Itron Inc, ikigo gikora ikoranabuhanga rigenzura ikoreshwa ry’ingufu n’amazi, cyavuze ko kizagura Silver Spring Networks Inc., mu masezerano afite agaciro ka miliyoni 830 z’amadolari, kugira ngo cyagure ubwinshi bwayo mu masoko y’umujyi w’ikoranabuhanga n’amashanyarazi.
Ibikoresho na serivisi bya Silver Spring bifasha guhindura ibikorwa remezo by’amashanyarazi mo ikoranabuhanga rigezweho, bigafasha mu gucunga neza ingufu. Itron yavuze ko izakoresha ikirenge cya Silver Spring mu nzego z’imirimo igezweho n’imijyi igezweho kugira ngo yinjize amafaranga ahoraho mu gice cy’ikoranabuhanga na serivisi zigenda zikura cyane.
Itron yavuze ko iteganya gutera inkunga aya masezerano, biteganijwe ko azarangira mu mpera za 2017 cyangwa mu ntangiriro za 2018, binyuze mu guhuza amafaranga n'umwenda mushya wa miliyoni 750 z'amadolari. Agaciro k'amasezerano ka miliyoni 830 z'amadolari katabariyemo miliyoni 118 z'amadolari y'Amerika y'amafaranga y'imigabane ya Silver Spring, nk'uko byatangajwe n'ibigo.
Biteganyijwe ko amasosiyete ahuriweho azashyira imbaraga mu gushyiraho ikoranabuhanga rya smart city ndetse n'ikoranabuhanga rya smart grid. Dukurikije amasezerano, Itron izagura Silver Spring ku madolari 16.25 ku mugabane umwe. Igiciro ni igiciro cya 25% ugereranyije n'igiciro cya Silver Spring cyo gusoza ku wa gatanu. Silver Spring itanga urubuga rwa Internet of Things ku bigo by'imirimo n'imijyi. Iyi sosiyete ifite amafaranga agera kuri miliyoni 311 z'amadolari ku mwaka. Silver Spring ihuza ibikoresho bigezweho bigera kuri miliyoni 26.7 kandi ikabyicunga binyuze kuri urubuga rwa Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Urugero, Silver Spring itanga urubuga rw'amatara agezweho yo mu muhanda hamwe na serivisi ku bindi bintu.
—Byanditswe na Randy Hurst
Igihe cyo kohereza: Gashyantare-13-2022