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Internet of Things service platform outfit Jasper Technologies has fallen into the maw of Cisco for US$1.4 billion. Twelve-year-old Jasper started life as a machine-to-machine wireless comms specialist (Jasper Wireless) before changing its name in 2014. According to Cisco's blog post about the acquisition, Jasper has 3,500- …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    IOW

    The business unit will be charged with crafting an end-to-end IoT solution, “interoperable across devices”, and able to work with “IoT service providers, application developers, and an ecosystem of partners”, Cisco's announcement says. Translates as: We'll set the Standards that everyone else will be required to use.

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  2. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    "Tesla is probably Jasper's highest-profile customer."

    What could possibly go wrong?

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