Siemens snaps up Enlighted: Possibly to counter Osram’s 2017 purchase of Digital Lumens, Siemens is acquiring Enlighted for an undisclosed amount. Enlighted supplies smart IoT systems for business, but the company’s core products are its lighting … [Read more...]
Why the smart home still has a Wi-Fi problem
How many times have you connected a device to your home Wi-Fi network and after a few hours — or days — realized it wasn't working correctly? Maybe it drops offline or sucks battery like a frat boy doing a keg stand. Perhaps it doesn't get online at … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 2, 2018
CyberX raises $18M for industrial IoT security: CyberX, an IIoT and industrial control system security company, has closed $18 million in Series B funding. So far it has raised $30 million from investors which include Norwest Venture Partners, … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 15, 2017
On net neutrality: Thursday the FCC repealed 2015 rules that enshrined network neutrality into law along partisan lines (the same way the law was enacted originally, albeit with years of conversation and negotiating.) I don't have much to say beyond … [Read more...]
Wi-Fi is getting an enterprise-class makeover
This week Broadcom released three new Wi-Fi chips that piqued my interest. These chips use the new 802.11ax standard known as Max Wi-Fi. With this generation of Wi-Fi chips, the standard has been redesigned from the ground up to perform much more … [Read more...]