Presented here are recent news announcements regarding the following organizations: HID Global, Enthu Technology Solutions India, Xorowin Mechatronics, Semtech, Smart Paddock, Essence Group, Team-3 Protection Systems, Tageos, Fedrigoni Group and the Digital Twin Consortium.
HID Offers Secure Element for RFID Readers
HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced its OMNIKEY Secure Element for reader manufacturers and others integrating RFID-based security technology into connected solutions. The system supports applications in connected workplaces, healthcare environments, education campuses, office buildings and more.
The OMNIKEY Secure Element is designed to consolidate HID’s desktop reader and reader module offering to create what the company calls “a smarter, unified embedded and desktop product portfolio.” The system provides wider integration capabilities than HID’s iCLASS SE Processor, the company indicates, while retaining compatibility at an API level for a straightforward migration. It adds support for credential technologies, including mobile IDs and employee badges in Apple Wallet, while enabling current and emerging secure access identification and authentication applications ranging from locker management to electric vehicle charging.
The single-chip OMNIKEY Secure Element enables users to leverage Seos credentialing technology, such as multi-application converged access on mobile phones. It supports other technologies from HID, such as iCLASS, and can be used for various card protocols, including MIFARE DESFire. The technology provides security extensions for reader devices across many connected business applications, such as secure print and time-and-attendance, at smart offices, universities, healthcare facilities and government buildings.
“OMNIKEY Secure Element is the first of many OMNIKEY rollouts that will make it easier to create secured and convenient experiences using one consolidated development system that speeds technology integration, improves performance and expands user choices,” said Thierry Roz, the managing director of HID’s RFID Business Unit for Extended Access Technologies, in a prepared statement. “This latest addition underscores HID Global’s commitment to giving users secure yet effortless access to everything throughout the building and beyond. We are excited to migrate our existing partners and customers onto this new platform as they continue their innovation journey with us.”
Enthu, Xorowin Mechatronics Integrate Semtech LoRa Devices
Semtech, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and algorithms, has announced a collaboration with Enthu Technology Solutions India, a technology company that helps enterprises and startups become digitally connected, and Xorowin Mechatronics, a technology firm focused on producing cyber-physical systems for industrial automation. Semtech’s LoRa devices and LoRaWAN offer real-time monitoring for Enthu’s and Xorowin’s SIPOAL self-powered electromechanical controller for industrial use cases.
“With our launch of SIPOAL with LoRaWAN integration, Xorowin is committed to supporting customers globally in reducing the operational costs while improving uptime and productivity of their machines,” said Girimurugan Srinivasaraghavan, Xorowin Mechatronics’s CEO, in a prepared statement. “LoRaWAN allows us to provide solutions that meet today’s automation needs through the constant connectivity that’s meeting the industry’s high performance standards.”
SIPOAL consists of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart single point lubricator and a self-powered electromechanical controller that provides the precise volume of lubricant to machinery automatically, at frequent intervals programmed by a user. “The SIPOAL smart lubricator is a unique product for the Industrial IoT segment,” added Shanmugam Kanagaraj, the director of operations at Enthu Technology Solutions India, in the statement. “Through our work with Xorowin Mechatronics and Semtech for its LoRa devices, delivering this solution is moving the needle for Enthu Tech, as well as the industrial market as a whole, for the solution’s long-range capabilities with LoRaWAN.”
According to Xorowin Mechatronics, the SIPOAL smart lubricator has been deployed in industries developing textiles, auto-looms and sugar canes. The smart lubricator solution could be deployed in any kind of industries where single- or multi-point lubrication is required, the company reports, such as steel, cement, food and beverages, paper and printing. By implementing LoRaWAN, SIPOAL can provide lubrication to machines during runtime without impacting production, the company explains, and it can be configured in real time via a mobile phone and a Web-based platform.
“As industrial factories continually strive to improve productivity and performance, Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard are the best solutions that match automation needs for a smart factory,” said Marc Pégulu, the VP of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group, in the statement. “The SIPOAL solution from Enthu Tech and Xorowin Mechatronics showcases the capabilities of LoRaWAN to ensure limited to no downtime of state-of-the-art machinery factories depend on today.”
Semtech Teams with Smart Paddock for LoRaWAN Cattle-Tracking
Separately, Semtech has announced its collaboration with Smart Paddock, an Australian company that provides smart tags for the livestock industry to provide producers with real-time information. The collaboration adds Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard to Smart Paddock’s Bluebell smart global positioning system (GPS) ear tag, to help users monitor livestock locations in real time, analyze cattle behavioral data and address livestock-management issues.
“To develop Smart Paddock’s GPS livestock ear tag, we researched and evaluated all the wireless communications protocols available on the market,” said Darren Wolchyn, Smart Paddock’s CEO and founder, in a prepared statement. “To meet our customer needs of a low-cost ear tag that could be deployed in the thousands over large farm properties, LoRaWAN came out on top of all other technologies for its long-distance capabilities.”
According to Smart Paddock, more than 1,200 tracking devices have been deployed throughout the past three years across farm properties in Australia and New Zealand, with more than 10,000 deployments planned during the next year. The Bluebell, the company explains, enables farmers to add other operational IoT sensors to their farms to monitor water levels, as well as set up electric fences utilizing existing LoRaWAN networks.
“Smart Paddock’s utilization of LoRaWAN is a proven example of where IoT technology is actively shaping the future of farming to be smarter and more efficient,” Pégulu added in this prepared statement. “The unparalleled benefits of LoRa devices that both minimize expenses and reduce environmental impact of any IoT solution is promising for the field of smart agriculture.”
Essence Group, Team-3 Partner on Cellular IoT Intruder Prevention
Essence Group, a provider of cloud-based wireless security solutions for homes, families and businesses, has announced a collaboration with Israeli security provider Team-3 Protection Systems for a national implementation of its MyShield cellular IoT Cat-M-enabled intruder-prevention solution. Essence Group will provide Team-3 with MyShield devices, offered as part of the company’s security solutions services for Israeli customers. The devices will be connected to Team-3’s central-monitoring center, providing an integrated response system for handling intrusions and break-ins.
“This implementation makes optimal use of our latest innovative technology, by integrating it into a wider network of security and protection solutions to provide true peace of mind to users in Israel,” said Haim Amir, Essence Group’s CEO and founder, in a prepared statement. “We are delighted to partner with Team-3, who can now provide their customers with greater control over their own security with the unique ability to be more proactive in preventing intrusions. This is intervention at its most effective.”
The MyShield solution is a Cat-M-connected smoke-generating intruder-prevention system that can be integrated into existing security systems or be used as a standalone solution connected to cellular IoT networks. The proprietary smoke generator enables home and business owners to safely force intruders out of the premises before they can cause harm to people, property or assets. The system includes a passive infrared motion detector, a high-definition video camera with recording capabilities and two-way voice communication.
“Our mission is to become a world leader in security innovation, by harnessing technological advancements in order to meet the evolving security challenges that our customers face,” added Avner Ben Aryeh, the CEO of Team-3 Protection Systems, in the prepared statement. “Combining MyShield devices with our call center’s advanced monitoring capabilities, alongside the operational and immediate response of our patrol teams, will provide our customers with an additional layer of security that has never existed in Israel before.”
“The MyShield solution is already demonstrating its potential to create real differentiation in the security market,” said Hagai Enoch, Essence Group’s COO, in the statement. “By providing home and business owners with a solution that can actively prevent a burglary in progress, security providers can add real value to the already excellent service they are providing to their customers.”
Fedrigoni Becomes Tageos Majority Shareholder
Tageos, a provider of RFID inlays and tags, has announced that Fedrigoni Group has become a majority shareholder. The company produces papers for packaging, publishing and graphics, as well as labels and self-adhesive materials. Founded in 1888, Fedrigoni Group has acquired the majority stake of Tageos’s capital through a direct investment, and from current shareholders including Newfund Capital and the company’s founders, who will retain their leadership positions.
The French-based RFID company says it seeks to continue its recent growth and global expansion strategy to support customer and market requirements worldwide, and to broaden its ownership structure and capitalization power. Fedrigoni Group and its owner, Bain Capital, will help Tageos boost its production capacity, enter new markets, and serve existing and new customers better, Tageos explains. As part of the agreement, Fedrigoni will have the option of purchasing Tageo’s remaining shares in the future.
“What we are announcing today sets the future direction for everyone at Tageos,” said Matthieu Picon, the company’s CEO, in a prepared statement. “We are very proud and honored to welcome our new investor, Fedrigoni, who combines a long-standing history and stability with innovation and passion. Our companies’ DNA and ambitions match perfectly, as do our complementary customer bases and target audiences. I am sure that customers and market partners alike will quickly see the increased opportunities this will bring not only to Tageos, but also to the overall RFID market and applications.”
According to Tageos, its RFID experience and product portfolio will support Fedrigoni’s goal of strengthening its market position by providing smart labels to its customers and key markets, while helping the firm diversify its product offerings. Fedrigoni’s existing markets include the food, wine and spirits, cosmetics, healthcare and pharmaceuticals sectors, and the company also hopes to increase its market share in retail, logistics and industrial applications.
“Tageos is a company with excellent growth prospects and operates in sectors that are definitely interesting for us, with a technology and customer base that is very complementary to ours,” added Marco Nespolo, Fedrigoni Group’s CEO, in the prepared statement. “Thanks to this acquisition, we are entering the smart label market, pursuing our strategy of continuously widening our offer in all the most attractive and promising adjacent segments.”
Digital Twin Consortium Announces Definition Framework
The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) has announced its Digital Twin Capabilities Periodic Table (CPT), a definition framework with which organizations can design, develop, deploy and operate composable digital twins (CDTs). CDTs are application-based platforms that offer service orchestration using packaged business capabilities, modular combinations of technical capabilities presented as bundled services.
The Digital Twin CPT clusters capabilities around common characteristics using a periodic-table approach. The framework focuses on use-case requirements versus technology solutions and architectures. Organizations can use the Digital Twin CPT to determine the capabilities they need to deliver successful digital twin solutions, and they can use it to analyze vendor solutions to ensure they align with such requirements.
“The Digital Twin CPT is a ‘must-have’ framework for any organization who wants to start composing digital twins using a capability-based approach,” said Dan Isaacs, the Digital Twin Consortium’s CTO, in a prepared statement. “In the future, we plan to publish a capability maturity model organizations can use to score their progress in developing digital twins.”
The Digital Twin CPT framework facilitates collaboration in multidisciplinary or fusion teams that create specifications for digital twins for large-scale complex environments. The framework focuses on the capability requirements of individual use cases, which the team can aggregate to determine the capability requirements of a digital twin platform and the technology solutions they’ll need to address specific business needs.
“Organizations can use the Digital Twin CPT framework in the boardroom to explain the business case to fund a digital twin project. They can also use it on the shop floor to gather digital twin application requirements,” added Pieter van Schalkwyk, XMPro’s CEO and a co-chair of the Digital Twin Consortium’s Natural Resources Work Group, in the prepared statement. “It provides visual guidance for organizations to collaborate and brainstorm on capabilities requirements.”
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