Building Management System is the blueprint for smart construction in SA

At this time of automated, centrally-managed and smart control in South Africa’s building construction industry, Building Management Systems (BMS) plays a lead role as a computer-based approach to managing facilities and equipment. BMS is the bedrock of a building’s interconnected systems, those that run and monitor features like air conditioning, heating, lighting, emergency infrastructure,  access…

2023 Outlook: 5G, Private LTE, and eSIM

As we look ahead at the rest of 2023, we review learnings from customers and our ecosystem on how device makers can use eSIM and iSIM technology for innovative connected solutions. eSIMs Are Simply Essential Let’s start by looking at the recent and upcoming announcements around eSIM technology: eSIM has entered The Economist’s vital (tech) vocabulary for 2023 with the major…

Smart Farming and IoT Solutions Empower Farmers

Farming is a complex, dynamic, highly competitive industry, especially since finding help has become quite complicated. Farmers need to boost production to meet growing demand while maintaining, and ideally, growing revenue. Technology advances, like IoT and smart farming, are options that offer them that ability. Plus, with the exponential growth of the world population, the…

Future cities: Taking a smart approach to infrastructure

Antonio Bocigas, EMEA Telco Director, Lenovo, says cities need an ‘edge’ as they adapt to high bandwidth technologies advancing transformation. For thousands of years, humankind has strived towards building a ‘Smart City’, the ultimate goal in city infrastructure development. Looking back to ancient Rome, people were already seeing new technologies applied through a complex interconnected…