across the company’s stores. PacSun officials said they chose Nedap’s iD Cloud solution to increase inventory...

Sports Uniform Company Cuts Labor Time with RFID

Sports Uniform Company Cuts Labor Time with RFID

Protime Sports has leveraged a solution from Xemelgo to automatically track the location and status of orders of customized uniforms While early RFID deployments were primarily adopted by large companies with sizable budgets, many small to mid-sized companies today...

Global IoT Sales Slowed in 2023 3rd Quarter

Global IoT Sales Slowed in 2023 3rd Quarter

Counterpoint is forecasting a decline in global cellular IoT module shipments for 2023, but bouncing back in second half 2024 A quarterly report found an Internet of Things (IoT) sector slowing down in 2023’s third quarter. Released Jan. 4, Counterpoint’s Global...