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IoT Trends How the Pandemic Accelerated the Need for IoT Solutions Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 January 15, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has created conditions for accelerated adoption of communications technologies and automation that draw on the capabilities of the Internet...
IoT Trends What Is Clean Tech and How Is IoT Enabling It? Randall Kerr Randall Kerr, Director, Product Management, Digi International
 January 06, 2021 The adoption of IoT-enabled clean tech is increasing as municipalities seek to improve air quality and businesses seek to improve their stewardship of the...
Looking Back, Looking Forward - Digi CEO Insights Moving Into 2021 Ron Konezny Ron Konezny, President and CEO, Digi International
 December 29, 2020 The year 2020 brought a life-altering pandemic, but the Digi International team responded well - shifting gears, making major adjustments to protocols and the...
Technical Insights XBee vs. Zigbee: A Simple Comparison Guide Rob Faludi Rob Faludi, Head of Product, Perceptive Things
 December 23, 2020 In this article, we provide a simple and clear comparison between XBee and Zigbee, including how and when to use them, and the relationship between them.
Applications NYC Intelligent Transportation Project Wins ITS-NY Award, Advancing ITS Steve Mazur Steve Mazur, Business Development Director, Government
 December 17, 2020 Digi congratulates the New York City Department of Transportation for winning the 2020 ITS-NY Project of the Year Award, in the category of ITS Communications...
IoT Trends An Introduction to Smart Transportation: Benefits and Examples Steve Mazur Steve Mazur, Business Development Director, Government
 December 09, 2020 Smart transportation supports management, efficiency, and safety, using new and emerging technologies to make moving around a city more convenient, more cost...
IoT Trends Remote Worker Update: BYOR Is the New BYOD Mike Ueland Mike Ueland, General Manager, Cellular, Digi International
 November 30, 2020 Many remote workers today are connecting to email, corporate servers, Zoom and other videoconferencing services over our home Wi-Fi routers. In many cases these...
IoT Trends NEW! Digi Remote Manager Enhancements Stefan Budricks Stefan Budricks, Product Manager, Cloud Development, Digi International
 November 19, 2020 The latest release of Digi Remote Manager greatly enhances the user experience of data streams by introducing this functionality in the new UI, enhancements...
Applications Industrial IoT: Connectivity for Rugged Applications Kimberly Hayman Kimberly Hayman, Senior Product Manager, Digi International
 November 12, 2020 Selecting the connectivity solution for an application in a challenging environment requires some thought. In this article we review the available features in...
IoT Trends 5G and the Future of Telemedicine and Remote Surgery Harald Remmert Harald Remmert, Senior Director of Technology, Digi International
 November 06, 2020 We are at a turning point for telemedicine (also known as telehealth). For hundreds of years, interactions between doctors and patients have been mostly face-to...
Technical Insights Solving 5G Antenna Design Challenges Aron Hui Aron Hui, RF Hardware Engineer, Digi International
 October 23, 2020 5G antenna design is by far the most confusing part of the process of developing 5G solutions, as it is almost entirely dependent on the end device form factor...
Technical Insights Dual APN in Transit Applications: Passenger Wi-Fi and Security Benefits Steve Mazur Steve Mazur, Business Development Director, Government
 October 22, 2020 Modern transit systems incorporate cellular routers, which utilize access point name (APN) technology. The methods built into the router to facilitate both public...
IoT Trends Smart Cities are Better Cities: Supporting Mobility and Inclusion Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 October 16, 2020 To transform their municipalities around better traffic and transit flow – a movement now widely known as mobility – cities need better technologies can improve...
IoT Trends Top 12 Smart Cities in the U.S. - Smart Cities Examples 2020 Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 October 09, 2020 Smart Cities in the U.S. are deploying connected technologies and IoT solutions for everything from enhanced critical infrastructure and public safety to...
Digi XBee Digi XBee: The Ecosystem for Wireless Development Martin Schulte-Hobein Martin Schulte-Hobein, Manager, Field Application Engineer Embedded & RF, Digi International
 October 02, 2020 Digi XBee modules have been deployed in millions of applications around the world. This blog provides an overview of the module families, the developer tools and...
Technical Insights Custom Gateways and Routers: When, Why and How Kevin Eichhorst Kevin Eichhorst, Senior Principal Solution Architect, Digi International
 September 25, 2020 Developing a custom gateway or router for an IoT application can be the right approach under certain circumstances such as when you need to meet specific...
Digi International 2020 Golf Event & Fundraiser Recipients Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 September 18, 2020 Digi International holds an annual team building golf event and fundraiser, and each year identifies two impactful organizations to receive the event proceeds. In...
IoT Trends Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and 5G Harald Remmert Harald Remmert, Senior Director of Technology, Digi International
 September 11, 2020 The symbiotic nature of edge compute and artificial intelligence is interesting because artificial intelligence requires the extremely fast processing of data...
Technical Insights What Is Zero Touch Configuration? Brandon Moser Brandon Moser, Manager, Professional Services, Digi International
 September 03, 2020 Zero-touch configuration is the process of configuring IoT devices and pushing updates out to the network from a central location. Zero-touch configuration...
Applications New! Digi Remote Manager Enhancements Stefan Budricks Stefan Budricks, Product Manager, Cloud Development, Digi International
 August 27, 2020 The August 2020 release of Digi Remote Manager includes updates such as sub-account management, usability enhancements, and a new feature: the Notification Center...
IoT Trends Digi vs. Digi-Key: Who's Who and Where to Buy Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 August 20, 2020 People often ask if Digi International is related to Digi-Key Electronics. Does Digi own Digi-Key? Does Digi-Key own Digi? Are the two companies in business...
IoT Trends Secure, Scalable IoT Device Management Randall Kerr Randall Kerr, Director, Product Management, Digi International
 August 14, 2020 The IoT enables corporate, industrial and public sector organizations to control equipment and deliver services in ways that were not even possible a decade ago...
IoT Trends 5G IoT and the Future of Connected Vehicle Nathan Wade Nathan Wade, Strategic Account Manager, Digi International
 August 07, 2020 5G networks and other new technologies are promising to make self-driving cars a reality, and it’s happening faster than most people think. In this article we’ll...
Technical Insights The 4 Stages of IoT Architecture Alec Jahnke Alec Jahnke, Sales Engineer, Digi International
 July 31, 2020 Iot applications produce data. And where there’s data, there needs to be an IoT architecture that tells the data where to go, what format to use, how to get there...
Technical Insights IoT Architecture: Topology and Edge Compute Considerations Quinn Jones Quinn Jones, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Digi International
 July 22, 2020 Internet of Things (IoT) projects can be complex, as there are many decisions to make. For any IoT project, you need to acquire communication devices such as...
IoT Trends Digi International Inc. Celebrates 35 Years of IoT Innovation Elizabeth Herberg Elizabeth Herberg, Director of Marketing, Digi International
 July 15, 2020 Digi is celebrating 35 years of being in business, delivering M2M and IoT solutions to customers worldwide, with a relentless focus on driving innovation and...
Applications What Is IoT Device Management? Jayna Locke Jayna Locke, Senior Marketing Manager, Digi International
 July 14, 2020 IoT device management provides administrative access to a deployed network of Internet of Things devices. These connected devices must be monitored for security...
IoT Trends Digital Signage: Solving Challenges with Technology Brian Kirkendall Brian Kirkendall, Vice President, Product Management, Digi International
 July 02, 2020 Digital signage is a dynamic and growing market, supported by the growth of high-speed networks, improved communications technologies, and the ability of digital...
IoT Trends What Is Edge Computing? Randall Kerr Randall Kerr, Director, Product Management, Digi International
 June 26, 2020 Edge computing is an Internet of Things (IoT) methodology that solves the challenges of latency and inefficiency in the process of transferring data between...
IoT Trends What Is Connected Vehicle Technology and What Are the Use Cases? Nathan Wade Nathan Wade, Strategic Account Manager, Digi International
 June 17, 2020 A connected vehicle is one that is capable of connecting over networks to nearby devices. Connected vehicles are an important factor in the advance of IoT. The...
IoT Trends 2G, 3G, 4G LTE Network Shutdown Updates Harald Remmert Harald Remmert, Senior Director of Technology, Digi International
 June 10, 2020 Cellular networks are changing, and some are sunsetting. This leads to many concerns and questions from businesses, governments and industries with deployed...
Technical Insights Announcing Enhancements to Digi Remote Manager Stefan Budricks Stefan Budricks, Product Manager, Cloud Development, Digi International
 June 03, 2020 Digi Remote Manager is Digi's hosted solution for complete monitoring, management and secure control of Digi device networks, enabling network managers to quickly...
IoT Trends Digi 5G Product Plans Kimberly Hayman Kimberly Hayman, Senior Product Manager, Digi International
 June 02, 2020 Digi's 5G products and services roadmap includes both new products and adaptations of our current products, such as our modular routers with change-able CORE...
Technical Insights Cellular Routers, Extenders and Gateways: What Is the Difference? Randall Kerr Randall Kerr, Director, Product Management, Digi International
 May 29, 2020 Cellular routers, extenders and gateways have similarities and differences in an IoT deployment, from managing communications to optimizing cellular performance...
Technical Insights Measuring the True Cost of Network Downtime Philippa Cheer Philippa Cheer, EMEA Marketing Manager, Opengear, a Digi Company
 May 21, 2020 Network downtime is a common thread among enterprises of all sizes and across every industry. From brand damage to a decrease in productivity and financial...
IoT Trends 4G to 5G: How Long Will 4G LTE Be Available? Harald Remmert Harald Remmert, Senior Director of Technology, Digi International
 May 20, 2020 When selecting technology for IoT deployments, enterprises need to know how long 4G LTE will be available, whether 5G will make 4G obsolete, and how to plan their...
IoT Trends Empowering SD-WAN with Optimized LTE Jason Dorough Jason Dorough, VP of Enterprise Sales, Digi International
 May 15, 2020 The main purpose of any wide-area network (WAN) is to connect business users to their applications quickly and securely. SD-WAN side-steps the data center to...
Technical Insights Cellular Design Considerations for an Optimal IoT Strategy Josh Jaeger Josh Jaeger, Director of Sales, WDS, Digi International
 May 13, 2020 IoT developers have access to a wide variety of cloud platforms, embedded devices, sensors, and connectivity options. One of the most popular methods today is...
IoT Trends Safety Trends in Traffic Management: Intelligent Transportation Systems and Connected Vehicle Nathan Wade Nathan Wade, Strategic Account Manager, Digi International
 May 08, 2020 Connected vehicle projects are underway in smart cities. Intelligent Transportation Systems teams in the government sector, have collaborated with technology...
Applications Digi TX Cellular Routers: 5G-Ready Platform Built for Speed and Reliability David Ridenour David Ridenour, Product Manager, Digi International
 May 01, 2020 Cellular routers support a broad range of applications, from office networking and datacenter management to rugged industrial and on-vehicle applications...
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