Looking back
2018 highlights, and what we are up to in 2019
2018 was a great year for Thinger.io, and we wanted to take a moment to look back at what we accomplished and let you know what to expect from us in the upcoming year.
Published in January 2019: the plans for 2019 below describe what the team was preparing at the time.
The numbers
A year in three figures
To give you some numbers that we are really proud of:
- 25k
- developers created a Thinger.io account, from all over the world
- 500+
- active self-hosted instances deployed all over the world
- 100M+
- datapoints retrieved
Not bad, community!
Milestones
From the Startup School to Web Summit
Besides all of this, 2018 took the team to new places, new partners and new stages.
May: Tetuan Valley Startup School
August: Google for Startups Campus Madrid
September: Vodafone IoT Future Hub
November: Alpha Startup at Web Summit
December: new tools for 2019
At Web Summit we were able to meet a lot of developers who were already using the Thinger.io platform, and we made great contacts with other companies interested in our product. The story since then is on the company timeline.
What we learned
New features from the needs of IoT developers
But most important is that during 2018 we learned a lot about the needs of IoT developers.
That is why, for the last couple of months, we have been working on new features that will allow you to create better products in an easier way. These tools include:
Device properties
Project management
New hardware
A ready-to-go device with over-the-air tools
Last but not least, we are going to start selling a new hardware device, with WiFi and Bluetooth communication.
The device will be ready to go and able to connect to Thinger.io just by introducing your WiFi credentials. The most interesting part is that it will come with Over the Air (OTA) tools: flashing capabilities over the Internet, online firmware management and firmware updates at scale with a few clicks from our web console.
It will also include an extra layer of security, with encrypted flash and secure boot.
Over-the-air updates are part of the platform today: see OTA in Fleet Management.
What's next
Looking ahead to 2019
These were just a few highlights of 2018, and we can't wait to see what 2019 will bring us.
We have a lot planned for the next months, and we wanted to let you know what we are up to!
The story since 2018
From the Startup School in 2018 to the platform today, the milestones of Thinger.io on one page.
