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IoT Now Magazine | December 07, 2016

Plexure, a global provider of IoT-driven CRM, has appointed Darren Rankine, a business executive with more than two decades of customer relationship management and business intelligence expertise, as vice president, Client Services. In this role, Rankine will leverage an extensive background in developing global customer relationship management strategies and customer loyalty programs to help Plexure’s clients transform how they interact with customers. This includes working closely with c...

IoT Now Magazine | December 07, 2016

There are currently about 282 million street lights in the world, and this number is expected to reach 338.9 million by 2025. Street lights account for approximately 40% of any given city’s electricity budget – which can amount to tens of millions of dollars for larger cities. What if those lights could be made more efficient? Dimmed at certain times, says Mike Holt of gridComm, turned off completely when not needed, etc. – the point is, those costs can be reduced. Significantl...

IoT Now Magazine | December 06, 2016

The prpl Foundation and the IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF), two influential not-for-profit organisations working to promote security and openness in the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that they have entered into a formal agreement to cooperate on projects that put ‘security by design’ into the IoT. One element of the collaboration, around the IoTSF Self Certification Working Group, will be discussed tomorrow in London at the IoTSF Conference 2016 entitled Building an Internet o...

IoT Now Magazine | December 06, 2016

Combined utilities in the US generate approximately $370 billion in annual sales, making it one of the most important and visible verticals in the IoT. Bringing the industry into the 21st century is essential, with AT&T being an important enabler....