IoT February 2025 News: New Aeris CEO, NXP Acquisition, Augury Funding

Published on March 6, 2025

In CRN’s IoT news roundup for February 2025, Aeris named a former Microsoft executive its new CEO, Honeywell revealed a break-up plan and NXP Semiconductors landed a deal to acquire an edge AI chip designer, among other developments.

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