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Consumer Internet of Things centred on cities

Consumer adoption of network connected technology is on the rise, with 69% of US consumers planning to buy an in-home device in the next five years, according to the Accenture 2014 State of the Internet of Things Study.

Alcatel-Lucent may use patents and IP again

Alcatel-Lucent has found the cash and other funds to buy out some its credit lines which had been secured on patents and other intellectual property. Commenting on the announcement, Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, said: "The early repayment of the senior secured loan taken out in January 2013 is another major milestone in our execution of The Shift Plan.

3D printing specialist launches operations in Europe

US-based desktop 3D printing solutions specialist MakerBot has announced its international expansion into Europe with a launch of its European subsidiary MakerBot Europe which will manage a network of its resellers across the Central and Eastern Europe.

Card fraud in Europe reaches new high

Card fraud has reached in new high in Europe, with France and Greece leading the list, Russia being the fastest growing. FICO, a predictive analytics and decision management software maker has a new analysis of card fraud in Europe showing that card fraud losses in 2013.

New networking R&D lab in Europe

UK-based data networking solutions provider Brand-Rexis opening a new European R&D Laboratory as part of its technology investment programme.

Fortinet, Barracuda Networks, Intel top security list

Fortinet, Barracuda Networks, and Intel are the top three in ABI Research’s latest Competitive Assessment on “Enterprise Virtual Network Security Appliances”. The assessment looks at overall network security market shares in addition to a vendor matrix where top providers of virtual network security appliances.