Sigfox Partners Google Cloud To Drive Its Global Iot Strategy

<p><em>Sigfox partners Google<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that<strong> Sigfox<&sol;strong> partners  Google Cloud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This&comma; on Tuesday&comma;  was announced that the leading global 0G network and Internet of Things &lpar;IoT&rpar; platform services provider&comma; has partnered with Google Cloud to scale its cloud infrastructure and extend its IoT services portfolio&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This partnership will enable Sigfox to rapidly accelerate its &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Massive IoT” agenda—processing billions of messages each month from objects connected to the internet using data stored in the cloud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are delighted to announce the partnership between Sigfox and Google Cloud&comma; whose pedigree and reputation in the technology markets are exemplary&period; Combining their best-in-class technology with Sigfox&&num;8217&semi;s technical expertise and Global IoT Coverage provides a powerful and synergistic combination which will undoubtedly bring significant value to the various industries we provide digital transformation services to&period;”&comma; said Lare Ayoola&comma; Executive Chairman&comma; IoT Africa Networks Ltd&comma; and Tranter IT&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sigfox is the world’s largest dedicated LWAN service provider for connecting simple&comma; low-powered&comma; low-cost IoT devices to the Internet&period; Already deployed in 72 countries&comma; covering more than 1&period;3 billion people&comma; Sigfox’s 0G network is used for a wide range of IoT use cases&comma; from tracking shipping containers and monitoring fire hydrants&comma; to securing buildings and helping farmers monitor irrigation levels&period; In recent years&comma; due to an explosion in the number of internet-connected devices&comma; Sigfox now processes billions of messages each month &lpar;an increase of 145&percnt; in 2020&rpar; from the millions of objects connected to its network—and the company needed a more scalable&comma; long-term solution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Google Cloud was chosen as the backbone for Sigfox’s 0G network to bring better scale&comma; increased reliability&comma; and best-of-breed compliance and security to Sigfox’s platform&period; Google Cloud will also enable faster improvements to Sigfox’s connectivity&comma; geolocation&comma; and other value-added services towards ultra-low-cost and ultra-low-power IoT solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sigfox’s shift to the cloud will transform many of the applications across the range of industries in which it operates&comma; including supply chain and logistics&comma; automotive&comma; postal services&comma; and utilities&period; This includes the Sigfox auto parts solution&comma; which tracks components on their journeys between assembly plants and suppliers with sensor-equipped containers&period; Or Sigfox’s solutions for utility companies that digitize the data collection of gas consumption meters&comma; retrofitted Network Controlling Units&comma; and smart features&period; Also&comma; shipping companies fit trolley rollers or containers with Sigfox smart trackers to give exact information on location&comma; movement&comma; and condition&period; All of them will be now cloud-enabled&comma; helping provide a scalable and seamless way to manage exponential data growth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We chose Google Cloud because we share the same appetite for driving digital transformation through helpful&comma; reliable&comma; and sustainable innovation&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Franck Siegel&comma; Deputy Chief Executive Officer&comma; Sigfox&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With this partnership&comma; Google Cloud technology will support us in becoming the global leader in ultra-low-cost&comma; ultra-low-power asset visibility&comma; and tracking&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Google Cloud is proud to support Sigfox and provide an IoT leader with more reliability and flexibility as the company takes on the next steps of its development&comma;” said Samuel Bonamigo&comma; VP Sales&comma; EMEA South&comma; Google Cloud&period; &&num;8220&semi;Sigfox’s use of Google Cloud technology is the perfect illustration of how we’re helping innovative companies grow and thrive&comma; and better serve their customers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;