News ~ General Business

M2M Communications Acquired by EnerNOC

BOISE, Idaho – M2M Communications (M2M) – one of the state's fastest growing technology companies – has been acquired by Boston-based EnerNOC, a public company and world leader in automated demand response and energy management services, according to M2M founder and CEO Steve Hodges

read more

Remote Sprinkler Management Made Simple

Monitoring and controlling pivot irrigation equipment without traveling to the field has never been easier or more convenient. The new Valley Tracker Mobile enables you to check the status of a sprinkler irrigation machine and control its operations anywhere you have cell phone coverage just by pressing the phone's touch screen. All you need are a Web-enabled smartphone or smart PDA, a Windows mobile browser and access to the Internet.

read more

Small Companies Are Where It's At

BOISE, ID — October 16, 2008 — It's the latest in a series of high tech layoffs - 1,500 Micron employees will get pink slips over the next several months.

But when employees are let go from businesses such as Micron and Hewlett Packard, can they still find success afterward?

"This is a general purpose remote monitoring and control," said Steve Hodges, president and founder of M2M Communications.

read more

Seventeen Idaho Companies Rank Among Nation’s Fastest-Growing 5,000

Idaho Business Review — Thursday, August 28, 2008

Inc. magazine’s new list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States includes 17 Idaho companies. Yes, that’s 0.34 percent of the nation’s top companies, located right here in Idaho.

But we're not at the bottom of the list. Wyoming, Hawaii and Alaska each have just three companies in the top 5,000. And Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, the Dakotas and West Virginia all have fewer fastest-growing companies than Idaho.

read more

Web-to-wireless system helps manage peak power demand

Idaho Business Review — Monday, August 25, 2008

During southeast Idaho’s hot, dry summers, as much as one-third of the region’s base-load power demand comes from the massive irrigation pumps that keep its agricultural industry alive.

But sharing the grid are tens of thousands of air conditioners and fans, all of which get cranked up at the same time, often outstripping a utility’s ability to provide enough power.

read more

Valley Introduces New Pivot Monitoring Device

THE IDAHO STATESMAN — M2M Communications has signed an exclusive ten year agreement with the world’s largest manufacturer of irrigation equipment and has introduced two new products for pivot irrigation systems.

read more

Austin, Boise, Corpus Christi: Three Degrees of Development

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF — BOISE, Idaho

Corpus Christi wants desperately to be another Boise.

Corpus Christi is an oil city, a military city, a city with an economy that lags behind other places. Boise, a city of comparable size with a similar economic history and in an isolated part of the country, is an innovative technology city with a penchant for creating wealth and jobs.

read more