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Internet of Things, edge computing, IoT device software, C++


Setting Up the macchina.io Remote Manager Server on AWS

macchina.io Remote Manager provides secure remote access to connected devices – for end users, service providers and support teams. Setting up your own macchina.io Remote Manager server on Amazon AWS is now easier than ever. We now provide a pre-configured AMI (Amazon Machine Image) which has everything required to run the Remote Manager server preinstalled and […]

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Connecting a Smart Streetlamp to ThingSpeak with macchina.io

At the place where our office is located there’s also a “smart city” research project going on, including a cool autonomous shuttle and a couple of “smart” street lamps. These lamps contain environmental sensors, as well as other gadgets like a display and cameras. The idea was to get the sensor data – temperature, humidity, […]

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The End of Cloud Computing?

I recently came across a great talk by Peter Levine, a partner at Andreesen Horowitz, titled “Return to the Edge and the End of Cloud Computing”. He gives a good introduction to edge computing, why there’s no way around it and how it will change IT in the coming years. Basically we’re entering a new […]

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iX Special Internet of Things

German iX magazine by Heise has published a new special issue on Internet of Things. I have contributed two articles to the magazine special issue. The first one is about edge and fog computing, the hottest topic currently in IoT. The other one is about IoT programming with C++, which I (unsurprisingly) consider the most […]


macchina.io on the IoT Landscape 2018

We are proud to announce that macchina.io, our IoT device software platform for edge devices and gateways, has made it onto the 2018 edition of the IoT Landscape by FirstMark Capital. Created by Matt Turck, this chart shows the most significant players in the IoT space. macchina.io can be found quite in the center of […]

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Sending macchina.io on a tour across Europe with Silkroad 4.0

End of August 2017 we travelled to Helsinki, Finland, to install a telematics device based on a MangOH Green running macchina.io on Philipe Reinisch’s motorcycle to collect sensor data from his European road trip that he does as part of his Silkroad 4.0 project.


Applied Informatics Among Austria’s Top Six Consulting Companies with macchina.io

At this year’s ceremony for Austria’s National Award (“Staatspreis”) for Excellence in Consulting, Applied Informatics was recognized as one of the top six Austrian consulting companies, for a project done with EOS Power Solutions. Günter Obiltschnig, Founder and Managing Director, received an award from Austria’s Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economy, Reinhold Mitterlehner on […]


Grundlagen zum Einstieg ins Internet der Dinge

Das Internet der Dinge (englisch: Internet of Things, kurz IoT) und die damit verbundenen Begriffe Cyber-Physical Systems, Industrie 4.0 und Industrial Internet sind derzeit in aller Munde. Doch was steckt dahinter? Und vor allem stellt sich die Frage: Handelt es sich nur um neue Technologien oder vielmehr um ein Umdenken auf Geschäftsprozessebene? Antworten dazu gibt […]


CppCast featuring macchina.io

The April 7, 2016 episode of CppCast has an interview with me talking about macchina.io, C++, embedded development and the Internet of Things.


Working with binary data in macchina.io JavaScript (and other improvements)

In the last couple of weeks new features have been added to the JavaScript environment in macchina.io. Most importantly, Buffer objects are now available in JavaScript, allowing to work efficiently with binary data. The HTTPRequest and uri objects have been extended to use Buffer objects in addition to strings. So now it’s also possible to […]

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