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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how manufacturers approach software sales. Previously, embedded software was a given with all products. You pay for the product, you get the hardware – and the associated updates and upgrades. Now, however, manufacturers are moving from a one-off sales model to a recurring revenue one. Software monetisation is essential to this, but the change is easier said than done; many manufacturers face resistance from their customers when implementing these changes.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how manufacturers approach software sales. Previously, embedded software was a given with all products. You pay for the product, you get the hardware – and the associated updates and upgrades. Now, however, manufacturers are moving from a one-off sales model to a recurring revenue one. Software monetisation is essential to this, but the change is easier said than done; many manufacturers face resistance from their customers when implementing these changes.

The software vulnerability used to breach Equifax last year was harnessed months earlier by a state-sponsored hacking group attempting to breach the U.S. Department of Defense, a senior National Security Agency official said Tuesday.

This great introduction to prototyping boards and sensors will get you collecting data from Arduinos and Raspberry Pis in no time at all.

Rapid technology advances have brought new challenges for the protection of personal data, so every organization needs a comprehensive approach to privacy management. They must also document how they collect, process and store personal data.

The winners of the IoT Global Awards 2018 have been announced at the Smart IoT London event, held today at ExCeL. Judged across 12 categories, including CXO of the year, by a specially assembled panel of 12 Internet of Things (IoT) industry experts and insiders, the awards attracted 149 entries in their inaugural year. The awards are co-sponsored by IoT Global Network and CloserStill Media, organisers of Smart IoT London.

Rapid technology advances have brought new challenges for the protection of personal data, and so every organisation needs a comprehensive approach to privacy management. They must also document how they collect, process and store personal data. But too many companies still fall down on the security fundamentals and new regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and ISO 27001 are making the cost of failure far greater than it’s ever been.

U.S. private equity firm TA Associates has closed its previously announced investment in Itasca, Illinois-based Flexera, a software supply chain company, according to a blog post on the latter’s site.

U.S. private equity firm TA Associates has closed its previously announced investment in Itasca, Illinois-based Flexera, a software supply chain company, according to a blog post on the latter’s site. No financial terms were disclosed.

Finally, the news that many of you have been anxiously awaiting! The shortlist of Nominees for the IoT Global Awards 2018 have been announced and these are being assessed by our global VIP panel of independent judges.

Modern Software Monetization

Increased public calls for transparency mean public sector CIOs should strongly consider open source applications.

As software development becomes a more collaborative experience, organizations are leveraging open source software (OSS) to quickly build and deploy applications. According to a survey by North Bridge, the adoption of OSS is slowly but surely becoming pervasive.

The recent Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities have been well documented, but for businesses it can be difficult to know which fixes to prioritize.

Now that many IT organizations have adopted an open source-first mentality to acquiring new software, tracking their dependency on all the various modules they are employing is becoming more challenging with each passing day. To help IT organizations track both usage and dependencies of open source software, Flexera has updated the FlexNet Code Insight software to continuously scan the network for open source software and highlight any known security and compliance issues.

The new FlexNet Code Insight released, opens gate for the companies to an easy Open Source Management.

Flexera has announced the latest release of its new open source security and compliance platform, FlexNet Code Insight.

Flexera’s open source security and license compliance software, FlexNet Code Insight has just launched it’s third update.

Flexera has announced the latest release of its new open source security and compliance platform, FlexNet Code Insight.