News

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  Victorian Government lifts lid on IoT catalogue for farm trials

  Will help pay for tools for everything from asset tracking to dam level monitoring.
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  City of Sydney invites businesses to join smart city database

  Old-school technique to drum up publicity.
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  Microsoft Australia starts group for Women IT Pros

  #WomenITPros calls offer ‘virtual watering hole’ for non-coders
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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology to set up data analytics lab in Adelaide

  Joins growing roster of companies at Lot Fourteen innovation hub.
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  Victorian trial will connect cars to speed limit and traffic light data

  Test vehicles will also warn drivers about pedestrians crossing road.
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  Tasmanian government backs IoT and energy accelerator

  Says Tasmania could be “battery of the nation”.
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  Newcrest Mining deploys private LTE network at Lihir mine

  Brings improved reliability to tele-remote and autonomous ops.
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  Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it

  Cities need to ensure data standards and data-sharing arrangements are established as part of the basis for giving new users permission to access the kerb.
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  What is a tangible use case for IoT-connected manufacturing?

  Cloud company rhipe has teamed up with Omron to demonstrate some examples.
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  ACMA proposes new radio licence, suggests IoT use

  Cites limitations of existing radio-communication licences.
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  Raspberry PI Model 4 arrives: here are the key features

  Cranks up the speed to 1.5GHz, adds better graphics, second HDMI port and USB-C power.
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  Photos: 2019 IoT Award winners

  See who took to the stage for the 2019 IoT Awards.
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  Driverless buses can help end the suburbs' public transport woes

  Automated vehicle technology presents an unprecedented opportunity to transform the suburban public transport system into an effective substitute for private cars.
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  Photos: The 2019 IoT Festival in Melbourne

  See all the action and find out which companies exhibited and took to centre stage in Melbourne this week.
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  Announcing the 2019 IoT Award winners

  These Australian projects, companies and people are kicking goals in IoT.
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  Australian company to provide energy analytics to London bus operator

  SaaS platform will plug into a range of IoT energy metering devices.
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  Universities, companies are failing to bridge IoT’s skills gap

  IoT takes a team – but many companies are only ready to pay for one person.
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  Legacy issues make IoT security "about as bad as it gets"

  Practical limitations are turning well-meaning IoT adoption into gaping security holes.
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  IoT will fail without an open, data-focused culture

  Partners must help customers address culture and skills issues, learned attendees at the IoT Festival in Melbourne this week.
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  To scale IoT, shift analytics to the edge

  But start by leveraging domain expertise to deliver on one specific KPI, Dell Technologies urged the IoT Festival audience.