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Covid has been credited with digitally transforming the planet – including the acceleration of industrial IoT.
Agriculture, utilities, mining, oil and gas, transport and logistics have all put their foot on the gas when it comes to industrial IoT over the past couple of years.
But Covid hasn't removed the key constraint of ubiquitous, easy access to internet across remote areas. Connectivity was an issue impacting 75 percent of IoT projects canvassed in a recent global survey.
Instead, acceleration is coming in another form – competition. Incumbent supplier Inmarsat has been given the hurry up by Elon Musk's Starlink and its constellation of low orbit access points.
We spoke to Inmarsat about the research findings and their plans to respond…
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
In this issue
> Inmarsat targets industrial IoT
> ANZCO brings automation to butchers
> ACCC calls for the power to rein in Google
> Xero accelerates AP Invoicing with AI-powered automation
> The cybersecurity cost of WFH
> Aussie Govt ID program ramps up
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Inmarsat targets industrial IoT
Covid, Musk and A/NZ innovation driving uptake…
“Many more companies are now producing digital twins of their supply chains.”
ANZCO brings automation to butchers
Supply chain tracking, retail automation and robots smarten up red meat trade…
The offering provides suppliers with insights to make improvements to supply chain performance.
ACCC calls for the power to rein in Google
New laws needed to rein in significant competition issues…
‘New regulatory solutions are needed’
Xero accelerates AP Invoicing with AI-powered automation
Reduced manual data entry, faster processing, greater visibility and less ‘taxing’ on their staff is just the beginning…
“We were looking for something user-friendly and intuitive for the end-user."
The cybersecurity cost of WFH
Local companies reveal true cost in breaches…
“92 percent reported they have experienced at least one business-impacting cyber attack in the past 12 months.”
Aussie Govt ID program ramps up
And New Zealand?…
A safe thriving digital economy is not possible without digital identity.
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Inland Revenue’s systems will go offline for a week in late October as the agency migrates its systems in the final ‘business transformation release’.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have been hit by an outage, affecting both web and smartphone apps around the world.
NZ Covid Tracer is going tap and go – or at least Victoria University of Wellington and a number of small businesses are trialling the new function.
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