IOT Tech

• Equipment theft costs push firms toward asset tracking

  A missing generator, tool, or machine part can create costs beyond the price of replacement. Across asset-heavy sectors, missing equipment can delay jobs and trigger emergency rentals, making asset tracking a growing part of equipment management. Samsara has released its 2026 State of Connected Operations Asset Theft & Loss Report, which examines the cost of […]

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• Agentic AI and remote vision cause cellular IoT traffic explosion

  Exploding cellular IoT data traffic from agentic AI and remote vision will require infrastructure scaling to meet workload demands. According to Omdia, data traffic generated by cellular IoT connections will reach 218.6 exabytes (EB) by 2035. This volume of information is primarily driven by the corporate need to extract operational efficiency and secure new revenue […]

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• ASC consulting insights that can save time and money

  Growth looks exciting from a distance, but in outpatient surgery, it can become expensive very quickly when the basics are not stable. In 2026, ASC consulting is increasingly focused on helping leaders test the strength of their operating foundation before they add rooms, specialities, equipment, or case volume. A surgery centre that expands without clear […]

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• Quectel Verditex modernises agricultural machinery management

  Quectel’s smart agriculture brand Verditex is modernising agricultural machinery management with centimetre-level IoT positioning. Running edge computing on rural hardware is difficult. You can’t just slap a consumer-grade tracker on a tractor pulling a high-speed planter. Put a normal consumer circuit board out there, and the dust, moisture, and wild temperature swings will eat it […]

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• How Viasat is providing a blueprint for the industrial edge

  Enterprise edge computing requires resilient connectivity to keep private industrial networks alive, a challenge Viasat is actively solving. Viasat has introduced its Tactical Mission Fabric (TMF), an edge-to-cloud connectivity service built to orchestrate multi-path networks. The company launched TMF at a defence trade show, highlighting the extreme performance requirements the platform aims to meet. However, […]

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