Analyst Blogs
ARM, IBM Team Up for Plug'n'Play IoT Prototyping
Feb. 24, 2015, 9:53 a.m.
Aapo Markkanen,
Principal Analyst
ARM’s new IoT Starter Kit, which I got to preview in London last week, is a newsworthy announcement for two reasons. First, the developer kit serves as a checkpoint for ARM’s upcoming mbed OS, which is a critical piece in the company’s IoT strategy. Second, it involves ...
Casually Restrained Thoughts on Sigfox and LPWAN
Feb. 11, 2015, 10:08 a.m.
Aapo Markkanen,
Principal Analyst
Sigfox announced its Series D today, and with $115 million it was a big one. The sheer amount of money aside, what’s remarkable about the announcement is the number of strategic investors that are named as the company’s newest shareholders. In a world of zero interest rates, quantitative ...
MaxLinear Entropic Tie-Up Helps Integration
Feb. 4, 2015, 12:13 p.m.
Sam Rosen,
Practice Director
Congratulations to Maxlinear and Entropic on their strategic tie-up. This will provide value to the Pay TV sector, including both satellite and cable operators. Ultimately, the level of integration can increase while leveraging operational (SG&A) benefits.
Providing some context, the summary of a piece of research, Intel-Entropic-Maxlinear Pairing Makes ...
Google's Smart Home Acquistion Strategy Builds
Feb. 3, 2015, 9:41 a.m.
Jonathan Collins,
Principal Analyst
Toward the end of last year Google acquired cloud-hosted database company Firebase. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Google will continue to offer Firebase’s services as part of its Google Cloud Platform line. While the new acquisition and the technology it brings can support a range of ...
Google Rumored to Launch Car Sharing Service, while Uber Partners with Carnegie Mellon on Autonomous Driving
Feb. 3, 2015, 9:12 a.m.
Dominique Bonte,
Vice President and Practice Director
On February 2nd Bloomberg reported Google’s Drummond has informed Uber's board of the possibility the search giant would launch its own ridesharing service. At the same time Uber announced a strategic partnership with Carnegie Mellon University as well as the creation of the Uber Advanced Technologies Center ...
