New organization aims to make Alberta centre for ‘Internet of Things’ | The Province
A new organization aims to make Alberta a global centre of excellence for the Internet of Things, a phrase that refers to the millions of physical objects — from lightbulbs and home appliances to cars and industrial devices — that are now connected to the internet.
“Alberta finds itself in a unique position because of the people we have from a once-thriving telecommunications industry, and a strong industrial sector driven by oil and gas,” said Scantlebury, who is also president and CEO of Calgary-based Extreme Telematics Corp., an industrial automation company that is about to unveil a new Internet of Things platform