Arm Introduces Pelion IoT Platform to Manage Connected Devices, Data

Arm is unveiling its Internet of things platform things after acquiring Treasure Data, a seven-year-old data management company that Arm officials said was the final technology component that it needed to assemble its Pelion IoT system. Arm officials announced the Treasure Data acquisition and Pelion IoT platform on Aug. 2, saying the deal completes an effort that began about 18 months ago to assemble all the essential components for the platform. This included Arm’s mbed IoT device management system and connectivity management technology acquired in June when the chip designer bought Stream Technologies. Pelion is designed to give enterprises complete device and data management capabilities to help them gain business value from the rapid rise in the number of connected devices and the data being generated by them, according to Arm officials.