5G: Are you up to speed?
Billions of connected devices. Billions of people. Welcome to the future, powered by 5G. 5G is going to play a significant part in mobility and digital transformation. Businesses expect it to provide...
View ArticleIoT: the key to smart buildings
IoT can be used to monitor and regulate people and their working environment through sensors that can measure various parameters. Analysing these measurements enables companies to pinpoint any...
View ArticleCES 2019: which products and innovations will revolutionise uses this year?
From 8 to 11 January 2019, the main new technology players got together in Las Vegas for another edition of the Consumer Electronics Show. Founded in 1967, the event was attended by over 182,000...
View ArticleHow technology can make champions
On 16 September in Berlin, Eliud Kipchoge beat the world marathon record. By running the legendary 42.195 km in just 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds, the champion of the Rio Olympics smashed the...
View ArticleIIoT: how cable drums are becoming smart
With industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things is revolutionising the logistics process, and Nexans is something of a trailblazer in this field. The group, one of the world’s leading cable...
View ArticleConnected maintenance: IoT is on the right track
The old adage “Prevention is better than cure” is now being applied to the rail industry thanks to IoT. Installing sensors on railway tracks and on trains allows railway companies to carry out...
View ArticleHow the Internet of Things is revolutionising industry
Traditional industry is dead! Long live industry 4.0, which is 100% connected, thanks to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Over the next three years, manufacturing companies worldwide will...
View ArticleDrive-to-Store: brick-and-mortar stores are still thriving
The collection of location data, combined with widespread adoption of smartphones has given rise to a new type of marketing – drive-to-store. The idea is to lure targeted customers into stores,...
View ArticleVoice-first: has the screen become obsolete?
Voice-First devices, or digital voice assistants (DVA), mark a significant turning point in digital technologies. They’re revolutionising design principles, business models and e-commerce. We had a...
View ArticleZzz thanks to IoT
Sleep is crucial for health and wellbeing. But it’s difficult to get a good, long night’s sleep. As an alternative to sleeping pills, more and more sleep-challenged people are resorting to connected...
View Article#Cyber-security: five trends that will be adopted by companies in 2018
With the cyber-attacks in 2017 and changes to data privacy legislation, IT security will be a major concern for companies in 2018. Here are five key trends identified by Deloitte in a new report called...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence: a real boon for IoT security
Machine learning, a field of artificial intelligence, is used to automatically analyse the way interconnected systems work in order to detect cyberattacks and limit their damage. This is good news for...
View Article#NRF2018: 3 questions for Jean-Guillaume Roger, Retail Market Manager for...
The major retail event in New York is over. So what are the latest technological discoveries and innovations in retail? We found out from Jean-Guillaume Roger, Retail Market Manager for Econocom. What...
View Article4 breakthroughs in digital and IT employment over the next three years
Over the next three years, our digital environments will be vastly different from what they are today, according to Gartner’s predictions, with AI-powered products and services and IoT dominating the...
View ArticleGDPR and data protection: reinforcing obligations and rights in Europe
The countdown had begun for organisations handling personal data: as of 25 May 2018 when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, all EU citizens will have the same rights over...
View ArticleViva Technology: 60,000 visitors and a host of technological surprises
Amateur and professional geeks, novices and experts got together at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre for three days last week to meet, share, learn and discover the latest technologies and...
View ArticleHow to combat ransomware extortion
Lower your guard for one second, and you’re hit by a ransomware attack which blocks access to your files and apps and extorts money from you. Prevention solutions and measures, useful tips in the event...
View Article#IoT and security: we’re getting there!
Still in a random fashion, the number of measures to improve the security of connected objects and systems is increasing. The first contests, labels, CERTtm and measures are leading the way. “A webcam...
View ArticleUltrabook PCs are top sellers
Ultrabooks topped computer sales in 2016, thus boosting a declining global market through innovations which facilitate mobile work. The top-selling manufacturers are Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, Apple and...
View Article#CES2017: the innovations of our dreams
From the connected hairbrush to futuristic robots and autonomous motorbikes, the 2017 CES in Las Vegas captivated geeks around the globe. In Nevada’s city of lights, digital companies tried to put...
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