Johnson Controls has acquired Tempered Networks as part of an effort to better secure its OpenBlue platform for collecting smart building and facilities data. At the same time, Johnson Controls has allied with Accenture to construct two OpenBlue Innovation Centers in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India.
Vijay Sankaran, vice president and CTO for Johnson Controls, said the addition will enable Johnson Controls to leverage the Airwall cloud platform from Tempered Networks that is based on the Host Identity Protocol (HIP).
