• Qualcomm adds IPv4/IPv6 to embedded Wi-Fi chip

  Qualcomm has released a low-power 802.11n radio chip designed for embedded machine-to-machine wireless communications for smart building and smart appliance applications.

• IBM invests in infrastructure sensing and analysis tech

  IBM will develop technology to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure in a new laboratory it is opening with Carnegie Mellon University.

• IBM middleware interprets data from RFID, other sensors

  IBM on Tuesday introduced middleware that can gather data from a wide variety of networked sensors, analyze it, and feed it into other enterprise applications that can also use the data to make decisions.

• 200 solar-powered network sensors to monitor rainforest

  The CSIRO will install some 200 solar-powered, sensor network nodes over the next two years to helping rehabilitate rainforest in the Springbrook World Heritage precinct in south-east Queensland, the research group announced today.

Whitepapers about sensor networks

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  CISO Guide to Next Generation Threats - Combating Advanced Malware, Zero-Day and Targeted APT Attacks

  Over 95% of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints, despite their use of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), antivirus and Web gateways.1 Today’s attacks look new and unknown to signature-based tools because the attacks employ advanced malware and zero-day vulnerabilities. To regain the upper hand against next-generation attacks, enterprises must turn to true next-generation protection: signature-less, proactive and real time. Read on.

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  Advanced Malware Exposed - How advanced malware, zero-day and targeted APT attacks are evading today's network defences

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  40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Overview