Microsoft has opened its checkbook once again to buy Solair, an Italy-based IoT (Internet of Things) service provider specializing in connecting devices in workplace settings.
Founded in 2011, the five-year-old company offers a hardware gateway that companies can use on their premises as an interface between devices and the cloud.
Though the terms of the deal still remain hazy, Solair’s technology will find a prominent place in Microsoft’s expanding Azure IoT Suite. However, this is not its first association with Azure.
Solair’s IoT customization and deployment solutions are built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, enabling businesses in any industry utilize IoT.
Solair currently targets its software at the retail, manufacturing, food and beverage and transportation industries.
It has had a remarkable association with Italian espresso machine manufacturer Rancilio Group (in the picture the Rancilio Classe 11 Xcelsius Usb, that like all the other coffee machines from Rancilio is connected to the web) .
The former’s technology enabled the Italian coffee machine manufacturer to remotely monitor machines “resulting in greater efficiency across the supply chain.”
Solair has also used the power of IoT to transform the way factories monitor production lines in Japan. Its Smart Factory Advisor application helps manufacturers “increase production capacity and optimize energy efficiency.”
