Global combined business merger strengthens US technical presence

Effective immediately HCC assumes responsibility for providing legacy and technical support to users of InterNiche networking software.

“Over its 26-year history, the US–based InterNiche team has provided high-quality networking protocol and application software to a broad range of customers. The addition of that team’s portfolio and reputation to HCC's strong position in Europe creates an impressive solution for developers worldwide and should greatly improve the quality of IoT devices coming to market,” said Dave Hughes, CEO of HCC Embedded. “Our aim is to provide the most reliable, most secure, and safest data storage and communications solutions for the IoT, backed by strong, global technical support.”

HCC provides data storage and communications software solutions that keep IoT data secure, encrypted, reliable, and fast. InterNiche is well known for its mature code and high-quality Internet protocol software and networking expertise, specifically targeting connected device imple-mentations.

InterNiche's NicheStack products and extensive IoT protocols complement HCC’s MISRA-compliant networking and fail-safe storage portfolio. In the short term, all products previously available from both companies will be available for licensing as before. HCC has strengthened its technical and sales presence in the US by bringing former InterNiche engineers and sales professionals together in one office in San Jose with HCC Embedded America and plans to announce an integrated product roadmap in the near future.

The integration of these businesses and technologies will provide many benefits for embedded developers, including:

• focused customer and partner support in US and Europe, backed by strong global technical support and a global distribution network
• one of the industry’s richest and highest quality networking and security stacks
• provision of smarter, more efficient IoT solutions connecting networking, storage, and security
• trusted, high quality communications solutions

Previous customers of both companies will have access to a more robust set of embedded technologies. HCC customers will now have access to a richer base of network applications and protocols. InterNiche customers will have the option to integrate flash storage, USB, and other similar technologies from HCC. Overall, developers will be able to get specialist networking and flash storage technologies that can remove complexity, speed development, and help create safer, more secure, higher quality applications.