Digi International Acquires Haxiot
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) has acquired Dallas-based Haxiot, a leader in end-to-end LoRaWAN-based solutions, enhancing its embedded systems portfolio. Haxiot, founded in 2015, offers a wide array of low power wide area technology and a scalable X-ON cloud IoT platform. The acquisition broadens Digi's market reach with a comprehensive LoRaWAN offering, streamlining deployment for various industries, including utilities and industrial supply chains. LoRa technology is anticipated to see significant market growth, with a projected 40% CAGR.
- Acquisition extends Digi's embedded systems portfolio and market reach.
- Enhances product offerings with Haxiot's comprehensive LoRaWAN solutions.
- Potential for faster market delivery for customers with integrated systems.
- Access to innovative industrial IoT capabilities and edge intelligence.
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Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) (www.digi.com), a leading global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services, today announced that it has acquired Dallas-based Haxiot, an industry leader in end-to-end LoRaWAN®-based solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not immediately disclosed.
Founded in 2015, Haxiot is a leading provider of low power wide area (LPWA) wireless technology and has an extensive LoRaWAN product portfolio that includes high performance client modules, intelligent industrial devices, gateways and the highly scalable X-ON cloud IoT platform. Haxiot’s fully integrated systems provide a seamless deployment experience for small to large enterprise and network operators in multiple industries such as smart utilities, oil and gas, industrial and supply chain.
The acquisition of Haxiot significantly enhances Digi’s embedded systems portfolio and immediately extends the company’s market reach with a complete LoRaWAN offering including embedded modules, gateways, network server solution, and SaaS offering. The easy-to-provision and deploy solution complements Digi’s embedded offerings, which includes its market-leading Digi XBee® ecosystem and Digi ConnectCore® system-on-modules. The combination gives customers a broad set of offerings to choose from as they create full stack IoT applications.
In addition to the LoRaWAN product portfolio, Haxiot brings innovative industrial IoT capabilities that deliver edge intelligence, field deployment tools and rich data, and value-added services.
This acquisition comes during a time of significant growth for LoRa-based systems. According to Semtech, the organization that created the underlying LoRa standard, LoRa is expected to move into the mainstream in 2021 with significant market adoption and an estimated
“Adding Haxiot’s LoRaWAN platform to our existing portfolio provides customers with a single-source for their embedded systems needs and the ability to get to market faster with the right technology for their applications,” said Steve Ericson, General Manager and Vice President of OEM Solutions for Digi International. “We look forward to joining forces with the Haxiot team and expand our business together.”
“As a seasoned industry leader with a strong track record of success, Digi provides the Haxiot team with the resources and bench strength to fuel further innovation,” said Nik Kitson, Haxiot CEO and Co-Founder. “We look forward to joining the Digi team and driving more success with current and future customers.”
For more information, visit Digi.com.
About Digi International
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) is a leading global provider of IoT connectivity products, services and solutions. We help our customers create next-generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments with high levels of security and reliability. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things and growing. For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com.
About Haxiot
Haxiot is the industry leader in LPWA wireless IoT solutions, offering an extensive product portfolio of hardware, end-to-end solutions and the highly scalable X-ON™ cloud IoT platform. Haxiot’s fully integrated systems provide a seamless experience including advanced provisioning, field deployment, edge compute capabilities and real-time data intelligence. Haxiot’s innovations in enterprise digital transformation solutions have been adopted by range of customers in utilities, oil & gas, industrial and supply chain. For more information, visit www.haxiot.com.
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