Paris, France -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/14/2019 -- Octonion, the leader in edge computing IoT platforms whose mission is to bring intelligence to industrial products, announces the hire of Vianney Airaud as Chief Revenue Officer.

With more than 20 years of experience in the creation and development of new businesses and in the implementation of high-performance strategies around customer relations, sales, and services, Vianney Airaud will support and advise Octonion in accelerating the deployment of its IoT Brainium solution. Vianney is also becoming a member of the Octonion Board Committee.

Vianney Airaud spent 14 years at Microsoft, where he held various strategic positions, including director of that company's cloud and solution division, and then as its customer success lead, in charge of customer relations for the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. He was also a member of Microsoft's French Executive Committee. He previously held the positions of associate partner finance and solution manager e-business for IBM Global Services between 2000 and 2005.

"We live in an increasingly digital world and I firmly believe that technology is a key factor in bringing about profound transformation. Octonion is for me the only IoT solution on the market that can meet all the challenges of today's manufacturers who want to accelerate their digital transformation and are looking for new growth drivers. There is no limit to the use cases to which the Octonion solution can be applied: predictive maintenance, gestural control, equipment monitoring, intelligent agriculture, consumer products, and the list goes on," explains Vianney.

About Octonion
Octonion, specialized in Deep Tech, is an edge computing IoT platform, whose purpose is to bring intelligence to industrial products, thanks to the combined power of artificial intelligence and advanced security embedded in a single ready-to-use product (microcontroller). Octonion developed the "Brainium" IoT offering, in collaboration with ST Microelectronics and Avnet, to accelerate the industrialization of IoT projects. The IoT "Brainium" offering and its IoT sensor "SmartEdge Agile" have recently integrated Microsoft's IoT Plug and Play platform. Octonion's first achievement is the launch of the PIQ Sport Intelligence brand, with major partners such as Everlast, Babolat, Rossignol and North Kiteboarding. Created in 2014, 23.5 million euros have since been invested in R&D. Octonion has international investors such as Foxconn (FIH Mobile Ltd), Ginko Ventures, Orkos Capital, Swisscom and Almaz Capital. Learn more about Octonion at www.octonion.com.

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Brainium reduces IoT software complexity and brings hardware innovation so that software integrators and developers can focus on their projects developed on Microsoft Azure ecosystem

Lausanne, Switzerland -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/06/2019 -- Octonion, the developers of the Brainium Core software, announces that its end to end IoT solution, along with the SmartEdge Agile IoT device from Avnet has adopted Microsoft's new IoT Plug and Play. IoT Plug and Play is designed to help software integrators and IoT developers quickly prototype, pilot, and produce end-to-end IoT solutions using Azure IoT certified devices, without the requirement of writing additional code. Brainium delivers a pre-configured edge software architecture with a comprehensive IoT device that works right out of the box, dramatically reducing integration time for developers.
IoT Plug and Play is being unveiled at this year's Microsoft Build Developer Conference, taking place May 6 through 8 in Seattle, Washington. Developers who purchase SmartEdge Agile with IoT Plug and Play will have access to Azure IoT Central, providing resources and tools that allow developers to connect, monitor, manage, and scale their IoT assets.

Streamlining Development for Developers of IIoT
Brainium, SmartEdge Agile from Avnet, and IoT Plug and Play address the different challenges in the marketplace for developers creating IIoT (industrial IoT) solutions. It often requires in-depth knowledge of embedded development to connect to the cloud and send telemetry in a secure manner. It's also difficult for developers to bridge the gap between low-level device messages into meaningful insight, events, and workflows. In addition, hardware sourcing, integration, and ramping to production can take several months or even years for most IIoT projects.

"Octonion created the Brainium Core Software so developers could quickly deliver prototypical IoT and AI-based end-to-end solutions," said Ongan Mordeniz, COO and co-founder of Octonion. "We noticed a huge gap in the marketplace between device skills and cloud skills. The engineers who create devices don't have the expertise to facilitate connectivity, and the developers who integrate connectivity don't design devices. Octonion's solution fills that gap, bridging these two areas of specialization with a single, out-of-the-box product." Mordeniz describes this as the missing link in IoT adoption, and the most time consuming and laborious part of any long-term IoT project.

"The integration that SmartEdge Agile provides is the key to being able to gather data from on-site devices, analyze it, and put it into a meaningful context for users," continued Mordeniz. "The product's AI sensors can conduct automated predictive maintenance, including the ability to track movement, vibrations, and activity for equipment, livestock, or even employees on a warehouse floor. As part of IoT Plug and Play, we'll be able to drive the trajectory of the IIoT market trend forward, where software integrators and developers will be able to scale-up and manage their connected projects quickly, delivering proven, mature AI technology and Security at the Edge in one package."

"Octonion is focused on creating ways to bring sophisticated IoT hardware and software to market faster with simplicity, realizing the potential that the Internet of Things has been promising for years," said Sam George, director, Azure IoT at Microsoft Corp. "Octonion's Brainium Core Software with IoT Plug and Play will help drive widespread adoption of smart devices, allowing developers to incorporate high-performance IoT functionality, leveraging edge computing to achieve AI capabilities and versatile connectivity."

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About Octonion
Octonion is an IoT Intelligent Edge software platform that meets today's complete IoT requirements from the embedded layer to the cloud based services. Octonion was created in 2014 in Switzerland and has since raised €16m from Foxconn (FIH Mobile Ltd), Ginko Ventures, Orkos Capital, Swisscom, and Almaz Capital. Octonion's team has built an unprecedented AI framework and developed an edge computing architecture. Octonion's expertise allows clients to deploy a connected project in 6 months as opposed to the 18 to 24 months currently needed with most other platforms. Its major achievement to date has been the launch of the PIQ Sport intelligence brand with major partners such as Everlast, Babolat, Rossignol, and North Kiteboarding. Learn more about Octonion at www.octonion.com.

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With Brainium Portal and Meta-sensing, engineers and manufacturers can effortlessly bring the power of AI to their IoT projects from day one

Paris, France -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/07/2019 -- Octonion, an Intelligent Edge IoT software provider, today announced a new Brainium online portal in partnership with Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT) and Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT"). Octonion's new Brainium portal is designed to help engineers and manufacturers deploy IoT projects with AI and Security at the Edge leveraging SmartEdge Agile, an IoT ready to use device, developed by Avnet and powered by ST Micro's STM32 micro-controller. The solution is hosted in Microsoft's Azure Cloud to take full advantage of Azure performance and robustness.

Proven, robust and modular, the complete Brainium built-in system can be put into use immediately. With a very short development time, engineers and manufacturers can take advantage of the exceptional performance of the Meta Sensing solution:

- SmartEdge Agile: a modular IoT device with outstanding performances
- AI Studio: a zero-code experience for Machine Learning and Inference at the edge

The portal allows any user to start an industrial Proof of Concept (POC) that can be re-used up to industrialization. Brainium takes away the complexity of software for IoT applications so that customers can focus on their use case. By harnessing the power of the Brainium portal, users will be able to conceptualize IoT and AI-based concepts for a range of applications including predictive maintenance for smart manufacturing, smart building, smart farming as well as activity tracking.

AI Studio: One Giant Leap for AI
Through the new Brainium portal, users will have access to AI Studio: a "no-coding" revolutionary machine learning tool that enables developers and manufacturers to bring advanced intelligence to their devices — almost effortlessly. AI Studio has been designed in a first step for motion and vibration analysis, with more AI-based features to be integrated in the near future. Using Brainium Portal, engineers and manufacturers are also able to access an intuitive widget-based interface, which provides real-time insights on SmartEdge Agile devices.

"At Octonion, we are driving the market forward by defining and creating a superior engineering and development experience," said Ongan Mordeniz, COO and co-founder of Octonion. "Our Brainium Portal provides a seamless experience, along with a great modular device: The SmartEdge Agile. With these tools in hand, users are now able explore AI horizons that have never been seen before, offering nearly unlimited potential. All this delivered is through the Brainium portal that will inspire technologists who seek a superior, intelligent and open architecture system. Now is the time to up your game by adding IOT with intelligence."

"To enable and accelerate success in IoT project implementation, we have to simplify and overcome the complexity customers are facing," explained Philippe Fremont, vice president of IoT EMEA for Avnet. "Having a certified flexible hardware sensor with a smart software platform bringing AI and security at the edge is the promise that Avnet and Octonion are delivering to the market with SmartEdge Agile and Brainium."

Brainium Portal is the storefront of Brainium platform, which was announced at Electronica in November, 2018. Brainium is based on Octonion's end-to-end IoT software platform and mature AI. The three layers of software is cloud and gateway agnostic.

Availability
Buy SmartEdge Agile today at: http://www.element14.com/smartedgeagile

Sign in to the Brainium portal at: http://www.brainium.com/portal

Join Octonion at the Avnet booth at CES in Las Vegas, USA, January 8-11 in Tech East Westgate, Booth #2609, where the SmartEdge Agile and Brainium solution demos and use cases will be on display.

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About Octonion
Octonion is an IoT Intelligent Edge software platform that meets today's complete IoT requirements from the embedded layer to the cloud based services. Octonion was created in 2014 in Switzerland and has since raised €16m from Foxconn (FIH Mobile Ltd), Ginko Ventures, Orkos Capital, Swisscom, and Almaz Capital. Octonion team has built an unprecedented AI framework and developed an edge computing architecture. Octonion's expertise allows clients to deploy a connected project in 6 months as opposed to the 18 to 24 months currently needed with most other platforms. Its major achievement to date has been the launch of the PIQ Sport intelligence brand with major partners such as Everlast, Babolat, Rossignol, and North Kiteboarding. Learn more about Octonion at http://www.octonion.com.

About Avnet
From idea to design and from prototype to production, Avnet supports customers at each stage of a product's lifecycle. A comprehensive portfolio of design and supply chain services makes Avnet the go-to guide for innovators who set the pace for technological change. For nearly a century, Avnet has helped its customers and suppliers around the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Learn more about Avnet at http://www.avnet.com.

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Paris, France -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/12/2017 -- Actility, the global leader in LPWA networks for the IoT is pleased to announce a partnership with Octonion, the end-to-end IoT software platform. Octonion will join the ThingPark ecosystem, providing its platform to IoT developers and clients, accelerating time to market by up to four times.

For the IoT to deliver on its potential, there is a clear demand for tools to enable the easy and swift delivery of IoT solutions. The Actility/Octonion solution meets those requirements with a modular approach, delivering fast time-to-market, and focusing on the user experience.

A modular approach

The Octonion platform is comprehensive and unique in today's market, managing the end to end experience from the device or sensor, to the gateway, to cloud-based frameworks. Because each layer of the platform is device-agnostic and compatible with any hosting solution, it allows customers to address any vertical or horizontal use-case, developing and operating their own IoT solution.

Speedier implementation

Octonion's expertise allows clients to deploy a connected project in 6 months, as opposed to the 18 to 24 months currently needed with most other IoT platforms. The Octonion platform has a track record of quickly delivering big projects to big-brand names such as Everlast, Babolat, and Rossignol. Today, the Octonion platform already manages millions of sport data points. From today, Actility's clients can also benefit from that expertise.

A user-centric approach

Today, most LoRaWAN projects are currently focused on machine-to-cloud scenarios without human interaction. Octonion brings a user-centric perspective – in the design of interfaces that provide an unparalleled experience to the end-user on various platforms (iOS, Android, Tablet, PC…).

Mike Mulica, Actility's CEO, comments "Actility is thrilled to be collaborating with Octonion to provide developers with a flexible and modular IoT framework that enables them to build the IoT solution they need. Thanks to its user-centric approach, the Octonion platform will enhance Actility's total value proposition."

Empowering the ThingPark community

Octonion is joining the ThingPark program, the one-stop-shop for any IoT deployment. Developers within the ThingPark ecosystem can take full ownership of their projects and will be able to use the Octonion platform as a base to tailor their projects as they see fit. They will have access to a full IoT end-to-end experience combining devkit (device+sensors), a network server (ThingPark), and an application server (Octonion platform) to create solutions based on LoRaWAN technology powered by ThingPark.

Cedric Mangaud, CEO of Octonion concludes "We're incredibly proud to have earned the trust of a world leader and its clients. I'm confident our modular platform will help Actility's developers and clients massively speed up the deployment time of their IoT projects."

About Octonion
Octonion is an IoT software platform that meets today's complete IoT requirements from the embedded layer to the cloud based services. Octonion was created in 2014 in Switzerland and has since raised €16m from Taiwanese Foxconn (FIH Mobile Ltd), Ginko Ventures, Orkos Capital, Swisscom, and Almaz Capital. Octonion's team includes 50 engineers to tackle all use-cases and provide new entrants in IoT (transport, insurance, security, home, smart cities…) with a plug and play IoT software offering.Its major achievement to date has been the launch of the PIQ brand with major partners such as Everlast, Babolat, Rossignol, and North Kiteboarding.

About Actility & ThingParkTM
Actility is the industry leader in LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) large-scale infrastructure and the innovator behind the ThingPark IoT Solution platform. Actility's ThingPark enables scalable LPWA networks and interoperable IoT applications and services. ThingPark Wireless is a core network management and supervision solution for LPWA connectivity designed from the beginning for carrier-grade solutions, and already deployed in over half the national LPWA network rollouts globally. ThingPark OS is a central IoT management service to connect sensors to applications with bidirectional interaction. ThingPark X is a data analytics and control framework which exposes data from connected things to applications and connects with cloud platforms, and also offers off the shelf IoT industrial applications. ThingPark Market is a B2B ecommerce platform for buyers and sellers, aggregating, distributing and connecting IoT devices and applications to the ThingPark platform. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance.

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