Sarah Dickinson

Global Head of PR, IoT & Devices

Sarah manages IoT communications at Canonical. With a keen interest in technology, she has experience working in global B2B and B2C companies including Toshiba and Tektronix.

57 posts by Sarah Dickinson

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Launching Fingbox: from idea to distribution in under a year

by Sarah Dickinson on 2 November 2017

If you’re using a network security and scanning tool at home then there is a strong chance you have adopted Fing – the free network scanner for iOS and...

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Using snaps to advance robotics development

by Sarah Dickinson on 30 October 2017

Robotics development has seen great expansion in recent years. Some roboticists strongly believe that this expansion is not only due to the rise of...

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elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro

by Sarah Dickinson on 11 October 2017

elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary...

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Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates

by Sarah Dickinson on 4 October 2017

Created 10 years ago and now owned by Salesforce, Heroku is a hosted cloud platform as a service (PaaS) which makes it easy for developers to run apps and...

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How to pick a winning IoT business model – Infographic

by Sarah Dickinson on 31 July 2017

The potential for IoT is huge but many businesses are still grappling with how it can benefit their organisation and how exactly to get started. Canonical...

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TechnoSec and Ubuntu Core help DE.OL transition to a smart factory

by Sarah Dickinson on 12 July 2017

The industrial internet of things market (IIoT) is estimated to reach US$ 195.47bn by 2022 according to Markets and Markets. A number of companies in this...

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AZLOGICA use Ubuntu Core for customised IoT agricultural solutions

by Sarah Dickinson on 3 July 2017

Shrimps are now considered as the most lucrative seafood product with demand growing from consumers due to their high nutritional value. This is reflected in...

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How Ubuntu helped InnovaPOS revolutionise the vending machine industry

by Sarah Dickinson on 3 July 2017

The smart vending machines market is on the rise with estimates of 2.7 million to be sold by 2020 with Asia Pacific predicted to be the fastest growing region...

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Ubuntu ranked as 2nd most used IoT OS by Eclipse Foundation survey

by Sarah Dickinson on 17 May 2017

Last week we posted a blog on programming languages following the Eclipse Foundation 2017 IoT survey results. This week we look at the findings from a...