Staff report May 01. 2018 9:58AM Jeremy Hitchcock listens to a business plan from Dan Brackett with PickUp Patrol during the New Hampshire Speed Venture Summit event in November in Bedford. Hitchcock, the former CEO of Dyn, now runs Minim, a startup that announced $2.5 million in seed funding Monday. (THOMAS ROY/UNION LEADER FILE) MANCHESTER — Minim, a startup founded by Dyn co-founder and former CEO Jeremy Hitchcock, raised $2.5 million in seed funding to further develop its “internet of things” platform designed to protect connected devices and ensure fast WiFi in homes. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners and Founder Collective, the Manchester company announced Monday. Hitchcock established Minim last year in response to the massive Mirai distributed denial of service attack that took down Dyn and several major internet services in October 2016. “As billions of IoT devices enter homes, consumers are sold on the expectations that their … [Read more...] about $2.5m in seed funding for Dyn co-founder’s startup Minim to secure ‘internet of things’
Securing internet of things
Using blockchain to secure the ‘internet of things’
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro(THE CONVERSATION) The world is full of connected devices – and more are coming. In 2017, there were an estimated 8.4 billion internet-enabled thermostats, cameras, streetlights and other electronics. By 2020 that number could exceed 20 billion, and by 2030 there could be 500 billion or more. Because they’ll all be online all the time, each of those devices – whether a voice-recognition personal assistant or a pay-by-phone parking meter or a temperature sensor deep in an industrial robot – will be vulnerable to a cyberattack and could even be part of one.Today, many “smart” internet-connected devices are made by large companies with well-known brand names, like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Samsung, which have both the technological systems and the marketing incentive to fix any … [Read more...] about Using blockchain to secure the ‘internet of things’
What Washington really knows about the Internet of Things
President Barack Obama wears a FitBit monitor on his wrist to count his steps and calories, and has waxed poetic about the power of wearable technology to “give each of us information that allows us to stay healthier.”On Capitol Hill, 13 members have joined together across party lines this year to launch the Internet of Things Caucus. Started by a former Microsoft marketing executive and a Republican who made his fortune in electronics, the caucus pledges to help foster the coming explosion of “products, services and interconnected opportunities that didn’t exist a generation ago and will be taken for granted by the end of this generation.”Then again, the caucus hasn't even held its first meeting yet. Obama's own government panel has warned of a "small — and rapidly closing — window" for the U.S. government to successfully figure out how to deal with the tech explosion everyone is so excited about.web-linked gadgets … [Read more...] about What Washington really knows about the Internet of Things
ON Semiconductor to Demonstrate Latest Integrated Semiconductor Solutions for the Internet of Things and Automotive at Embedded World
State-of-the-art development tools and semiconductor technologies, including a new wireless SoC, enable new applications and speed design and implementation NUREMBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Embedded World – ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficient innovations, will be exhibiting its integrated semiconductor-based systems solutions for the industrial, automotive and consumer sectors at this year’s Embedded World in Nuremberg. Particular focus will be given to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industry 4.0, plus image sensing and power management for automotive. With wireless connectivity continuing to enable the IIoT, ON Semiconductor is introducing a family of ARM cortex powered ultra-low power RF SoCs with different memory and speed options. The family leads its class in terms of integration, bringing together a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ core and subsystem with a Sub-GHz (27 MHz to 1050 … [Read more...] about ON Semiconductor to Demonstrate Latest Integrated Semiconductor Solutions for the Internet of Things and Automotive at Embedded World
Google Is Acquiring Xively’s Internet of Things Platform
Yesterday, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google announced that it will acquire Xively from LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM). Xively is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that is currently a part of LogMeIn, helping companies create IoT devices that can connect to the internet. Xively also has a handful of hardware partners that offer pre-certified integrations, accelerating the development cycle. On LogMeIn's earnings call Thursday, the company confirmed that the price tag for the sale was $50 million. Image source: Getty Images. Expanding IoT offerings Google's growing cloud platform already includes several IoT offerings and services that help enterprise customers connect devices while managing and processing all of the IoT data collected from those gadgets. The company had also announced Google Cloud IoT Core last year at its I/O developer conference, which opened up as a public beta in September. It includes features like allowing customers to bring their own … [Read more...] about Google Is Acquiring Xively’s Internet of Things Platform