The following are IoT-related news announcements recently released.
PRESS RELEASE:
AT&T to Launch Narrowband IoT Network in the United States, Mexico
AT&T will launch NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to meet the growing needs of business customers for a wide range of IoT solutions. Our NB-IoT technology will complement our existing LTE-M network in the U.S. and Mexico. NB-IoT and LTE-M are Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) technologies that support massive IoT deployments. Both NB-IoT and LTE-M are supported in licensed spectrum and with carrier-grade security.
“We’ve seen global momentum for LPWA since launching our North American LTE-M network last year,” said Chris Penrose, President, IoT Solutions, AT&T. “Adding NB-IoT to our portfolio will expand our LPWA capabilities, help drive investment in our evolution to 5G and support our customers as they deploy IoT solutions across the U.S. and Mexico.”
We plan to launch NB-IoT in the U.S. early next year, followed by Mexico by the end of 2019. Our investment in NB-IoT and LTE-M will be future-ready. These technologies are expected to become part of the industry’s massive IoT standards. NB-IoT and LTE-M offer longer battery life, coverage extension, and lower costs than traditional cellular LTE connectivity. NB-IoT is ideally suited to meet basic data requirements, while LTE-M provides more robust capabilities including bandwidth for firmware and software updates, mobility and VoLTE (Voice over LTE) services.
A key to increasing LPWA adoption is building a broad base of ecosystem partners, devices and applications for global markets. The introduction of NB-IoT and LTE-M dual-mode chipsets and modules means customers can support a wide range of applications globally.
Like LTE-M, NB-IoT technology will be deployed through software upgrades at cell sites across the U.S. and Mexico. Both will operate alongside our 4G LTE network and within our mobile 5G network. Our 5G network is scheduled to launch in parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Waco, Texas, by the end of this year.
Both NB-IoT and LTE-M have clear advantages over technologies that operate in unlicensed spectrum. These include greater protections from interference, broader coverage availability and carrier-grade security. According to GSMA, the mobile wireless operators’ association, 24 mobile operators have commercially launched 48 mobile IoT networks worldwide across both NB-IoT and LTE-M. GSMA forecasts 1.8 billion licensed LPWA connections by 2025.
AT&T switched on North America’s first LTE-M enabled commercial site in 2016 and launched our nationwide LTE-M U.S. network in the second quarter of 2017. In the fourth quarter of last year we launched our LTE-M network in Mexico, establishing the first North American LTE-M footprint.
PRESS RELEASE:
Solace, Dell Boomi Partner on Event-Driven Application Integration
Solace, the creators of PubSub+, an advanced message broker that can be used to create an event distribution mesh, has announced a global partnership with Dell Boomi (Boomi), a leading provider of cloud integration and workflow automation software, to deliver an event-driven Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise integration.
The partnership provides a combination of Boomi’s leading integration capabilities and Solace’s proven multi-cloud event distribution mesh to power more effective enterprise digital transformations by allowing efficient integration of applications supported by a real-time eventing and messaging backbone. This solution improves response times and overall performance and agility while significantly cutting down on the time and energy it takes to integrate with more systems.
“Boomi and Solace offer unique synergies that let our joint customers accelerate their transformation into agile, cloud-first organizations,” said David Tavolaro, Boomi’s VP of Global Business Development. “We’re delighted to partner with Solace to give enterprises access to our market-leading iPaaS technology and reduce the cost and delays of traditional integration.”
As enterprises adopt hybrid cloud and multi-cloud IT architectures, innovative Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and microservices architectures, it is increasingly important that they also deploy connecting solutions that are scalable and can respond to critical events. According to Gartner1, event-sourced, real-time situational awareness will be a required characteristic for 70% of new digital business solutions by 2022, and 80% of new business ecosystems will require support for event processing. Solace and Boomi’s joint technologies will allow enterprises to transition entire architectures to the cloud, more effectively integrate predominate systems such as SAP and Salesforce, and enable applications to move from batched to real-time communications.
“We’re excited to partner with Dell Boomi so that today’s enterprises can accelerate their digital transformations,” said Paul Fitzpatrick, Chief Business Development Officer at Solace. “Our proven track record in scalable and reliable data movement, paired with Boomi’s expertise in application integration, provides the solution enterprises need to ditch their legacy systems and transform.”
Leading organizations are choosing Solace and Dell Boomi as they replace legacy integration technologies with open standards-based, event-driven capabilities and move to the cloud.
PRESS RELEASE:
Syniverse Launches Global Private Network Dedicated to Securing IoT
Syniverse has announced the launch of Syniverse Secure Global Access, a private, secure, global network that provides the foundation for businesses to reliably safeguard mission-critical data in the age of digital transformation. At the time of launch, more than five multinational businesses are already using Syniverse Secure Global Access to securely connect to the evolving mobile ecosystem and to safeguard vital business transactions like those needed to support the internet of things (IoT).
“While the public internet has become the platform for countless billions of sensitive business exchanges and transactions every day, almost 40% of all industrial control systems and critical infrastructure faced a cyberattack in the second half of 2017, according to BluVector,” said Dean Douglas, President and CEO, Syniverse. “The reality is that the internet was not designed to be a secure environment, with malware and ransomware, data thefts and breaches, and hacks and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks representing just some of the serious rising threats that undermine the public internet backbone.”
By directly connecting the enterprise to the Syniverse network, the Syniverse Secure Global Access provides privacy and security that are not available through the public internet. Moreover, it provides those businesses with secure connectivity to mobile operators across nearly 200 countries and territories.
“Companies moving into cloud and virtualized environments increasingly need to be able to move data and services in a private and secure manner, especially as the average cost of a single data breach will exceed $150 million by 2020, according to Juniper Research,” said John Wick, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Connectivity and Mobility Services, Syniverse. “With stakes this high, businesses must have secure connectivity that provides global reach, reliability and isolation that is not possible via the public internet. Processing more than 4 billion transactions per day for more than 1,500 businesses around the globe, Syniverse has a history of securely supporting the volumes of high-speed, low-latency transactions that IoT will demand going forward.”
In the last few years, critical business information has been compromised on an unrivaled scale. These attacks – which have taken down web servers worldwide and hit some of the largest financial institutions, utility companies, governments, healthcare providers, media companies, social networks and news outlets around the world – have been made possible by the vulnerability of the public internet.
Syniverse Secure Global Access uniquely reduces a business’s exposure to these types of attacks by operating independently from the public internet to provide a private, global network with the scale necessary for businesses to keep pace with the explosive IoT growth.
“Syniverse Secure Global Access builds on our legacy of operating private, global networks that interconnect the mobile ecosystem and reach more than 7 billion mobile devices today,” Wick said. “The launch of this secure, trusted, global network is the beginning of a new era of secure network solutions we will be offering to businesses and will incorporate features like cloud connectivity, advanced policy-based controls, and analytics.”
PRESS RELEASE:
Canonical, Intel Announce Device Certification to Ease IoT Deployment
Canonical and Intel are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is now certified on selected Intel NUC Mini PCs and boards. This partnership will aid device manufacturer’s and their developers to a smoother path to the development and deployment of IoT devices. Applicable to a range of use cases from digital signage to home entertainment, the Intel NUC certified with Ubuntu helps remove the friction often experienced in bringing IoT devices to market. The certified image is now available for download here.
The pairing of Ubuntu with Intel NUC provides benefits to device manufacturers at every stage of their development journey and accelerates time to market. Once in the field, the Intel NUC is built to ensure deployment is easily manageable and runs seamlessly with little operational support needed.
The Intel NUC gives you the flexibility to choose the right performance and capability for your use case from Intel Celeron to the powerful 7th Generation Intel Core™ i7.
The certified Ubuntu image is ready to install on the Intel NUC hassle free enabling developers to focus on building and customising their device immediately. Regardless of whether the use case involves cloud integration or computer vision, the wealth of libraries and community support that surrounds the Ubuntu ecosystem eases a developer’s life whatever their customisation requirements.
Device manufacturers can further enhance the versatility of the Intel NUC by installing applications on to their hardware via snaps enabling new features and functionality. Snaps – the universal Linux application packaging format – can either be installed from the Snap Store or a manufacturer can build and manage their own through snapcraft.io. The addition of snaps to a vendor’s hardware provides a route to ongoing feature updates, security patches, and opens the door to add new functionality leading to additional revenue streams.
Once moved into production and out into the field, the Intel NUC is designed for device manufacturers to benefit from low operational costs and an easy to deploy fleet of devices. With 24/7 operation, the Intel NUC is perfect for use cases such as digital signage where an ‘always on’ environment is needed such as street signage or airport displays. In addition, a small footprint and minimal noise output ensure that the Intel NUC is discreet enough to be hidden away and applied in a variety of different hardware environments. For added assurance, all Intel NUCs are supported with 3 international years warranty and 3 years product availability.
The versatility and power of an Intel NUC certified with Ubuntu provides the platform for a wide range of innovative embedded uses. Various smart display applications including intelligent vending, digital kiosks or digital signage are particularly well suited due to the Intel NUC’s hardware capabilities and software capabilities afforded by Ubuntu and snaps. 7th generation Intel Core™ processors supply the power while the multiple I/Os to combine new and existing peripherals, dual 4K monitor support, 24/7 operation with Watchdog Time – all supported by Ubuntu – provide the ideal capabilities to build a future-proofed and flexible smart display solution.