The message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) protocol is a key contender for the most favored method of data transference. The main reason why is MQTT’s open-source design and lightweight stature ...

Billions of connected devices need to communicate and move data effectively across networks and cloud platforms. Here’s why MQTT is the standard protocol. The internet of things (IoT) continues to ...

As communication systems have improved and expanded in the age of IoT, the need for data security has increased. The MQTT protocol can provide efficient and secure integrating industrial automation ...

A fascinating article from Philip N. Howard at George Washington University asserts that the number of connected devices surpassed the number of people on the planet in 2014 (Fig. 1). The author ...

The XMPP, CoAP, and MQTT protocols have distinct pros and cons; here’s a quick rundown of the trade-offs Real-time communication technology is an absolute requirement for the development of Internet ...

The Internet revolutionized how people communicate and work together. It ushered in a new era of free information for everyone, transforming life in ways that were hard to imagine in its early stages.

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To make sense of it all, experts often break down IoT into different layers, kind of like how you might organize tasks at ...

Editor’s Note: The MQTT lightweight messaging protocol is a fundamental part of the technical foundation of most IoT applications and their underlying services. Taken from the book, MQTT Essentials – ...

It used to be that if you used one particular vendor’s automation products or sensors, you were locked in forever. With today ...