Itron Inc, iyo inogadzira tekinoroji yekutarisa mashandisirwo esimba nemvura, yakati ichatenga Silver Spring Networks Inc., muchibvumirano chinosvika mamiriyoni mazana masere nemakumi matatu emadhora, kuti iwedzere kuvapo kwayo mumisika yemagetsi nemagetsi.
Midziyo nemasevhisi eSilver Spring zvinobatsira kushandura zvivakwa zvemagetsi kuita grid yakangwara, zvichibatsira mukutarisira simba nemazvo. Itron yakati ichashandisa nhanho yeSilver Spring muzvikamu zvemagetsi akangwara uye maguta akangwara kuti iwane mari inoramba ichidzoka muchikamu chesoftware nemasevhisi chiri kukura zvakanyanya.
Itron yakati yakaronga kubhadhara chibvumirano ichi, icho chinotarisirwa kupera pakupera kwa2017 kana kutanga kwa2018, kuburikidza nekusanganisa mari uye chikwereti chitsva chingangoita mamiriyoni mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu emadhora. Kukosha kwechibvumirano ichi kwemamiriyoni mazana masere nemakumi matatu emadhora hakusanganisire mari inosvika mamiriyoni zana nemakumi gumi nemasere emadhora eSilver Spring, makambani akadaro.
Makambani aya akabatanidzwa anotarisirwa kunanga kushandiswa kwemagetsi emagetsi pamwe chete nehunyanzvi hwemagetsi. Pasi pechibvumirano ichi, Itron ichatenga Silver Spring nemadhora gumi nematanhatu nemakumi maviri nemashanu ($16.25) pamari. Mutengo uyu unoenderana nemutengo wekupedzisira weSilver Spring neChishanu ne25%. Silver Spring inopa mapuratifomu eInternet of Things emagetsi nemaguta. Kambani iyi ine mari inosvika mamiriyoni mazana matatu negumi nerimwe ($311 miriyoni) pagore. Silver Spring inobatanidza midziyo yemagetsi inosvika mamiriyoni makumi maviri nematanhatu nemazana manomwe (26.7 miriyoni) uye inoitarisira kuburikidza nepuratifomu yeSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS). Semuenzaniso, Silver Spring inopa puratifomu yemagetsi emigwagwa isina waya pamwe chete nemasevhisi emamwe mabasa.
—Randy Hurst
Nguva yekutumira: Kukadzi-13-2022