Mobile phone developer Hot Pepper Mobile and NextNav, a specialist in GPS, has announced a new agreement that will bring NextNav’s Pinnacle vertical location technology to Hot Pepper Mobile’s upcoming feature phone on a tier-one carrier’s network, scheduled for release in 2023. The partnership will bring z-axis geolocation capabilities, which are increasingly critical for 911 emergency services, search and rescue, and lone worker safety, to an accessible and affordable consumer device. The license will also allow Hot Pepper Mobile to supply phones equipped with z-axis 911 technology to all major wireless US carrier partners. (more…)
September 20, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
San Jose, United States – Forescout Technologies, the global provider in automated cybersecurity, announced a new healthcare cybersecurity partnership with First Health Advisory, a provider in healthcare IT risk management. The partnership creates an innovative approach to connected asset risk management by automating the technical data collection, mitigation and risk reduction measures for a healthcare organisation’s entire network that encompasses IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT assets. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Calgary, Canada – Blackline Safety Corp., a global provider in connected safety technology, announced the appointment of Jason W. Cohenour, former President and CEO at Sierra Wireless, as a new member of its board of directors.
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San Francisco, United States – Samsara Inc., the provider of the connected operations cloud, announced two milestones as it becomes the system of record for physical operations. Two hundred partner integrations, including ThermoKing, Navistar – and the latest, RUBICONSmartCity – are now available on the Samsara platform, making it the largest open ecosystem for physical operations. In addition, the company has welcomed a new executive, Ursula Worth, vice president of channel sales and partnerships, to accelerate the development of this ecosystem. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Atlanta, United States – LocatorX, an Internet of Things platform company that powers tag, track and trace solutions for its customers across industries, announced today that Tom M. Pringle has been named chief product & technology officer. (more…)
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Northbrook, United States – UL Solutions, a global provider in applied safety science, announced its acquisition of Cimteq Limited, a design support and manufacturing software provider for the global wire and cable manufacturing industry based in the U.K. (more…)
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Amaro, Italy – Eurotech SpA, a provider of Edge Computing solutions for mission critical applications, is pleased to announce that it has finalised, concurrently with the signing of the related binding agreement, the acquisition from InoNet GmbH of the entire share capital of InoNet Computer GmbH (“InoNet”), a German company based in Taufkirchen (south of Munich), operating in the sectors of Industrial PCs (IPCs) and embedded systems for special applications. (more…)
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San Jose, United States – Litmus announced it has closed [$30 million (€29.97 million)] in Series B funding to cap a period of exceptional growth in adoption of its Industrial IoT Edge platform. The Series B was led by Belden with participation from other investors whose confidence in Litmus signals the strength of Litmus Edge as the standard data platform for Industry 4.0. (more…)
September 19, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Haiilo, the platform for employee communications, will rely on the Sovereign Cloud from T Systems and Google in the future. The combination of European-standard data security and global scalability convinced the fast-growing company. Just a year ago, the three European companies COYO, Smarp and Jubiwee merged to form Haiilo, with the aim of jointly becoming one of the software providers for internal corporate communications and employee advocacy. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Carlsbad, United States. 16 September, 2022 – Viasat Inc., a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced the receipt of approval of the proposed combination of their businesses by the UK Government under the National Security & Investment Act. (more…)
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