Internet of Things platform provider Particle announced its enterprise deployment platform, Particle Cloud, on Tuesday.
The platform has been in beta for a few months and Particle claims it has already been used by Fortune 500 companies.
Particle Cloud makes IoT deployment a faster and less cumbersome experience. In a press release, the firm said it aims to ship �secure, reliable, and easy to use� IoT products in under six months.
�IoT is a new industry with huge potential. However, the unfortunate reality is that many businesses� IoT initiatives flounder or fail,� said Zach Supalla, Particle co-founder and CEO. �The strongest business case for building an IoT product is irrelevant if you can�t execute. Companies who work with Particle actually ship their products.�
That�s evidenced by the company�s work with Keurig, which used the Particle Cloud to start collecting data on thousands of brewers.
�We made more progress on our first day with Particle than we had in months without them,� said Michael Cunningham, chief information officer of Keurig. �Within six months we began collecting data from thousands of connected brewers in the hands of consumers.�
Particle Cloud has a passel of projects
Particle has also worked with Briggs Healthcare and French utility giant Engie. It cites more than 20 crowdfunded projects it has worked on, which have raised �millions of dollars.�
Companies working on the Particle Cloud platform are able to prototype devices for under $20 and have a working model in a few weeks. From there, developers can choose to launch the product or scale it to meet demand. Large firms can take advantage of Particle�s Device Management Console, to manage an entire fleet of IoT devices.
Particle has partnered with a wide range of companies to make the enterprise platform inclusive. Google, Microsoft, and IFTTT provide customer insights to Particle customers, Broadcom, Cypress, u-blox, and ST deliver hardware solutions, and T-Mobile, Twilio, and Telefonica provide networking for IoT devices.
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