News: IOT Platforms

PTC to Acquire Augmented Reality Leader Vuforia

12 October 2015 – PTC today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, for $65 million. Vuforia is the industry’s most advanced and w...

IDC Report Praises Eurotech – Red Hat Approach

9 October 2015 – A new report by IDC, sponsored by Red Hat provides new data on the European IOT market and advises end users on implementing IOT projects. The report stresses the importance of middleware, citing the latter (along with platform as a ...

Eurotech Enables Large-scale IoT/M2M Remote Device Management

8 October 2015 – Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded, M2M and IoT technologies, today announced another major step forward in Remote Device Management by Everyware Cloud™ 4.1, their M2M/IoT Integration Platform. Everyware Cloud™ is a Machin...

GE and PTC Partner to Pursue Brilliant Factory Opportunity

The companies will bring to market a solution as part of GE’s Brilliant Manufacturing suite that leverages PTC’s ThingWorx® Industrial Internet of Things application enablement environment in GE’s manufacturing software portfolio.   29 Sep...

Jasper Partners With Microsoft for Enterprise IoT Service Management

30 July 2015 – Jasper, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform leader, today announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to provide enterprises worldwide with an IoT service management solution that enables them to bring new IoT services to mar...

GE’s Industrial Software to Boost Efficiency across BP’s Global Operations

8 July 2015 –  GE Intelligent Platforms Software today announced a new production optimization project to connect all of BP’s oil wells globally to the Industrial Internet. Using GE’s data management software, BP field engineers will gain real-time...

Eurotech Announces Distribution Agreement with IPC2U

2 July 2015 – Eurotech, leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and IoT / M2M systems, signed a comprehensive distribution agreement with IPC2U GmbH, one of Germany's leading supplier of industrial computers. IPC2U is responding to the in...

Sierra Wireless Selected by BNP’s Arval for Global Telematics Solution

29 Jun 2015 – Sierra Wireless today announced that Arval, a leader in full service vehicle leasing, fleet management, and usage-based insurance owned by BNP Paribas, has selected Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to build its new global telemat...

Actility Raises $25m, Led by Ginko Ventures, KPN, Orange, Swisscom and Foxconn

16 June 2015 – Actility, a leading provider of network solutions and managed information systems for the Internet of Things (IoT) market, today announced it has secured a $25 million funding round led by Ginko Ventures. Ginko Ventures leads a prestigiou...

IBM’s IOT Push: It’s All about Business Transformation

"When we think of the Internet of things, we don’t just think about data in the cloud, we think about how to build devices, organise their information flows and operate the devices around assets and the management life cycles of the assets” Christ...