French low - power networking company has been criticised by a French blogger for its " torrid " expansion rate , despite signinga deal with Microsoft as part of its plans to be a dominant force in the Internet of commerce ( IOT ) market . The company had secured a record € ##500 m venture capital funding in February last year that has been the launch pad for its global expansion strategy . Following on from that , the itentered the cloud market in a move that was considered highly risky but nevertheless , has gained rewards with this latest deal . This also gives their customers access to Microsoft 's Azure Cloud - based services , that they can use to develop and improve their IOT applications .
French low-power networking company has been criticised by a French blogger for its "torrid" expansion rate, despite signinga deal with Microsoft as part of its plans to be a dominant force in the Internet of Things (IOT) market. The company had secured a record €100m venture capital funding in February last year that has provided the launch pad for its global expansion strategy. Following on from that, the itentered the US market in a move that was considered highly risky but nevertheless, has reaped rewards with this latest deal. This contract gives their customers access to Microsoft's Azure Cloud-based services, that they can use to develop and improve their IOT applications.