And the Oscar for best home hub goes to... Samsung's SmartThings. That's according to The Wirecutter, which I used to write for, and which has done a deep dive on smart home hubs. However, it also offers the caveat that most people probably don't … [Read more...]
Nice S.p.A acquires Fibaro and other IoT news of the week for July 13, 2018
Nice S.p.A acquires Fibaro for $73 million: Nice S.p.A, an Italian company that makes smart home management software purchased Fibaro, a Polish maker of a Z-wave-based home automation systems. The deal follows an investment by Nice in Fibaro as well … [Read more...]
Wind River aims to help industrial IoT learn from the cloud
Wind River has formally completed the buyout that separates it from Intel, and once again the 37-year-old company is on its own. I spoke with President and CEO Jim Douglas to understand how the company, once a scion of the industrial and embedded … [Read more...]
Podcast: Stacey and Kevin debate robots
Intel said it would sell its nine-year-old IoT acquisition Wind River to private equity firm TPG this week. We explain why, and offer some context on the deal. Driven by Spotify’s public listing, I suggest how it can improve its service for … [Read more...]