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Send us Fan MailThe IoT is all about gathering data. Until recently, finding ways to gather that data was the hard part. With the proliferation of end devices, both in the consumer and industrial sectors, that’s not the case anymore. Now we have the other problem—what to do with all this data we’ve collected, and how to store it and keep it safe. Virtium is one of those vendors that helps in that focuses on storage needs of for the industrial embedded space. In this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion, I speak to Gary Drossel, the Chief Technology Officer at Virtium, and we get into what it takes to store, analyze, and secure the mountains of incoming data. http://www.virtium.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailLast week, the Embedded Insiders spent some time at IoT World. And it turned out to be a worthwhile experience, and there were lots of new technologies to see. Check out this week’s Embedded Insider podcast to hear about the highlights.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailUnitedSiC is a fabless company that designs silicon carbide (SiC) ICs. SiC technology is just starting to take off and according to this week’s Five Minutes with… guest, Chris Dries, the President and CEO of UnitedSiC, there’s very good reason for that. Hear his reasons why. And don’t go comparing to gallium nitride (GaN). http://unitedsic.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailIt was recently reported that routers were being hacked, and “Officials said they had high confidence that the Russian government was behind the campaign.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/politics/russian-hackers-network-devices-alert/index.html Hmm, is that what it’s come down to now? And what does this mean to life as we know it? Before everyone gets all up in arms over the issue, the most simple solution is for people to use better/stronger passwords on their routers. But as the hackers get more sophisticated, obviously the security must also get more sophisticated. As we looked at what the real solutions are to the problem, the Embedded Insiders spoke to Steve Hanna, a Senior Principal at Infineon, and also Chair of the Embedded Systems Committee at the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). As an expert on the topic, Steve laid out what people really need to do to make themselves secure. Note that the TCG has a webcast shortly on exactly this topic, called How to Secure Network Equipment Against Attacks. https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/press-rooms/events/webcast-implement-trusted-platforms-ecosystems-3/ The group will also be hosting a workshop as part of the upcoming Sensors Expo event in San Jose (on June 28) called Securing the IoT and Embedded Systems. https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/press-rooms/events/iot-university-sensors-expo-2018/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailSoftware insecurities are badly addressed by current “best practices.” Those are the words of this week’s Five Minutes with… guest Yannick Moy, a Senior Software Engineer at AdaCore. I couldn’t let that statement pass without some explanation, so that where the discussion began. And it got very interesting after that. https://www.adacore.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailSilicon Labs is just announced the acquisition of the Z-Wave assets from Sigma Designs. Did they really need another protocol, already having Bluetooth, ZigBee, and WiFi? I wondered if that sends a mixed message to engineers trying to sort through the various media. In this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion with Tyson Tuttle, Silicon Labs’ CEO, we walked through what it means for the design community and what it means for his company. https://www.silabs.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailGallium nitride, better known as GaN, is a power technology that seems forever locked in a battle with Silicon carbide, aka SiC. Is that battle a real one, or is it more a fabrication? Who better to answer that question than Larry Spaziani, a vice president at GaN Systems, who was this week’s guest in our Five Minutes with…discussion. https://gansystems.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailThere’s a good chance that your IoT Edge device needs to run on a battery. There’s also the possibility that it’s located someplace where you really don’t want to change that battery for a long time. That’s where Qoitech comes in. The company offers tools that help developers prolong the life of their devices. In many cases, the “mistakes” made by designers can be overcome using a tool like what’s offered by Qoitech. You can determine where you stand after listening to this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion with Vanja Samuelsson, Qoitech’s Founder. https://www.qoitech.com/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailEmbedded Insiders – Episode #42 – Into the Wind by Embedded Computing DesignFor more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan MailTwo organizations that are involved in specifications that align with the IoT have merged—IPSO and the Open Mobile Alliance. What does that mean and what effect will it have on developers going forward? Those are the first of lots of questions I asked on the General Manger of the new organization, Seth Newberry, in this week’s Five Minutes with…discussion. https://www.omaspecworks.org/For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com