Hitachi Opens New IoT Business

Hitachi, a $81 billion industrial giant, bet big on IoT this month by launching a new, stand-alone business in Silicon Valley: Hitachi Insight Group. The new group will drive Tokyo-based Hitachi's unified IoT business and global go-to-market strategy.

The new Insight Group, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has an IoT portfolio that includes products and services for smart cities, sustainable energy, intelligent transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, mining and construction.

Last year, Hitachi acquired big data and analytics vendor Pentaho to boost its IoT technologies.