Internet of Things - Company and Research Focus

WiFi networks offer a rich source of potential information for city transport systems.

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We are at on the verge of a transformation into the era of the Internet of Things that will create a lot of value for our global economy. (RT @BetweenMyths: Internet of Things could generate $14.4 trillion for global businesses by 2022.

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Cisco and Intel say that companies wanting to make use of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds should be aware that controls exist for keeping virtual workloads on servers within country borders.

This idea of “trusted geolocation in the cloud” is of growing importance because many countries have laws about how can data about their citizens can be moved outside the country if at all, and businesses have their own reasons to restrict movement of data to certain places. Cisco solutions architect Kenneth Stavinoha and Intel senior enterprise technologist Paul Yates recently spoke on the topic during a panel discussion at the ISC2 Conference in Chicago, along with HyTrust CTO Hemma Prafullchandra. The three advocated one type of geolocation method that can be set up through the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chip, which is based on a Trusted Computing Group standard.

“The decision to go to cloud is a risk,” said Stavinoha, so there’s a need for the enterprise to establish its own security controls. One way to do this is through hardware-based “root of trust” attestation via server-based TPM, he said.

TPM can be used to confirm the location of a host, the integrity of the hypervisor platform, and make sure workloads only get deployed to cloud servers with trusted platforms. Several vendors, including Dell, HP and IBM, have hardware-based TPM enabled today in their products, Prafullchandra pointed out.

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There is an idea out there called the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is the idea of everything, like cans of soda, vases and other physical items...

We are on the brink of a fundamental shift in society – and in our journey towards the Networked Society, we are unlocking the full potential of learning and education. Learning has been transformed into an industry. In its report, Understanding Knowledge Societies, the United Nations describes “knowledge economies” as those societies in which information and the creation of knowledge have replaced industrial production as the main contributor to GDP. As part of this development, businesses and governments are integrating ICT into their core processes to increase efficiency, expand scope and improve productivity. One result of this development has been the rapid digitisation of information and knowledge. Technology improves educational opportunities by enabling personalised study, while enhancing the potential for learning through community-based education and access to educational resources, even in remote rural schools.