IoT Olympiad Announces Axeda as Platinum Sponsor

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - April 11, 2014 - PRLog -- Hack The Hackathon (http://www.iotolympiad.com/about/), global producer of advanced developer competitions, today announced that Axeda Corporation (www.axeda.com) is the sole Platinum Sponsor of the upcoming IoT Olympiad™ (www.iotolympiad.com), a hackathon to be held May 2 through May 4, in Cambridge, MA.

The IoT Olympiad will take place at the Cambridge Innovation Center (http://cic.us) in Kendall Square, Cambridge – across the street from MIT and at the heart of Boston’s innovation economy. It is the inaugural event of Boston IoT Week, uniting 4 separate IoT events from May 2 through May 9.

The Olympiad is a 48-hour developer competition, focused on realizing the benefits of the Internet of Things in measurably improving efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life (the Internet of Useful Things™). There are three specific themes for this event, chosen to reflect the diversity of New England technology, focus developer attention, and provide messaging and positioning support for our corporate sponsors:

GIVE LIFE: Improved Healthcare Outcomes
Whether it’s about improving quality of care, improving patient outcomes, increasing institutional care efficiency, this Challenge will harness cold chain, Auto-ID, mobile apps and big data to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes, and to help reduce the nearly $800 billion spent annually in unnecessary or wasted healthcare expenditure. Examples include using IoT and M2M to improve personal or institutional healthcare outcomes, secure biologics delivery, meet the challenges and growing demand for elder care, or fostering personal fitness, general wellness, and self-care. To qualify for the Challenge Prizes in this category, winning teams will use sensor-connected (IoT) technologies to improve the health and well-being of a community, institution, or individual.

PRESERVE LIFE: ‘Cold Chain’ / Supply Chain Efficiency
This theme will feature NFC and other Auto-ID standards, sensors, large microcontrollers, responsive architectures, and reference data; combined with cloud-based data sources and streams to improve the safety and efficacy of ‘cold chain’ supply chains. Cold Chain integrates transportation and supply chain ecosystem sensors and controls to maintain critical ambient temperature for the delivery of temperature-sensitive agricultural produce, seafood, frozen products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biologics. The winning teams will use mobile and/or sensor-based technology to improve efficiency or safety of these temperature-sensitive life-giving or life-saving substances.

SUSTAIN LIFE: Sustainable Maritime Economies
Working hand-in-hand with municipalities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Cape Anne region, this Challenge will harness IoT sensors, meteorological, oceanic, GPS, tidal, and/or fishery data resources to explore solutions that tackle the unique challenges of the region. These include a rapidly-changing fishing industry, opportunities for maritime eco-tourism, and attracting innovation that can transform man’s relationship with the ocean. To qualify for a Challenge Prize in this category, winning teams will develop IoT solutions that innovate, advance, or preserve the balance of oceanic resources with the needs of the communities that depend upon them. Special consideration will be given to projects that promote a sustainable or environmentally-aware business, maximize natural resource allocation, or inspire collaboration and social responsibility that highlights humanity’s interdependence with the sea.

“Hackathons are fantastic ways to energize developers and build innovative communities. They’re also just plain fun! Axeda is especially proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of the IoT Olympiad as we share the organization’s objective to keep the competition focused on themes that improve efficiency, sustainability and quality of life through the Internet of Things,” said Joe Biron, vice president for innovation and technology at Axeda.

"We welcome Axeda's foundational support of the IoT Olympiad, a catalyzing event for New England's developer communities", said Russ Klein, founder and president of Hack the Hackathon. "The focus of the Olympiad on utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve the real-world challenges of improving healthcare, cold chain delivery of lifesaving medicines, food supplies, and cutting-edge biologics, and sustaining the maritime economies of the region places it at the forefront of IoT innovation. We look forward to bringing the IoT Olympiad to our global developer competitions in Algeria, Turkey, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe."

About Axeda

Axeda provides the most advanced cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and machines and implementing innovative M2M and Internet of Things solutions. We reduce the cost and complexity of connecting and remotely servicing the products of the world’s leading companies. Our customers use the Axeda Machine Cloud® to turn machine data into useful information, build and run innovative M2M applications and optimize business processes by integrating machine data.

By relying on the Axeda® Platform to power their connected products, companies are transforming their business by improving customer satisfaction, reducing costs, and generating new sources of revenue. The M2M solutions behind these connected products range from remote service, fleet management, usage-based insurance, asset tracking, mHealth, and more. Join our developer community at: http://developer.axeda.com and learn more at http://www.axeda.com.

About Hack The Hackathon

Founded in Boston Massachusetts, Hack the Hackathon is dedicated to bringing expertise, resources, and education to aspiring application developers. We serve a worldwide community of independent and institutional app developers, we offer them access to rich resources, and we stimulate their enthusiasm and creativity with fresh ideas, valuable prizes, and notoriety. Hack the Hackathon runs successful developer competitions in the USA, as well as London UK, Istanbul Turkey, Algiers Algeria, and streaming online. To learn more visit http://www.iotolympiad.com/about, and to register for the IoT Olympiad, http://iotolympiad.com/tickets.

Media Inquiries

Catherine Purcell Gryska
Axeda Corporation
508-530-5313
cpg@axeda.com

Andrew Borg
Hack The Hackathon, LLC
978-795-4320
borg@hackthehackathon.com