Dell makes £1bn IoT bet while Ericsson unveils the smart scarecrow

Dell Technologies has announced a three-year, $1 billion investment which will underpin a new IoT Division to focus the development of products and services across the rest of the business.
And while some people might assume such announcements are nothing more than a bit of PR posturing by the attention-deprived, don’t forget this is a company which doesn’t mind throwing a bit of cash around. It was only in 2015 the team decided to shell out $67 billion to acquire EMC to bulk out the