MachNation is announcing MIT-E 2.0, an enhanced suite of products and enterprise services from MachNation’s unique IoT platform test lab. MIT-E is the industry’s only hands-on IoT platform benchmarking environment used by enterprises worldwide to guide IoT platform purchasing decisions based on hands-on tests of IoT platform capabilities and usability. “MIT-E 2.0 introduces enhancements and a new set of enterprise services based on our industry-leading IoT research and a wealth of customer feedback,” says Samuel […]
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Microsoft acquires IoT PES Solair Corporate
Solair was acquired by Microsoft’s Azure division today for USD20 million to USD30 million, according to estimates based on MachNation IoT M&A research. MachNation’s recently published IoT Platform-Enabled Solutions (PESs) ScoreCard includes a rating and analysis of Solair. In summary: Solair’s strengths – a solution that speeds-up time-to-market for its customers and an open-source hardware approach that lowers costs of deployment. Solair’s weaknesses – a lack of industry-sector expertise and a solution that is fairly primitive. For more information on […]
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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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Cisco and 29 other event sponsors made the Internet of Things (IoT) come to life in Chicago at the 2014 IoT World Forum. Attended by 1500 people – the majority of whom were large enterprise customers – IoT World Forum is the de facto industry event for enterprises interested in spurring innovation and productivity in their organizations. MachNation is proud to be one of the 104 companies on Cisco’s IoT steering committee. All 104 companies […]
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