Spending on technology products and services is projected to reach almost A$78.7 billion in Australia and NZ$11.6 billion in New Zealand in 2015, and much of this spending will be driven by the digital industrial economy, according to Gartner...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASIX Electronics, a fabless semiconductor company for embedded networking/bridging solutions, announced the expansion of its wireless modules product portfolio with five AXB series embedded Bluetooth modules, the AXB031/AXB033 for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and the AXB051/AXB052/AXB081 for wireless audio applications...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek new Internet of Things (IoT) solution chipset MT2601 is on the go! According to Chinese media report that after the company lauching the Aster MT2502 in the second quarter, the specs of the latest IoT wearable chipset MT2601 leaked out, which supports 3G communications...

TAIPEI, Taiwan－“2015 industrial trends seminar” held by IEK to foresee the IoT innovation, Robot industry, 4G, 3D printing and biotech & medical will be the focuses for the next year’s research and development. Industrial Economics and Knowledge (IEK) pointed out that the machinery, telecommunication, semiconductor, green energy and biotech & medical will be the booming industries continuously in 2015...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Innodisk, the service driven flash provider, announced the newest additions to its Embedded Peripheral line of expansion modules for embedded systems. Both using an mPCIe interface, the EMPL-G201 adds up to 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the EMP2-X401 adds either 4 or 8 serial ports independently selectable by software to communicate in either RS232, RS422 or RS485 mode...

Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, up 30 percent from 2014, and will reach 25 billion by 2020. The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a powerful force for business transformation, and its disruptive impact will be felt across all industries and all areas of society...

ARBOR Technology launched the Gladius 5 rugged IoT handheld computer in early 2014 as a multi-purpose large-screen rugged Android handheld device, it can be performed as a versatile tool in variety of applications, such as logistics, warehousing, transportation, mPOS, fleet management, healthcare and general industrial and enterprise deployments...