Key Takeaways: Itron has launched a cloud-based meter data management platform that uses artificial intelligence to help utilities process information generated by smart meters. The move expands Itron’s role beyond devices and communications infrastructure, placing more emphasis on the software layer where meter r
Key Takeaways: Tulip has launched Tulip Integration Builder and expanded its native Shopify Connector, giving enterprise retailers two new paths for bringing customer, inventory, order, product and service data into its customer engagement environment. Integration Builder is aimed at a familiar retail technology p
Key Takeaways: Quectel Wireless Solutions has launched the SE200ZC-AP, a compact smart module intended to shorten the development cycle for AI-enabled cameras, machine vision equipment and connected endpoints. Built on the Rockchip RV1126B/RV1126BJ platform, the 40 x 40 mm module combines a quad-core ARM Cortex-A5
Key Takeaways: Trackonomy Systems has completed its acquisition of Identiv’s IoT label business, giving the San Jose, California-based Physical AI specialist control of a broader technology stack for monitoring goods and other physical assets. The transaction creates Trackonomy Group, an umbrella organization with
Key Takeaways: A compromised laptop can expose sensitive information. A compromised robot, drone, vehicle, or industrial controller can create a physical hazard. That higher potential impact sits at the center of Exein’s business and helps explain why investors have assigned the Rome-based cybersecurity startup a
Key Takeaways: Granite Telecommunications has launched SIM360, a multi-carrier data SIM platform intended to simplify how enterprises deploy and manage domestic IoT and fixed wireless access connections. Available now, the service places carrier-direct profiles from all three U.S. Tier 1 wireless providers on one
Key Takeaways: California State Teachers Retirement System made a sizable bet on connected physical operations during Q2 2026, purchasing an additional 15,216,568 shares of Samsara Inc. The pension fund finished the quarter with 15,704,422 shares worth $484,256,000, representing a 2.70% ownership position. The 3,1
Key Takeaways: Viasat and Space42 are committing $1 billion in equity to Equatys, a joint venture created to connect smartphones and Internet of Things devices directly to satellites. The planned service will support voice, text, and data, placing Equatys in the expanding direct-to-device, or D2D, satellite market
Key Takeaways: Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) has invited bids to build and operate a centralised, IoT-enabled system for monitoring solar installations across Jharkhand. Estimated at ₹4.20 crore, the project combines plant telemetry with asset, vendor, inventory and maintenance management r
Key Takeaways: Focus Universal has raised $3.7 million through the exercise of warrants, giving the Nasdaq-listed IoT and 5G technology developer additional capital for product development and general corporate purposes. The transaction adds funding without requiring Focus Universal to arrange an entirely new fina