Fluidmesh Networks

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Fluidmesh Networks
Industry Computer networking
FoundedJanuary 2005;18 years ago (2005-01)
FateAcquired by Cisco Systems
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY and Milan
Key people
 Umberto Malesci, CEO, Cosimo Malesci, EVP Sales, Alessandro Erta, CTO, Andrea Orioli, VP Operations
Website http://www.fluidmesh.com

Fluidmesh Networks was a hardware and software manufacturer of wireless point-to-point networks, wireless point-to-multipoint networks, and wireless mesh networks. [1] Fluidmesh products are used in video-surveillance, enterprise, industrial, railway, maritime, and military projects.

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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. [2] 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, [3] and obtained exposure on the Italian national press and television as a successful example of innovation-driven entrepreneurship in the high tech space. [4] [5] Within ten years, Fluidmesh had sold and installed approximately 24,000 miles of wireless links. [6]

In 2010, Fluidmesh partnered with CCTV camera manufacturer, Pelco. [7]

In April 2011, Fluidmesh Networks announced it had been acquired by Generation 3 Capital and Waveland Investments, two private equity firms based in Chicago. [8]

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. [9]

On April 6, 2020, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Fluidmesh. [10] [11] The acquisition was completed July 7, 2020. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "The American Start-up with the brain in Milan" . Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Grow at all costs" . Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  4. ↑ "The new Italy that move forward: Fluidmesh" . Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Milan Start-up Gub" . Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Understanding the Internet of Things with Fluidmesh Networks" . Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  7. ↑ "Fluidmesh Pelco Partnership" . Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  8. ↑ "Fluidmesh Acquisition by Private Equity Firms" . Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  9. ↑ "Fluidmesh and Cisco join forces to help improve WiFi on Trains and Subways" . Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  10. ↑ "Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Fluidmesh Networks". Cisco Blogs. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  11. ↑ Cooney, Michael (2020-04-06). "Cisco goes after wireless IoT with Fluidmesh acquisition". Network World. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  12. ↑ "Cisco Completes Acquisition of Fluidmesh Networks". Cisco News Room. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  13. ↑ "Super-Powerful Italian Wi-Fi Wins over US Companies" . Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  14. ↑ "How Fluidmesh Helped Increase Public Safety of New York Waterway" . Retrieved 2018-09-11.
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