Radius Networks Partners with Embarcadero Technologies to Accelerate Development of Connected IoT Solutions
Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 03, 2014 -- Radius Networks today announced a partnership with Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of software solutions for application and database development. Through this partnership, Embarcadero’s Appmethod software development platform for creating connected apps for the Internet of Things (IoT) market will provide support for Radius Networks’ RadBeacon™ proximity beacons with iBeacon™ and AltBeacon™ technology.
Proximity beacons are Bluetooth Low Energy transmitters that can notify mobile devices when they come within 100 feet of the beacon. This micro-location proximity awareness can be leveraged to deliver a wide range of new innovative solutions, such as precision indoor navigation, automatic ticketing, guided museum tours, and location-relevant offers, promotions and payment options. Embarcadero will incorporate support for the RadBeacon proximity beacons into its Appmethod development platform, enabling its community of users to rapidly develop new and innovative proximity-enabled mobile solutions.
“Proximity awareness is a key component in IoT connected solutions. Partnering with Radius Networks showcases how Appmethod continues to be the development platform of choice for developers building the next generation of solutions for IoT,” said Michael Swindell, Senior Vice President of Products, Embarcadero Technologies. "By supporting beacon technologies such as Radius Networks’ RadBeacon, Appmethod enables developers to easily build powerful and powerful and innovative proximity aware IoT solutions across multiple platforms."
“We love it when great teams build cool things using our proximity technologies,” said Marc Wallace, CEO and Co-Founder at Radius Networks. “With our partnership with Embarcadero Technologies and Appmethod integration of the ProximityKit and our RadBeacon proximity beacon technologies, application developers will be able to create amazing new solutions that leverage the power of mobile proximity and beacons.”
“We are seeing rapid growth in the number of companies leveraging proximity within their applications,” said Marc Wallace, CEO and Co-Founder at Radius Networks. “With our partnership with Embarcadero Technologies and Appmethod integration of the ProximityKit and our RadBeacon proximity beacon technologies, application developers will be able to create amazing new solutions that leverage the power of mobile proximity and beacons.”
About Radius Networks, Inc.
Radius Networks creates new and innovative ways to use wireless device signals for proximity and presence detection. Radius Networks’ cloud-based proximity services and products are used by mobile developers, major retailers, restaurant chains, sports complexes and other companies to drive innovative customer engagement and experience. For more information, visit http://radiusnetworks.com or follow Radius Networks at @radiusnetworks.
About Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals so they can design systems right, build them faster and run them better, regardless of their platform or programming language. Ninety of the Fortune 100 and an active community of more than three million users worldwide rely on Embarcadero products to increase productivity, reduce costs, simplify change management and compliance, and accelerate innovation. Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices located around the world. To learn more, please visit http://www.embarcadero.com.
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David Helms, Radius Networks, http://radiusnetworks.com, +1 703-582-1576, [email protected]
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