PTC, a company selling software to manufacturers, has become a surprise buyer of industrial internet companies. Today it said it would buy Axeda in a deal valued at $170 million. Read more »
Big Switch, a company that has shifted from building a controller for software defined networks to building an OS to run atop bare metal switches, is trying to make enterprise networks… Read more »
Cisco has launched a program to train developers to use its APIs and help them program its gear to work with products from Cisco partners. Can this program keep Cisco relevant… Read more »
Cities around the world are investing in sensor networks and the software to manage them, but what actually makes a city smart as opposed to merely connected? Read more »
Every year Cisco puts out its estimates for how the internet and IP traffic will grow. By 2018, it believes global IP traffic will reach 1.6 zettabytes, or 1.6 trillion gigabytes. Read more »
BlackBerry is turning its attention to a cloud back end for processing data from connected devices. It hopes its experience with security and open source cloud tools can entice developers to… Read more »
Cisco is investing $150 million into the internet of things, including new investments in Ayla Networks, EVRYTHNG and Alchemist Accelerator. Read more »
As the internet of things heats up, so do the number of businesses hoping to claim a piece of the pie. Senaptics has launched to help municipalities connect their cities. Read more »
As more things get connected, more data is available for businesses to use as a competitive weapon. But much of that data is more useful when pooled with other sources, forcing… Read more »