{"id":22293,"date":"2016-05-03T21:05:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=251642"},"modified":"2016-05-03T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:05:49","slug":"microsoft-adds-more-software-capabilities-to-azure-iot-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-adds-more-software-capabilities-to-azure-iot-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft adds more software capabilities to Azure IoT suite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Azure\"<\/a>Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Solair, an Italian IoT software company which currently operates in the manufacturing, retail, food & beverage and transportation industries.<\/p>\n

Solair software, which runs on the Microsoft Azure platform, focuses on helping customers improve efficiently and profitably of their IoT initiatives. The acquisition continues Microsoft\u2019s ambitions in the IoT market segment, delivering a more complete solution, as opposed to simply the Azure IoT platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe integration of Solair\u2019s technology into the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite will continue to enhance our complete IoT offering for the enterprise,\u201d Sam George, Partner Director, Azure IoT at Microsoft. \u201cWe\u2019ll have more specifics to share about how Solair is helping us build the intelligent cloud in the future. In the meantime, I\u2019d like to reiterate my welcome to the Solair team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solair has been in operation for five years now, and boasts a healthy number of customers including Rancilio Group, where it enabled a connected coffee machine maintenance strategy, and Minerva Omega where it created a remote maintenance and service strategy for the food processing group. Financial details of the acquisition were not released, and Microsoft did not release any specific details of how the business will be integrated into the overall Azure IoT suite.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very start, our mission has been to help customers quickly and easily gain access to the huge benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT),\u201d Tom Davis CEO at Solair. \u201cBy building our solutions based on real customer requirements that allow them to gain real value, I\u2019m confident that Solair\u2019s technology and talent will be able to make an important contribution to Microsoft\u2019s Azure IoT Suite and Microsoft\u2019s broader IoT ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft has seemingly been on a mission to bolster its position in the IoT market, both organically and through industry acquisitions. At Build 2016<\/a>, the team launched Azure Service Fabric and new IoT starter kits, as well as previews of new services to serverless compute for event-driven solutions, Azure Functions, and Power BI Embedded which allows developers to embed reports and visualizations in any application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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