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EDINBURGH, Scotland - PennZone -- IOTech, the edge software company, today announced its partnership with LATERAL.systems LLC (LATERAL) an emerging AgTech platform company, to accelerate innovation within the novel smart farming markets. The combination of LATERAL's  Industrial IoT solution with IOTech's edge software platform will enhance data acquisition, analysis and management from edge sensors used to enable smart regenerative agriculture solutions.

"Our collaboration with IOTech provides significant opportunities to accelerate the digital transformation occurring within the farming and agriculture industries," said Ed Lisle,      President/CTO at LATERAL.systems. "IOTech's edge software combined with LATERAL's platform solution provides our customers' with new capabilities to monitor their growing environments, improve crop yields and reduce the resources involved in the growing cycle."

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LATERAL is applying innovative edge platform solutions utilizing AI-driven predictive analytics in support of regenerative agriculture by providing farmers with rich data insights that enable food safety, optimal crop quality and higher yields. This platform will address climate change by supporting successful adoption of novel agriculture approaches such as aquaponics, hydroponics, and aeroponics that reduce agricultural demands for water and energy and reduce waste.

IOTech's edge software solutions, Edge Xrt, Edge Xpert and Edge Builder, are designed to maximize openness, ease of use, flexibility and choice for its customers. Its technology provides comprehensive Industrial IoT capabilities that allow users to connect, process and manage at the edge.

"IOTech is pleased to partner with LATERAL to provide innovative AgTech and Industrial IoT capabilities within the smart farming and smart agriculture industries," said Keith Steele, CEO of IOTech Systems. "This collaboration presents further evidence that our open, comprehensive and flexible edge solutions are continuing to drive Industrial IoT innovation and adoption into a variety of markets."

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About IOTech

IOTech develops market leading open edge computing and management software products for the edge infrastructure market. Our software products are embedded into the edge solution offerings of major OEMs, ISVs and Systems Integrators. We are their solution of choice because we provide the capability to accelerate the development, deployment, and management at scale of edge applications within their customer base. Our growing list of channel partners includes Schneider Electric, Accenture, Johnson Controls, Mitsubishi Power, Intel, and more. We have established a strong reputation within the industrial edge ecosystem thanks to our early involvement and material contributions to EdgeX Foundry, the most widely used open-source edge software platform (10 million+ downloads).

About LATERAL.systems

Founded in 2021, LATERAL.systems LLC is a smart AgTech platform company advancing the social good of growing sustainable foods with emerging technologies targeting Novel Indoor Agricultural Growing Farming Systems. Our mission is to enable generations of farmers by accelerating the intersection of promising modern technologies to advance sustainable production of food.