Intelligent power grids: IoT and the energy revolution
The energy sector is changing: Coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors are giving way to wind turbines and solar panels to cover our future energy needs. What role will the Internet of Things play for electrical grid operators and consumers?
Retail: Change of Perspective for a Clearer View
The Smarter Retail trendbook comes with practical tips, best practice examples and experts’ opinions. Consumer psychologist Dr Paul Marsden, for example, explains how retailers exceed their customers’ expectations.
IoT Takes Customer Relations to New Level
Examples from different industries demonstrate how companies enhance customer satisfaction with the Internet of Things and strengthen customer ties in the process.
Internet of Things Speeds Up Digitization
If a beermat relays the guest’s preferences to the brewery the Internet of Things is sure to be involved. Companies across all industries are increasingly making use of the opportunities that the Internet of Things offers them.
IoT Helps Combat Fine Dust Pollution in the City
Every year, millions of people die from complications caused by air pollution. But a Berlin-based start-up is improving air quality in cities around the world with moss and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Climate Protection by the Internet of Things
The environment benefits and consumers are grateful when companies reduce their CO2 emissions. Find out how the Internet of Things helps them to operate organically by using predictive maintenance and tracking.
Logistics: The Digitization Success Story
Is there a success formula for digital transformation? The Smarter Logistics trendbook recommends to companies the McKinsey three horizons model for long-term sustainable growth.
AVANT facility management: Direct routing, lower costs
50 vehicles, 350 employees and 500 objects: The AVANT Gebäudedienst GmbH team is on the road every day. Recently, an IoT-based solution took over fleet management. The result of the digitalization is clear.
Supply Chain – Transparency Leads to Success
Flexible supply chains are a decisive competitive advantage. To be better able to react to unforeseen developments, companies need transparency and are digitizing their supply chains.
Smart waste: Don’t Trash It!
What with shopping online, having food delivered to your door and working mostly from home, Covid-19 has changed daily life significantly. One result is the growing amount of garbage. Can we deal with it smartly? Find out how the Internet of Things helps organize smart garbage disposal.
Precision for the Mobility of the Future
The autonomous traffic of the future requires a reliably networked infrastructure. And precise positioning from space will help ensure that self-driving cars keep to their lane.
Green Logistics by IoT
Logistics has to operate economically, efficiently and sustainably, and to do so it networks entire supply chains to deliver green logistics by the IoT, which is a major benefit for the environment and a good selling point for customers.
Logistics: Crisis-proof Thanks to Digitization
German logistics enterprises have a reputation for being global leaders. But tech company outsiders like Flexport or Convoy are intensifying the competition. So how are logistics specialists to hold their own?
In Ten Steps to a Successful IoT Project
Sixty percent of IoT projects come to grief at the Proof of Concept stage. These ten steps will get you off to a successful start on the Internet of Things.
Tracking One-Time Shipments is Worth It!
Where are my goods or machines and what condition are they in? For many companies this is information worth its weight in gold. With the Low Cost Tracker it is worth it even for one-time shipments.
Kick-start Your IoT – with the Right Strategy
More and more companies aim to harness the benefits of the Internet of Things, but getting started often founders on the complexity and lack of a strategy. That’s why Telekom is making the IoT easier for enterprises.
How the Internet of Things eases the burden of nursing
Draw blood, change sheets, administer IV drip: The daily routine of nurses is demanding. Documenting the work steps takes up additional time. In the future, with IoT, this will happen at the push of a button.
Why IoT projects need certified hardware
When companies don’t use certified hardware for their IoT solutions, it can have serious consequences. Learn why certification is important and which benefits it provides.
Smart lighting system: Monitoring customers‘ access
As part of the coronavirus pandemic regulations, retailers must limit the number of customers in their stores. A smart access control management with digital lightings at the entrance indicates whether the maximum number of people in the store has been reached and sounds an alarm in case of unauthorized access.
Debunking 5 common IoT myths
IoT is only good for connecting coffee machines or refrigerators to the Internet and it makes devices vulnerable to cyber-attacks – these are just two of several widespread misconceptions about the Internet of Things.
Making Europe’s cities sustainable with IoT
How the Internet of Things (IoT) is making European towns and metropolises into smart cities. Europe’s metropolises are global leaders when it comes to using IoT and smart city technologies to improve sustainability.
Room to improve: Digitalization of logistics
Many logistics firms are already using digital solutions such as the Internet of Things. But when it comes to things like blockchain or AI, there is still room for improvement. So what exactly are the real advantages of smart supply chains?
Smart metering helps save electricity
Smart meters measure electricity, gas or water consumption by the second and help to reduce costs. These intelligent electricity meters may still be expensive but according to a study, the global market is growing rapidly.
Precise positioning
Drones delivering packages, autonomous vehicles and networked construction machinery – they all need exact coordinates to move safely. Precise Positioning makes it now possible.
5G start-ups: Working in a virtual 3D world
Thanks to 5G and edge computing, technologies such as Augmented Reality are becoming a part of our everyday lives. Part 5 of our practice series about forward-looking solutions from tech start-ups.
The 5 biggest misconceptions about NB-IoT
NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) offers completely new possibilities for networking devices and machines in the Internet of Things. However, some misconceptions about the new mobile standard persist.
SAP and Deutsche Telekom get Logistics 4.0 moving
The Internet of Things offers huge opportunities to logistics companies – provided they know how to make the most of the flood of data. An integrated solution from SAP and Deutsche Telekom can help.
Artificial intelligence: The future of logistics
Artificial intelligence will fundamentally change industry in the future. Michael ten Hompel, head of the Fraunhofer Institute, explains why logistics leads the field.
Driving home for Christmas – completely relaxed and without any traffic jams
On a road trip, passengers are able to travel relaxed due to the WLAN hotspot and smart car applications. More and more cars are offering fast Internet and entertainment services thanks to integrated or retrofittable hotspots.
Smart help for insurance claim settlements
Drying equipment and dehumidifiers can significantly limit the impact of water damage on buildings. The Internet of Things helps to precisely measure the energy consumption of these appliances for claim settlements.
Study: Digitization helps fight driver shortages
The shortage of drivers in the logistics sector has a major impact on operative business. A study by the German logistics association and T-Systems shows how digitalizing logistics can help in the fight against driver shortages.
Supply Chain 4.0: Shared data leads to success
The Internet of Things is revolutionizing transport and intralogistics. In the BVL.digital podcast, Rami Avidan, head of IoT at Deutsche Telekom, explains what really matters when it comes to the Supply Chain 4.0.
PAC study on IoT: Hard facts over hype
IoT is establishing itself among Germany’s small and medium-sized businesses. However, companies are no longer limited to monitoring and controlling machines and processes. It enable much more exciting applications.
Rami Avidan: „Partners are key to success“
Strategy, partnerships, security: Rami Avidan, Head of IoT at Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, talks about success factors in the IoT business in a podcast interview for the latest edition of IoT Now magazine.
PAC IoT study: Evolution in the SME sector
IoT is establishing itself among Germany’s small and medium-sized businesses. However, companies are no longer limited to monitoring and controlling machines and processes. It enable much more exciting applications.
Rami Avidan: "It’s about the strategy"
As a true digital native, Rami Avidan, the new head of IoT at T-Systems, knows the challenges companies face with their IoT projects. In an interview with IoT-Now, he explains what the Internet of Things is all about.
PAC study: IoT takes hold in the SME sector
Internet of Things has arrived in the German middle class and is constantly evolving. A new study commissioned by Deutsche Telekom shows cases of use, success factors and action recommendations.
We are taking IoT to the next level!
Since April 1, Rami Avidan has been responsible for the IoT business at Deutsche Telekom. He celebrated his debut directly at the Hannover Messe and got to know the great team. Now he talks about his impressions.
Boosting growth with IoT
According to a study by Ernst & Young, the digital economy offers telecommunications companies plenty of opportunities for growth. Requirement: They develop new business models around IoT and M2M communication.
Virtually plan and test IoT projects
With the new online service, the IoT Solution Optimizer, companies can put their planned IoT solutions through their paces digitally well before they even set up real tests or budget their costs.
MWC19: Smart ideas from Barcelona
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Deutsche Telekom presented innovative solutions and visions for the Internet of Things: Smart City, Smart Factory, Smart Gaming.
How industry today is benefitting from the Internet of Things
Monitoring machines and increasing their lifespan, optimizing processes ultimately developing new business models using big data, machine learning or artificial intelligence: IoT offers companies many opportunities.
AI disrupts the business world
“Eighty percent of all corporate processes can be automated today,” says AI expert Chris Boos. How artificial intelligence is solving the business world’s problems by disrupting it.
Putting the patient in focus
What does the future of medicine look like? How can we better connect patients, doctors and caregivers? And what infrastructure will they need to achieve this? Representatives from Deutsche Telekom discussed these topics and much more with partners, business leaders and healthcare experts including Eckart von Hirschhausen.
Data is where the action will be in the future
More and more companies are discovering that data can fuel completely new business models. Boris Otto, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) and head of its research project Industrial Data Space (IDS), explains why all this data also requires a marketplace.
Surging demand for IoT security solutions
The market for IoT security solutions is growing fast. As machines, facilities and smart devices become increasingly linked, additional security measures are required, according to the IT consultancy Gartner.
China's path to digital dominance
China is taking the Internet of Things very seriously: Digitalization is starting to impact all aspects of life in the Asian superpower since the government began to promote and fund public IoT projects. The new strategy "Made in China 2025" aims to make the country's IT sector a global player.
Challenges of autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are already on our roads – but are drivers really ready for self-driving cars? A look at the remaining legal and technological challenges to be overcome.
Reaching for the stars with a digital twin
From flying to Mars to building a better mountain bike: Digital twins make products better and processes more efficient. Discover the advantages to giving objects a real-time digital clone.
Rethink your business
Time for a look at the future: Luca’s kiosk in Berlin shows how traditional business models can be made fit for the future with the Internet of Things, a little imagination and the right partner.
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