A partnership to accelerate the development of new edge computing solutions for Industrial IoT designed for OEM customers.
Arezzo, September 21, 2023 – SECO S.p.A. (“SECO”) announces a strategic collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. (“Qualcomm Technologies”) aimed at launching new edge computing products for the Industrial IoT world, based on Qualcomm Technologies’ processors.
According to the signed agreement, SECO is designated as a Qualcomm Technologies’ IIoT design center partner and, as such, will develop certain reference designs for off-the-shelf hardware solutions primarily dedicated to OEM customers.
“Technology advancements in connectivity, computing, on-device AI and cloud services are fueling the digital transformation of industries and we are pleased to work with SECO as our design partner to simplify and scale the use of Qualcomm IoT technology in Europe”, said Roberto Di Pietro, VP, Business Development of Qualcomm Europe, Inc. “Combining our technology leadership and SECO’s expertise in hardware-development will help OEM customers bring IoT products to market quicker and address new edge compute and AI use cases.”
“We are particularly proud to receive an acknowledgment of our technological capabilities from one of the leading global players. The agreement with Qualcomm Technologies represents an extraordinary opportunity for SECO to further increase its visibility and market penetration. Thanks to this collaboration, we will be able to offer increasingly cutting-edge hardware solutions and make them available to our customers, actually accelerating their digital evolution”, said Massimo Mauri, CEO of SECO.