Contextere Joins the Industrial Internet Consortium

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Contextere, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software company, today announced that they have joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC^®), the world's leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Affiliation with the IIC provides contextere the opportunity to collaborate with some of the world's leading Industrial Internet companies on best practices and processes of the Industrial Internet. The IIC's focus on the creation of multi-partner testbeds will also allow contextere to follow the newest trends and adopt best practices to drive work place transformation for its customers.

Contextere is an emerging player in the Industrial Internet space. By combining human-centric machine learning and intelligent context generation, contextere is developing an intelligent personal agent capable of delivering actionable insights at the point of service. Its industrial software weaves together the power of AI and IoT data to give blue collar workers the right information, at the right time on the right device. With contextere, Fortune 1000 companies and their employees capture value through dramatic decreases in human error, equipment downtime and safety incidents. Contextere's software has application across a wide range of industry sectors including, aerospace & defense, oil & gas, power & utility, and transportation.

The IIC is the world's leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The IIC's mission is to deliver a trustworthy IIoT in which the world's systems and devices are securely connected and controlled to deliver transformational outcomes.

Carl Byers, Chief Strategy Officer, contextere, said, ?Working closely with IIC members ? from the large multinationals to the small technology innovators will allow contextere to further refine and test its algorithms and software in different environments and in conjunction with other technology. We hope to leverage the insight and thought leadership available to us via the IIC membership to help situate the company for accelerated growth.?

Dr. Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Industrial Internet Consortium, said, ?Providing workers with time-sensitive information in the field on their devices is important across many industrial sectors. We are thrilled to have contextere as a member of the IIC to share their knowledge and expertise about AI and IoT data with our members.?

About contextere
Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario (at the Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards), contextere is an Industrial IoT software company focused on enabling the connected workforce. Contextere is transforming the future of work with an intelligent personal agent that delivers actionable intelligence via simple notifications to the last tactical mile. Its industrial software weaves together the power of AI and IoT data to give blue collar workers the right information, at the right time on the right device. With contextere, Fortune 1000 companies and their employees capture value through dramatic decreases in human error, equipment downtime and safety incidents. Learn more at: www.contextere.com

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