Sensus

Sensus | October 30, 2017

U.S. utility technology provider Sensus has announced the launch of its utility-grade IoT communications network, FlexNet, in Middle East markets. The firm said that FlexNet, which operates in dedicated and licenses radio spectrum, will provide security for utility data coming from critical national infrastructure, and build the foundations for pioneering smart city initiatives in the Middle East....

IoT World Today | November 17, 2018

“Right now, the IIoT platform market is a zero billion dollar market,” quips Sean Parham, corporate vice president of product management at ABB Ability. “I’ve heard others use that line. It’s not like I came up with it,” Parham said. But with some 450 industrial IoT platforms in the marketplace according to ABB’s reckoning, few appear to be profitable. “There’s a whole lot going on, but people aren’t making direct money off of direct pl...

Enterprise IoT Insights | June 22, 2017

The town of Okotoks, in Alberta, Canada, has selected Sensus to replace and upgrade the city’s water infrastructure with a smart metering system, a key IoT vertical use case with clear ROI and relatively simple deployment process. “Many of our meters were outdated,” said Chris Radford, infrastructure and operations director for the Town of Okotoks. “We needed an upgrade and opted for a solution that would allow us to detect abnormal water usage sooner, supp...

Channellife | January 14, 2020

Avnet is launching a new IoT-specific partner programme designed to provide developers with a place to build complete IoT solutions. Using Avnet's IoTConnect platform, powered by Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite, developers can connect devices that address both the software and hardware needs of IoT solutions. Avnet will be adding a comprehensive marketplace in the coming months, which will allow a developer to write IoT applications to its platform and offer the...