Cold Chain is heating up M2M at the Cold Chain…

How often do you purchase something that was made in another country?  Odds are, several times a week, if not several times per day.  Have you ever thought about the path these goods took to make it to you? Although the trend towards globalization drives an increasing interconnectedness between countries, physical separation still presents a […]

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Java – silently powering the M2M revolution

Sometimes the most effective things in life are not those which attract the most attention. Java, the coding language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1996 and now owned by Oracle, is a fine example of this. Java sits at the heart of one of the most significant technology revolutions of our generation: the emergence of […]

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M2M World Congress: The importance of trust in the M2M…

Machine to machine communications is a hot topic. There is a whole conference dedicated to the topic: M2M World Congress London. Held recently in London from 25th -26th April, it focused on the different experiences that industry players are having in deploying M2M. Mobile network operators were omnipresent, with the likes of EE, Telefónica, Orange, […]

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What connects M2M with McDonalds?

What springs to mind when you think of McDonalds? Happy meals? Brightly colored fast-food chains? Sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics? Vegetarian-only restaurants in India? How about Machine-2-Machinecommunication? Surprised? McDonalds has pioneered a key business concept – extended enterprise – which is going to be the cornerstone of future M2M Communications. What is an extended enterprise? […]

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Which consumer-facing M2M propositions will make their mark first? –…

Continuing our trend of being interviewed by leading experts in our spheres of influence, as we did last year around Mobile World Congress, we are starting this again for #MWC2012. Kicking off our first interview is Helen Keegan who is running Mobile Heroes at Mobile World Congress and also blogs at Musings of a Mobile […]

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