Prior to 2012, the Internet of Things (IoT) industry began to see the potential of Machine to Machine (M2M) communications as it relates not only to traditional “machine” communications, but also to the efficiencies gained in people’s lives by connecting everyday products to the Internet. During the infancy stages of IoT growth, there were few standardizations and off-the-shelf components to leverage, so developers were forced to reinvent the wheel each time a new product was created. From custom network protocols to hardware and web server applications, everything needed to be created from scratch.

Over twenty IoT developers from a variety of industries attended Exosite's inaugural Boot Camp session in October 2014 and provided positive feedback about their experience. Based on this success, Exosite is now offering tickets for its Spring 2015 Boot Camp session on March 24th and 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Devices all around us are being connected to the Internet - automobiles, fitness trackers, devices on our pets, and devices in our homes are all becoming Internet-enabled. There is no question that companies who are manufacturing products are heavily investing in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Each year, the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas sets the stage for the latest technology developments and trends. While CES 2014 was dominated by the “ultra HD” 4K curved TVs, predictions suggest that the Internet of Things (IoT) will not only steal the show at CES 2015, but will also be the next evolution for the Internet.

The Problem

For its entire existence, the Internet has always had the notion of Clients and Servers. Clients make a request for a resource on a server and the server responds to the client. This works great for traditional browsing of websites because the servers have all the information that the clients want and the clients know when the user wants it.

Exosite has expanded its technology footprint in the Minneapolis area as a fast-growing Internet of Things (IoT) software company. Since incorporating in 2009, Exosite has consistently doubled in size year after year and recently moved into a larger office space to better accommodate the fast-growing team.

On December 10th, several members of the Exosite team visited the Feed My Starving Children facility in Chanhassen, Minnesota, to pack meals for hungry children around the world.

With the recent explosion of the IoT industry, businesses are seeking to not only identify their IoT strategy, but also manage the business implications that accompany it.

Exosite’s Taiwan operations were recognized as the Outstanding Enterprise of the Year in the small and medium enterprises (SME) category at the 16^th Annual Golden Peak Awards. The presentation ceremony was held on September 26^th in Taipei, Taiwan, and was attended by both Vice President Wu Den-yih and Vice Secretary-General Lin Wan-Fa.

Exosite hosted its inaugural Boot Camp on October 20th and 21st at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis. The two-day session provided an overview of IoT/M2M solutions, from physical devices and networking to servers and applications. It also included discussions about developing with Exosite's technologies and tools, ideas for creating new and more efficient applications, hands-on labs, and access to senior Exosite engineers for real-time questions and discussions.

Harmony Enterprises Inc. has spent decades building a great reputation in the waste compacting industry and is now the world leader in the design and manufacture of solid waste equipment.

Exosite worked closely with Harmony to add advanced wireless monitoring capabilities to their SP20 SmartPack® compactors, routing operational sensor data over cellular networks to Exosite's software platform where the data is captured, analyzed, and processed.

At this year’s Sensors Expo, Exosite decided to shake things up a bit. As we know, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a business strategy that carries incredible potential for any company providing a product or service. However, there are many components that must be integrated (e.g., edge node sensors, wireless gateways, transport layers, application software) in order to develop a complete IoT solution. In order to display how these components can work together, we teamed up with our ecosystem partners like Texas Instruments, Verizon Wireless, Anaren, ClearConnex, and California Eastern Laboratories to set up live demonstrations on the show floor.

When car alarms go off, no one ever looks. It almost never means that a car is being stolen. On the other hand, when a smoke alarm goes off, everyone responds.

We are pleased to announce that Exosite was named to CIO Review Big Data 100, a listing of 100 most promising big data companies. Over a span of several months, CIO Review's editorial research team analyzed over a 2000 companies focused on big data and shortlisted companies that are at the forefront of tackling Big Data challenges.

Exosite is pleased to announce that we have become a member of the Texas Instruments cloud ecosystem. The TI IoT cloud ecosystem was established to help manufacturers using TI technology to easily and rapidly connect more products to the growing Internet of Things (IoT). More information on TI’s cloud ecosystem can be found here.