SAN MATEO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/19/15 — , the leading Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platform provider, today announced it has teamed up with , a leading IoT and M2M (Machine to Machine) total solution provider, to develop a next-generation IoT Cloud Platform that will lead to the creation of sophisticated, smart security cameras and applications. This collaboration empowers home and commercial security systems to record motion-triggered video directly to the cloud or personal storage devices. Kii cloud will leverage ThroughTek–s cloud platform, Kalay, to expand its IoT ecosystem and world coverage to provide enterprise and consumers with a comprehensive security solution.

Kii and ThroughTek–s collaboration will deliver leading surveillance, video streaming, and cloud storage for retail, agricultural, construction, medical, and telecommunications applications. With the integration of IP cameras into the IoT Cloud Platform, video feed access is available in real-time via any Internet-connected device. The combination will facilitate a rapid on-boarding of new consumer and commercial IoT solutions for both Kii and ThroughTek–s current and potential customers, beginning Fall 2015.

“The Kalay platform is an IoT solution provider in Taiwan offering a variety of cloud applications, one of them being advanced VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) to enable IP cameras for live video streaming, monitoring and recording. Through our partnership, it immediately gives Kii stronger influence in this very exciting IoT category,” said Masanari Arai, CEO of Kii. “We–re excited to team up with a like-minded, innovative company who will help drive our latest initiatives to continue the explosive growth of the IoT.”

Through the partnership, video and music applications integrated to the IoT Cloud Platform will enable over-the-top content (OTT) to deliver a wide variety of third-party multimedia directly to end-user devices, while also creating additional revenue opportunities. Users can access and stream videos and music on demand in real time, providing complete management of personal content anytime, anywhere.

“We partnered with Kii because of their well-renowned reputation of scaling customers globally and their deep knowledge of IoT devices and connected systems,” said Patrick Kuo, President and CEO of ThroughTek. “The partnership with Kii represents the latest step in ThroughTek–s ongoing mission to expand its IoT ecosystem of service and content providers.”

The collaboration will also empower device manufacturers and mobile carriers with easy and cost-effective deployment solutions to generate full-fledged scalable IoT solutions, which will enhance user experience at all levels. Kalay–s platform features will be available with Kii Cloud–s worldwide server infrastructures in the US, China, Japan, and Singapore.

Kii is focused on addressing the high-performance demands of innovation in the connected world with an end-to-end backend platform optimized for enterprise applications and the Internet of Things (IoT). Businesses of all sizes are able to build, test, deploy, optimize and acquire users from a single integrated platform to accelerate time to market. Trusted by the world–s largest mobile carriers such as NTT Docomo, Kii currently serves 140M+ end users worldwide. Kii is a global company with data centers in the US, China, Japan and Singapore. For more information, follow @KiiCorp or visit .

ThroughTek, a leading IoT & M2M total solution provider, is committed to the development of its Kalay platform. Kalay, consisting of Kalay Cloud, Kalay Connect, and Kalay Application, sources one of the largest IoT ecosystems anywhere, supporting hundreds of chipset and IC vendors and providers. As well, via partnerships with OEM/ODM and major branded companies, ThroughTek is uniquely positioned to offer both enterprise and consumer solutions for countless application environments, including smart retail, smart building, health care, surveillance, wearable device, home automation, and security systems. The Kalay cloud platform leverages a wealth of APIs for a variety of operating systems, with the ability to power a total of 80 million connections per month, delivering full online functionality to 5.5 million devices and more.

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