The IoT Glossary:
Smart Connectivity, Simply Explained

You don’t have to be a software engineer to understand the Internet of Things. Below you’ll find simple, non-technical explanations of key IoT concepts you need to know.

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Multi-network cellular services offering greater reliability and potential for wireless point-of-sale systems

03.07.2024 Table of contents The shift from wired to wireless POS connectivity The limits of Wi-Fi POS connectivity The advancing cellular landscape Cellular + Wi-Fi: New options for POS devices Making a good thing even better: Multi-network cellular connectivity emnify: Tailored POS connectivity for your needs For retailers worldwide, a reliable and secure point-of-sale (POS) system is critical for running their businesses effectively. Traditionally, devices for processing retail charges relied on wired connections like Ethernet to communicate sales data and authorize payments to credit card companies or banks.

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What Is IoT SAFE and How Does it Improve IoT Security?

12.07.2023 – IoT Security

IoT SAFE is one of the many ways the mobile industry is consolidating security functions into fewer components and shifting the data-intensive burdens of security away from IoT applications. It leans on the SIM card to help mitigate risks associated with IoT devices, so you can build a more secure infrastructure for your IoT solutions.

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What Is IoT Security? Risks, Examples, and Solutions

24.02.2023 – IoT Security

Any Internet-enabled device is vulnerable to being hacked and misused. In the age of the Internet of Things, there are billions of connected devices someone could use to access private data, spread malware, or even cause tangible harm.

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What is Internet Breakout?

03.02.2022 – IoT Security

So an Internet breakout may be your local Wi-Fi router at home - or the gateway of your IoT sensors. In a cellular network internet breakout is the point where the data leaves the operator network. So for local networks such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth - the internet breakout is usually at the location of the device itself - for cellular networks the breakout is in a central place of the home operator - the one that sold the SIM card.

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What Is the AWS IoT Core?

02.07.2021 – IoT Security

AWS calls their IoT Core the “backbone of IoT deployments.” It brings your devices and applications to the cloud and opens the door to using other AWS tools like:

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What Is IaaS? Infrastructure as a Service Explained

02.07.2021 – IoT Security

IaaS is one of the four types of cloud computing services. The other three types are:

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What Is A2P SMS? Application-to-Person Messaging Explained

22.12.2020 – IoT Security

Password reset requests, two-step authentication, and appointment reminders are all common examples of Application-to-Peer messaging. Enterprise businesses also use A2P SMS to turn text messaging into an outbound marketing channel.

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