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JackBe Enters into Partnership Agreement with Axeda [Health & Beauty Close - Up](Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) JackBe, a provider of Real-Time Actionable Intelligence software, and Axeda Corp., a supplier of cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and delivering machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, have announced a partnership that brings together their complementary technologies. In a release, the companies said that the joint offering combines user-driven tooling from JackBe Presto with complete M2M event processing and data management from the Axeda Machine Cloud that enables users to build visual, real-time operational dashboards. "Machine-generated sensor data is a perfect fit for Big Data and real-time analytics," said John Crupi, CTO, JackBe. "Our customers need the ability to quickly and easily create analytics dashboards that combine real-time sensor data with other enterprise data to have a 360-degree view of their complete business operations and impact on their customers." "Innovative companies are combining Big Machine Data with business system data and mashing these data sources to enrich the use of aggregate information from thousands of connected products," said Bill Zujewski, Axeda's CMO and executive vice president of product strategy. "We are enabling an easy and fast integration using robust application programming interfaces (APIs) that provide the tools for organizations to analyze data and react in real time." "The Internet of Things is evolving from a niche area into a mainstream activity, especially in the next three years," said David W. Cearley, vice president and Gartner Fellow, Gartner Research. "Enterprises should seriously investigate and initiate pilot projects in 2013 to position themselves to exploit the coming opportunities." As described by the companies, the JackBe-Axeda collaboration will provide: -Applications for business users combine real-time machine information with other enterprise data into interactive dashboards; -Visual analytics delivered in real-time, based on the combined information from sensor and enterprise data, that deliver insights and actionable intelligence customers cannot get from sensor data alone; and -Visual performance and event trends that can be used for predictive and diagnostic analytics. JackBe said that the Axeda Machine Cloud is a cloud-based service for managing connected assets and implementing M2M applications. It facilitates rapid M2M application development and includes out-of- the-box device and asset management applications to adjust the cost and complexity of implementing M2M solutions. JackBe Presto mashes machine data with other enterprise data into meaningful dashboards and analytics for real-time decisions. More information: www.axeda.com www.jackbe.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |