M2M and IoT Blog by Larry Bellehumeur

The Covid-19 pandemic abruptly changed how companies ran almost overnight. The traditional 9-5 workweek is unlikely to ever return to pre-pandemic ubiquity, as it's been proven that companies and individual employees are more productive in a remote-first hybrid model.  ‌   Below we cover five ways that the pandemic has changed the traditional workweek.  ‌ Many People Are Choosing Their...

Ok, this is a bit of a play on the famous saying that all of us are connected by 6 degrees of separation, or in the case of Hollywood, “6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.”  In this case, we are more referring to the various steps that are between you and your data in the world of IoT.   Starting from...

What is Amazon AWS IoT? AWS IoT Core is a managed cloud service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices. AWS IoT Core can support billions of devices and trillions of messages and can process and route those messages to AWS endpoints (URLs on the internet) and to other devices reliably and securely...

We have expert speakers from both Sierra Wireless and Novotech Technologies to let you know what's new in the world of IoT. Here's what you will take away from the conference:  New and innovative strategies to increase profit with Novotech Exciting information about new 5G Sierra Wireless products How to gain more market share Your technical questions are answered...

Date: April 28th, 2021  By: Larry Bellehumeur   “Buy land, they aren’t making any more of it” is a very famous expression, and there is some truth to it. While it may have some ups and downs in the short term, most agree that real estate tends to do well if you are patient enough. However, a change in how...

  Microsoft recently announced that they'd acquired AI-based company Nuance.  Nuance's offerings assist in helping medical professionals reduce clerical time by improving how they enter in data using their voice and allowing for faster indexing of records for keyword searches.   However, this is far from the only way that the combination of AI and IoT (let's use the term...

North America runs on fleets of vehicles. Long-distance shipping and in-town transport are handled with the careful management of tens of thousands of trucks throughout Canada and the USA. Fleet management is not easy. Still, it’s crucial to keeping companies running. Anything you can do to make your fleet more efficient is worth the effort.  In recent years, there have...

Ottawa, April 23, 2021 – Novotech Technologies, a leading distributor of IoT and M2M hardware, services, and solutions, becomes a leading distributor of Telit modules, data cards, and other IoT technologies. According to Grandview Research, the global market for modules will increase more than 21% per year to about $10 Billion in 2025. As OEMs and manufacturers fight for a...

You know a problem in the world of technology is bad when even your most non-tech savvy friends are talking about it. I am, of course, talking about all of the news about the shortage of various chips. These are used in just about everything IoT, from cars to appliances to toasters.   Companies like General Motors and Stellantis (the...

  There are a few items that a company may add without changing how they do business to any degree. It may be switching their courier, upgrading some lights or changing the coffee brand in the cafeteria (on second thought, maybe not the last one, this may cause riots).   However, few things can have positive impacts on an organization...