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IoT Skills: Learn How To Rapidly Secure Your IoT Design with Azure Sphere
Date: August 14, 2019
Location: Webinar
Internet of Things
IoT is more complex than traditional IT projects. Success comes down to building a solid business case—and then lining up the resources to execute on it. Explore our resources and information that can help organizations of any size create connected devices that run safer, smarter and more efficiently.
As technology reshapes our world, ecosystems reshape our business models
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Avnet Staff
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25/04/2018
See why businesses are now increasingly reliant on formal structures that tap into the power of partnership - “the company you keep.”
Insurance and the Internet of Things
21/04/2018
Learn about the impacts of IoT on insurance - from auto, home, health and other insurance policies.
10 Things Every Intelligent Systems Needs
20/04/2018
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way businesses use technology. This web of interconnected devices and machines gathers information from gas-oil-water exploration sensors to sensors in corn fields, to medical devices and train control sys
Ensuring robust connectivity in the Industrial Internet of Things
20/04/2018
The industrial Internet of Things promises to bring greater visibility and control of manufacturing processes. To achieve its potential, however, industrial data networks need robust interconnect solutions able to maintain robust connectivity despite
Why Blockchain May Not Reach Beyond the IP Gateway in IoT Security
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Guillaume Crinon
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19/04/2018
Gain an understanding the basics of crypto currencies and the security built into them.
4 energy applications for smart home technologies
04/04/2018
See four energy and utilities applications that can transform a one-off technology into an integral part of the home of the future.
Security and surveillance: two sides of the coin in smart homes
04/04/2018
With smart building automation and home security comes the need to protect a home's hardware and software.
From enabled to proactive: the evolution of home automation
03/04/2018
The demand for smart homes is booming and homes are getting 'smarter' along the way.
3 Steps to IoT Deployment
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Michael Lamp
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06/03/2018
To succeed with IoT deployment you need to start well at the beginning to get your project to a strong conclusion.
IoT for Enterprise: 4 Concerns to Consider Before Deployment
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Michael Lamp
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06/03/2018
Interoperability, customization and convergence - some of the main concerns businesses tend to face when it comes to deploying IoT.
IoT Technology 101
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Christian Curtis
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06/03/2018
Learn what’s in market today for IoT and what innovations are ahead.
5 (nearly) universal IoT security problems
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Guillaume Crinon
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06/02/2018
While IoT is chock full of customization, there are security measures that thread through nearly all deployments.
Why does it take 10 partners to start an IoT project?
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Michael Lamp
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18/01/2018
Most companies say it takes up to 10 partners to even start an IoT project. We try to understand why.
The importance of end-to-end security schemes for IoT deployments
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Guillaume Crinon
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18/01/2018
IoT machine and device security relies on trusted identities.
3 Hardware Takeaways from CES 2018
18/01/2018
If the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is any indication, a huge hardware evolution is coming.
Cognitive Computing and IBM Watson IoT: Unlocking the Power of Information
09/12/2017
Businesses, academic institutions, cities, and other enterprises may have diverse objectives and missions but all have two things in common: Data, lots of it, and the need for a comprehensive—and comprehensible—way to make use of it. Most executi
For Industry 4.0, Reliability Builds on Robust Connections
09/12/2017
Looking to relieve increasing product complexity and cost pressures, manufacturers are moving toward the next phase of industrial automation envisioned in Industry 4.0. In this concept, smart factories respond instantly to changing workloads to more
Avnet: Your Key Enabler for Efficient IoT Product Development
08/12/2017
There’s no shortage of hype when it comes to IoT! Fashion designers, futurists, gadget geeks, salespeople…Beyond the logistic efficiencies and capabilities of being the largest global component distributor, Avnet focuses significant technica
Zero Downtime Industrial IoT Using Programmable SoCs
10/07/2017
See an IP design from SoC-e for the Xilinx Zynq®-7000 SoC, providing a flexible solution for equipment that will be connected to HSR rings, PRP LANs, etc.
Driving Data with Unintentional New Uses: Internet of Things
11/06/2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a natural evolution of the things we already make today. It is created by the convergence of several key trends, including: growing intelligence of devices that put new power to good use, ubiquitous and cheap connecti
How Retailers are Using Location Awareness Technology to Track Buyers’ Habits
21/04/2017
Location tracking has been in use for a lot longer than one may expect. For example, military Special Forces and intelligence organizations have been using trackers and tracers for decades. Auto theft recovery services such as LoJack have offered rea
Harnessing the Power of IoT: Microsoft’s Unique Approach
19/04/2017
Little could this now-famous British serial entrepreneur have known in 1999 that the name he chose to define his approach for using RFID in P&G’s supply chain would top Gartner’s 2015 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report. Hackneyed though
The Edge to Enterprise - Avnet and IBM Partner to Deliver IoT Offering
11/04/2017
This white paper examines the Internet of Things market with a lens on the complexity of the vendor ecosystem and how partnerships are enabling holistic solutions to come to market.
The story of Braster
01/04/2017
Braster S.A. is a Poland-based company founded by scientists with a mission – to save lives by giving women an easier, more effective and more comfortable way to conduct breast self-examinations at home
The story of Ubicquia
30/03/2017
Ubicquia is making cities across the globe smarter with Kairo, a customizable, light pole-based router that takes advantage of existing city infrastructure.
OCF and Thread Group Alliance Boosts Windows 10 and its Smart Home Initiative
29/03/2017
Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) and Thread Group, recently collaborated to fire up the automated ‘smart home’ functionalities on the Windows 10 operating system.
An Introduction to IoT Components
29/03/2017
From locomotives and jet engines to baby monitors and home appliance controls, new applications are challenging the imaginations of designers — both in startup companies and within giant corporations.
Powering the Internet of Things via Energy Harvesting
27/03/2017
The push is on to add Internet capability to everything—often called the Internet of Things (IoT)—and the challenge for design engineers is to figure out how to power each of these IoT nodes.
10 Companies and Municipalities that Are Harnessing the Internet of Things to Run Smarter Cities
25/03/2017
Many of the devices we interact with today are enabled by computers and connected to the Internet. Much of the popular interest in the Internet of Things (IoT) focuses on consumer electronics, with everything from smart refrigerators to thermostats,
The Internet of Everything is Here…or Is It?
18/03/2017
The next great age of technology is the Internet of Things (IoT), if, that is, you believe everything you read on the Internet.