21 October 2015

Arrow Electronics has announced plans for a wide-ranging and all-embracing set of seminars on the Internet of Things (IoT) across Europe. 

The IoT in Focus tour will encompass locations in Germany, France, UK, Sweden, Denmark and Poland, and cover connectivity and embedded applications, system integration, Big Data and the cloud. The UK seminars will take place in Cambridge on 5 November and Reading on 24 November. 

With industry experts forecasting a future of billions of connected things, Arrow says the correct selection of platform, technology, communication and data management architectures are essential for a scalable and secure IoT implementation. Its seminars aim to cover where the IoT is today and where it’s going.

“As with any new innovative emerging market, new standards, evolving designs and applications present challenges of implementation, but also offer significant opportunities for growth, increased operating efficiencies and the delivery of more value to end users,” says Arrow.

The firm adds that more than 20 leading suppliers are involved in the IoT in Focus tour which is provided in collaboration with companies such as IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NXP, Qualcomm, amongst others.

Arrow Electronics specialises in products and services to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. It claims to offer a “broad range of expertise” and an extensive network of suppliers who are well positioned to advise and deliver end-to-end solutions for the IoT that are secure, scalable and future proof. 

The firm says its engineering teams are trained to provide guidance on all aspects of IoT systems, including sensors, low power micro-controllers, wireless connectivity, security, Big Data platform management, cloud solutions, and more.

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