This article has been updated with additional information following the formal launch of the network Sydney IoT company, Meshed, in conjunction with University of Technology Sydney and the Amsterdam-based Things Network, has launched what it says is Sydney’s first public access IoT network, using LoRaWAN low powered wide area network technology. It follows the launch […]
IoT Alliance Australia makes formal debut
The IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA), an organisation that had its origins in the Communications Alliance IoT Think Tank, has been formally launched by shadow communications minister Jason Clare, after being in gestation since late 2015, The alliance will initially be hosted and supported administratively by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on its Broadway Campus in […]
Food Agility readies $100m 10 year CRC bid
The consortium is headed by Mike Briers, an angel investor in agricultural IoT company, The Yield, and CEO and co-founder of the Knowledge Economy Institute (KEi), billed as ”the nation’s IoT research and innovation hub.” He was made Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queens Birthday Honours. Chair […]
Catapult Sports buying US sports video company XOS Digital
Catapult will fund the acquisitions by raising approximately $A100m through a placement to institutional investors ($A68m) and an offer to existing shareholders ($A32m). Catapult CEO, Shaun Holthouse, said: “This acquisition [of XOS]is highly complementary with Catapult’s strategic focus to cement its position as the global market leader for analytics solutions for elite sports. The addition […]
Buddy’s journey from Silicon Valley IoT startup to ASX listing
David McLauchlan, cofounder and CEO of IoT platform provider Buddy Platform, talks about the company’s journey from venture capital-funded Silicon Valley startup to ASX-listed company, and the rationale behind its planned acquisitions. Adelaide-born McLauchlan had been working for Microsoft in Seattle for more than a decade when he left the company in 2011 to take a […]
Buddy’s billion transaction milestone
ASX-listed, US-based IoT platform provider, Buddy Platform (ASX: BUD) has achieved for the first time the processing of one billion transactions through its platform in one month and, says CEO and cofounder David McLauchlan, is close to achieving another milestone of 20 million discrete connections per day. In an update to the ASX on 7 […]
Xped goes after disability IoT market
ASX listed IoT company, Xped (ASX: XPE), is taking its IoT technology into the disability services market via its recent acquisition JCT Healthcare. JCT, a technology developer for the disability and healthcare industries, will develop smart hub technology for Disability South Australia that will enable people with a disability to control functions in their […]
Buddy Platform buying IoT platform provider Zentri
ASX-listed, Seattle-based IoT company Buddy Platform (ASX: BUD) has announced its intent to buy Zentri, a provider of an IoT security and device management platform. The transaction will see Zentri shareholders receive a mix of cash and/or Buddy shares up to a maximum of 300 million Buddy shares, valuing Zentri at about $36m. The full […]
NetComm Wireless now ThingWorx certified
NetComm Wireless’ (ASX: NTC) M2M and IoT products have been certified as compliant with the ThingWorx IoT platform and the company has become a member of the ThingWorx Ready partner program. ThingWorx, a subsidiary of PTC, claims to provide “the first platform designed to efficiently build and run the applications of today’s connected world” with […]
Telstra picks Icontrol for smart home offering
John Chambers, executive director home and premium services at Telstra, said the platform would connect a range of devices through an app. It will have its first public display at the Technology and Gadget Expo on 25-26 June at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. In a press release Telstra said: “The Telstra Smart Home […]
