Today, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Jasper for approximately USD1.4 billion. Jasper is an IoT connected device platform. What does this acquisition mean for enterprises and communications carriers: With the acquisition, Cisco will play a major role in managing the network for both gateway-centric and cellular IoT solutions. Enterprises will no longer have to use multiple vendors to manage the IoT LAN and WAN environments. The combination of Cisco and Jasper technologies will make […]
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MachNation publishes financial comparison of IoT acquisitions
In a recent publication, MachNation presents a high-level financial comparison of 8 IoT acquisitions over the last 18 months. The comparison shows the acquistion targets’: Annual revenue at acquisition (estimated or actual) Revenue multiple (purchase price to annual revenue) Purchase price (estimated or actual) MachNation partners have access to this research in a recent research report about ARM’s acquisition of Sansa Security. For more information on IoT insights, please contact us.
Continue readingMore TagAutodesk purchases IoT application enablement platform vendor SeeControl
On 27 August 2015, Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) – a provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software – acquired IoT application enablement platform vendor SeeControl. In this analysis available for MachNation partners we discuss what Autodesk might be doing with SeeControl and provide a high-level financial valuation comparison of recent AEP acquisitions including PTC’s acquisition of Axeda, ColdLight and ThingWorx; and Amazon’s acquisition of 2lemetry.
Continue readingMore TagPTC makes a big splash at LiveWorx 2015 with new partnerships, product announcements and acquisitions
This week in Boston, PTC hosted the annual LiveWorx 2015 IoT conference. Thanks in part to the Axeda acquisition as well as burgeoning interest in IoT, the event has grown tremendously: from 250 attendees last year, to over 2000 this year.
Continue readingMore TagPTC opens the wallet again with purchase of IoT analytics firm ColdLight
On 5 May 2015, PTC announced a USD105 million acquisition of ColdLight to complement its IoT platform play. MachNation partners can log-in to our partner portal for more information on the key issues in the ColdLight acquisition and a financial valuation comparison of the ColdLight acquisition to other IoT platform acquisitions. Or partners can directly download our research document: PTC opens the wallet again, purchases ColdLight MachNation partners can also see prior research on PTC’s acquisition of Axeda and […]
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