Esprida

Esprida is a Canadian firm that plans and builds Internet of Things projects, linking physical equipment to software so clients can collect and use data from it. It has been connecting devices and adding sensors to existing machines since 2000.

What Esprida offers

• IoT consulting — planning new connected-device initiatives or improving ones already running.
• IoT implementation — retrofitting sensors to machines, connecting devices and designing the overall architecture, often starting with a pilot.
• IoT analytics — data analysis and visual dashboards built on the collected device data.
• Azure IoT development — solutions on Microsoft's managed IoT cloud services, delivered by its team of Azure consultants and scaled from pilot to full rollout.
• Security and applications — coverage from edge devices and connectivity through to apps and services.

Who it works with

Clients in retail, financial services, government, manufacturing and agriculture. Examples include retail kiosks, remotely managed printers, retrofitted factory equipment and remote crop monitoring stations.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Working with connected devices since: 2000
• Partnership: Microsoft, for Azure IoT