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Axeda Inks Strategic Customer Relationship With Microsoft

By TechTaffy Desk

Axeda, a provider of cloud-based services for building and deploying Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has entered into a strategic customer relationship with Microsoft.

The agreement builds on Microsoft’s devices and services strategy, which focuses on translating machine data into insights. Axeda’s support will include facilitating the connectivity, two-way secure communications, and machine data streaming from industry devices across multiple Windows Embedded-based platforms.

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