Fluidmesh Networks
{{Infobox company
| name = Fluidmesh Networks
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|2005|01|}}
| location_city = Brooklyn, NY and Milan
| key_people = Umberto Malesci, CEO, Cosimo Malesci, EVP Sales, Alessandro Erta, CTO, Andrea Orioli, VP Operations
| homepage = http://www.fluidmesh.com
| industry = Computer networking
| fate = Acquired by Cisco Systems
}}
Fluidmesh Networks was a hardware and software manufacturer of wireless point-to-point networks, wireless point-to-multipoint networks, and wireless mesh networks.{{cite news|url=http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/82112-its-a-mesh-and-thats-good |title=A Mesh that is good | accessdate=2015-08-12}} Fluidmesh products are used in video-surveillance, enterprise, industrial, railway, maritime, and military projects.
Corporate history
Fluidmesh was founded in 2005 by four Italian engineers: Umberto Malesci, Cosimo Malesci, Andrea Orioli, and Torquato Bertani. Fluidmesh was a spin-off company from MIT where Umberto Malesci and Cosimo Malesci were graduate students in the Department of Engineering. In 2005, Umberto Malesci was a graduate student working at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with Prof. Samuel Madden (MIT) when he developed Fluidmesh's initial software based on the Roofnet open-source project leveraging Click Modular Router.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-08-25/quell-orecchio-italiano-che-da-sicurezza-americani-063634.shtml |title=The American Start-up with the brain in Milan | accessdate=2015-08-12}} The Company was initially incubated at the Politecnico di Milano, in Milan, Italy. Over the years, Fluidmesh Networks expanded into the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America,{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2012-04-01/crescere-tutti-costi-082009.shtml |title=Grow at all costs | accessdate=2015-08-13}} and obtained exposure on the Italian national press and television as a successful example of innovation-driven entrepreneurship in the high tech space.{{cite news|url=http://siliconvalley.corriere.it/2011/08/05/litalia_che_funziona_fluidmesh/ |title=The new Italy that move forward: Fluidmesh | accessdate=2015-08-12}}{{cite news|url=http://venturevillage.eu/milan-italy-startup |title=Milan Start-up Gub | accessdate=2015-08-12}} Within ten years, Fluidmesh had sold and installed approximately 24,000 miles of wireless links.{{cite news|url=https://securitytoday.com/articles/2015/05/29/understanding-the-internet-of-things-with-fluidmesh-networks.aspx/ |title=Understanding the Internet of Things with Fluidmesh Networks | accessdate=2016-11-06}}
In 2010, Fluidmesh partnered with CCTV camera manufacturer, Pelco.{{cite news|url=http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/article_archive/results/details?id=1683|title=Fluidmesh Pelco Partnership|accessdate=2015-08-12}}
In April 2011, Fluidmesh Networks announced it had been acquired by Generation 3 Capital and Waveland Investments, two private equity firms based in Chicago.{{cite news|url=http://www.securitysales.com/article/Private-Investment-Firms-Acquire-Fluidmesh-Newtorks|title=Fluidmesh Acquisition by Private Equity Firms|accessdate=2015-08-12}}
In 2016, Fluidmesh Networks and Cisco announced a partnership to combine Cisco Connected Rail Solutions and Fluidmesh train-to-ground wireless technology into a single solution.{{cite news|url=https://www.fluidmesh.com/fluidmesh-cisco-wifi-trains/ |title=Fluidmesh and Cisco join forces to help improve WiFi on Trains and Subways | accessdate=2016-11-06}}
On April 6, 2020, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Fluidmesh.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-corporate-news-april-2020|title=Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Fluidmesh Networks|date=2020-04-06|website=Cisco Blogs|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3535907/cisco-goes-after-wireless-iot-with-fluidmesh-acquisition.html|title=Cisco goes after wireless IoT with Fluidmesh acquisition|last=Cooney|first=Michael|date=2020-04-06|website=Network World|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} The acquisition was completed July 7, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=2085377|title=Cisco Completes Acquisition of Fluidmesh Networks|date=2020-07-06|website=Cisco News Room|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-16}}
Products and services
- Trackside WiFi and Mobile Connectivity for Trains and Railroads{{cite news|url=http://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/16_novembre_01/wi-fi-estremo-italiano-31501032-a009-11e6-90f7-78e506adbf1c.shtml/ |title=Super-Powerful Italian Wi-Fi Wins over US Companies | accessdate=2016-11-06}}
- Internet of Things (IoT) for Vessels and Maritime Applications{{cite news|url=https://purdi.com/fluidmesh/fluidmesh-helped-increase-public-safety-new-york-waterway/ |title=How Fluidmesh Helped Increase Public Safety of New York Waterway | accessdate=2018-09-11}}
- Wireless Backhaul for fixed wireless networks
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.fluidmesh.com/}}
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