Cisco acquires Fluidmesh for super-fast IoT networks: This week, Cisco said it had acquired New York-based Fluidmesh Networks, which makes a wireless backhaul technology that can deliver packets from devices moving at more than 300 km/h (186 mph). … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 6, 2020
Nodle acquires data privacy company: Nodle, a company building a blockchain-based LPWAN network where participants earn tokens for sharing their phone's connectivity, has purchased Brickchain, a data privacy startup. The deal will help Nodle comply … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for January 31, 2020
Hitachi Vantara to buy Waterline Data: Hitachi's IoT-focused organization, Vantara, has agreed to buy Waterline Data, which makes software to organize data inside companies. Waterline's software analyzes metadata to understand what types of data are … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 30, 2019
Some real talk about tech patents: This week, my husband sent me a Cisco patent application for IoT security; it describes a server that contains access permissions and rights to connect to specific IoT devices, which isn't a far-fetched idea but is … [Read more...]
Ordr is automating security for enterprise IoT
The internet of things, with its billions of connected devices, presents new security challenges. We're just now figuring out what those new challenges are and how to handle them. Ordr, a startup founded in 2015 that launched this week, has managed … [Read more...]