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The Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cape Town Summit, held in Cape Town on 11 July, will showcase the rewards that innovation and investment in IoT, hyperscale cloud and related industry products

The summit will feature global cellular IoT connectivity specialists Eseye (Eseye.com). Supported by MTN and joined by SolarNow, Eseye will present the latest, simplest way IoT devices can be deployed on AWS as part of the ‘Modernising Your Business’ stream.

At the summit, SolarNow’s representative will join Eseye’s team on stage to demonstrate one of the most advanced and simplified cellular IoT use cases in the field.

Jeremy Potgieter, regional head: SADC, Eseye, said, “With SolarNow, IoT is becoming easier and driving better insights into customer device usage, prolonging device lifecycle and improving business performance.”

During the SolarNow session, Paul Marshall from Eseye will launch a new app designed to enhance user experience and work with the upgraded AnyNet Secure for AWS IoT global cellular solution.

In a joint IoT announcement at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, MTN and Eseye, aligned with the AnyNet Federation in support of significant global growth of cellular services onto AWS Cloud.

“We are partnering with MTN and look forward to collaborating at the summit and offering advice to customers who want to learn how to deliver African regional and global IoT deployments onto AWS cloud services,” added Potgieter.

To mark the event, applications are being invited for a limited number of cellular IoT developer kits worth US$130 each.

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