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Unveiled at Futurecom 2026, the GPS cattle ear tag designed by Quectel, with Acceleronix eSIM connectivity and ACX Core device management, offers livestock farmers real-time herd and animal health management, virtual fences and data for credit operations using cattle as collateral through the iBOI platform. Acceleronix, iBOI and Quectel today announced at Futurecom 2026 a […]

If you’re watching the Internet of Things reshape how companies make, move, and sell products, you’ve probably noticed one thing: technical skill alone rarely runs the whole show. Businesses need people who can connect data, operations, finance, and strategy without getting lost in the buzzwords. An MBA can fit into that picture in a very

By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Forescout research covering more than 2.5 million devices finds that healthcare IoT and operational technology are significantly less prepared for post-quantum cryptography than conventional IT systems, creating a difficult migration challenge for long-lived medical infrastructure. For hospitals, preparing for quantum-era cybersecurity is not simply a matter

Commercial drones are becoming more capable and more widely used, creating new security considerations across Defense, Homeland Security, and Critical Infrastructure. Detecting an unauthorized drone is important, but knowing that one is present is only the beginning. As drones increasingly operate as connected devices within broader IoT and digital infrastructure environments, their communications, telemetry, sensors,

By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Berg Insight forecasts that the global robotaxi fleet will expand from around 6,500 vehicles at the end of 2025 to 1.53 million by 2036, as Level 4 autonomous driving platforms move from limited deployments toward larger commercial fleets. Scaling autonomous driving is becoming less a question

The Hidden Expansion of Your Digital Presence Smart devices surround you. Your phone tracks location. Your smartwatch monitors health metrics. Your home security cameras record activity. Connected appliances transmit usage patterns. Each device collects data constantly without your awareness. This expansion happens quietly. Your digital footprint keeps growing as personal data moves across websites, apps,

By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Omdia research shows that enterprise edge computing is increasingly moving into production, with 78% of edge IoT deployments now beyond the pilot stage. Security and integration, rather than budget constraints, are emerging as the main obstacles to broader scale. For enterprise IoT, the challenge around edge

By now, most enterprises have put a large language model through some kind of test. A pilot in one team. A proof of concept in another. The open question is whether a partner can take that early work and turn it into something that actually runs. Against proprietary data. Connected to systems that already exist.

By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Satellite IoT connections surpassed 7 million globally in 2025 and are forecast to reach 42 million by 2030, according to Berg Insight. Behind that growth is a broader shift toward hybrid connectivity, as satellite networks increasingly adopt cellular, LoRa and even Bluetooth technologies already used in

By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Landis+Gyr is integrating Thales’ SGP.32-compliant eSIM technology and connectivity management capabilities into its smart metering platforms, giving utilities more control over cellular connectivity throughout the operational life of deployed meters. Smart meters are expected to remain in the field for many years, while the cellular networks