What is a “gateway”?
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June 1, 2024A message broker is a piece of software and the infrastructure that it runs on whose job it is to…What is “device management”?
June 1, 2024Device management is the ability to add a device to whatever kind of network or connectivity that device is using…What is an IoT “platform”?
June 1, 2024Unfortunately, the term “platform” is used in a lot of different ways to mean a lot of different things. It’s…What is 5G? What benefits does it provide?
June 1, 20245G is a collection of technologies that make up the next generation of cellular technology. The two big selling points…What is NB-IoT and Cat-M1? What’s the difference?
June 1, 2024These are two different cellular technologies that run on the cellular network. They’re both designed to be used for low-powered…What is a “time series database”? How is it different from a “regular” database?
June 1, 2024A time series database is specifically about being able to store the same information over time and then being able…What is a “microservice environment”? What makes it better for IoT?
June 1, 2024It is what Prism Core and Prism Edge are built on. It uses a software development model where instead of…What is “edge computing” and when is it needed?
June 1, 2024Think about the “edge” as being the physical location of wherever the IoT solution is happening remotely. So, it’s not…What is a “digital twin?”
June 1, 2024Effectively, it’s a computer model of a physical thing. That model is not like taking a picture of the physical…