The tie up will help bring IoT services to market quickly and cost-efficiently as well.
Aeris, the service provider of Japanese telecommunications and internet corporation SoftBank and Internet of Things (IoT) on Thursday announced a joint venture to provide IoT and telematics services globally. The venture called Aeris Japan K.K., will help Aeris expand its business in Japan and beyond, including India, Europe and the US with the help from global technology major SoftBank.
“By having Aeris as our partner, we are excited to create the world where everything is connected with the offer of best and flexible solutions to multiple business areas” said Hiroshi Akabori, COO of Aeris Japan and Vice President of SoftBank, in a statement. The Aeris IoT solutions platform enables enterprises to bring IoT solutions to market quickly, cost-efficiently and with the highest security.
The platform consists of “AerPort” connectivity management platform, “AerCloud” applications enablement platform, “AerCore IoT” network and “AerVoyance IoT” analytics platform. Aeris will offer a variety of services ranging from an IoT connectivity platform to IoT application middleware to complete IoT solutions for market segments including telematics in the automotive industry.
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Just last month Nikesh Arora had announced that he will be stepping down from his post as President at SoftBank Group Corp. The former Google executive had a massive role to play in some of SoftBank’s acquisitions, and was also handpicked by founder and CEO Masayoshi Son as his successor. Despite being under pressure from shareholders because some of the recent deals, the reason behind Arora stepping down is believed to be Son’s decision to continue as CEO.