Bananas

Consumer Internet of Things technologies are generating a lot of excitement. Some are clearly going to be big hits. Others, like the Internet-enabled crockpots that I’ve seen for sale, may turn out to be as pointless as a Mikededicated banana slicer. (There are already 50 things in your kitchen that will slice a banana. But if you need yet another one, dedicated banana slicers are currently just $2.92 on Amazon, with free shipping for Amazon Prime members.) We’ll see how it all plays out. In the meantime, industrial M2M networks are already......

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KORE, B+B SmartWorx Partner to Enable Rapid, Network-Ready M2M Solution for Industrial Monitoring

Spectre 3G cellular router starter kit includes a 3-month promotional data plan from KORE, allows users to develop fully connected, industrial M2M applications quickly and conveniently Ottawa, IL – March 4, 2014 — B+B SmartWorx, a developer of mission-critical network connectivity solutions, today announced it has entered into a joint service agreement with KORE, the world’s largest wireless network services provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The two companies are empowering customers with an M2M-enabled cellular router that is pre-packaged with a GSM or CDMA wireless data connectivity option, and offered as......

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Bear

I don’t usually sit down and start writing at 3:45 a.m. on a Monday morning, but I’ve just returned from a trip to Europe. Now my internal clock is confused about which time zone we’re supposed to be in. As a result — having decided that I’d better get up and get moving before they stop serving breakfast in Prague — my internal clock has roused me up and kicked me out of bed in Illinois. So here I sit, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and all set to have breakfast on another continent.......

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Fiber Network

HOW OUTPUT POWER, ATTENUATION, DBM IMPACT A FIBER INSTALLATION FOR NETWORKS Background on Fiber Optics Fiber optics is commonly used to connect network equipment between endpoints. Unlike copper, which covers no more than 100m, fiber can support up to 130Km of distance between endpoints. Some of the attributes of fiber are:  immunity from EMI, security (hack-proof, unlike copper) for transmission of data, wide bandwidth (up to 10G), and in the case of fiber optic transceivers for network equipment, Class I, Eye-safe laser certification. That being said, fiber has its own set of......

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Industrial Internet of Things

The Internet of Things – Industrial Tools vs. Consumer Toys When people talk about the Internet of Things, consumer products like smart refrigerators always seem to be at the top of the list. The idea is that your autonomous, connected refrigerator of the future will be will be able to inventory your supply of strawberry Greek yogurt and order up a fresh stash when stocks run low. It’s an interesting idea, but I don’t plan to be an early adopter. Hackers have already broken into one smart refrigerator. They hooked it up......

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Bill Conley

Ottawa, IL – January 28, 2014 – B+B SmartWorx announced today that its M2M systems development engineering manager and wireless industry expert, Bill Conley, was selected to serve on the Wireless Design & Development Magazine’s (http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com) Editorial Advisory Board. The Advisory Board’s role is to help the magazine recognize the ongoing trends within the industry, and keep it on the forefront of critical issues that wireless design engineers continue to face. “Bill was chosen for his leadership position in the wireless design industry, his extensive wireless background, and for his position with oneM2M,”......

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