Microsoft Acquires Solair, Italian-Based IoT Services Company

Microsoft acquired Solair, an Italian company that has been delivering IoT services to customers “across a number of industries,” including manufacturing and retail, said Sam George, Microsoft partner director for its Azure-branded IoT platform, in a Tuesday blog post. Solair shares Microsoft’s “ambition” for helping customers “harness their untapped data and create new intelligence with IoT,” George said. The acquisition supports Microsoft’s strategy “to deliver the most complete IoT offering for enterprises,” he said. Integrating Solair’s technology into the Azure platform “will continue to enhance our complete IoT offering for the enterprise,” he said. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.