{"id":1493,"date":"2014-04-14T14:11:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2014-04-14T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:11:24","slug":"ptc-acquires-thingworx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/14\/ptc-acquires-thingworx\/","title":{"rendered":"PTC acquires Thingworx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I follow this company since some time ago, they are evolving on IoT arena with a strong platform solution. I also follow the evolution of <a href=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/24\/openremote\/\">OpenRemote<\/a>, and I&#8217;m willing to see how it evolves.<\/p>\n<p>Related to thingworx it was a question of time that someone came and buy it. 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