In fact, entrepreneur Rob Sweeney credits Connected Development as a key partner that helped him launch a product designed to help elderly people connect with family that requires no set up on the behalf of the user. Having a partner like Connected Develoment that understands the market and the challenges involved can help bring virtually any idea to life.

Read the full article.

Reprinted with permission from the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Connected World magazine.

Rob Sweeney, founder and CEO, messageQube, talks about a product that allows older adults to receive easy-to-read printed messages from family and friends

Listen now to Episode 164, Segment 3

Reprinted with permission from the Nov. 8, 2011 episode of The Peggy Smedley Show.

Prestigious list honors most innovative providers of M2M technology and connected devices.

CARY, NC – October 6, 2011 – Connected World magazine has named Connected Development to the 2012 CW 100, its annual listing of innovative companies that are leading the charge when it comes to M2M.

The CW 100 represents the top companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in connectivity. The list provides a guide to the companies making a difference in connected devices and M2M, as chosen by the editors of Connected World magazine.
“Each year as M2M gains in popularity, industry stalwarts work to entrench themselves into the connected devices industry and CW 100,” says Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Connected World. “As the market continues to grow, the fight to find a position on the CW 100 becomes increasingly more challenging, yet desirable.”

Companies appearing on the CW 100 are chosen from a selection of hundreds of firms, both private and publicly traded. The criteria for the listing include: sales and earnings growth, contribution to the connected-devices space, and innovation in multiple markets served during the past 12 months.

“We are extremely pleased to have been recognized by the editors of Connected World,” said Stefan Lindvall, president of Connected Development. “Moreover, we are proud to contribute to the marketplace by paving the way for new and innovative connected devices across industries.”

“The CW 100 gives us a look at which companies are helping to bring the most sought-after devices to the world,” says Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, Connected World. “Whether they are developing business solutions or consumer products, these companies are really pushing the envelope regarding what is possible with M2M technology.”

To view the full list, and receive your copy of Connected World’s Nov/Dec issue, please order your print or digital copy today.

Whether you are just now considering an M2M design or well on your way to deploying your wireless device, Telit DevCon sessions will provide you with key insights and tools to achieve M2M success.

Connected Development president Stefan Lindvall will speak on a panel at 1:15 addressing the question of Make vs. Buy in M2M and vice  president of research and development Dave Hoover will address certification considerations at 2 p.m.

Join us in San Diego, and we look forward to connecting with you at Telit DevCon on October 10 and at CTIA throughout the week.

Through ACES, Arrow offers system and board-level design services through pre-screened and certified third-party providers. Arrow evaluates hundreds engineering services companies throughout North America and selects a handful of industry leaders to make the highest level of engineering talent for referral to their customers.

As an ACES partner, Connected Development will provide hardware design, software development and test and certification services to customers integrating wireless technology into new and existing applications.

“Our customers are increasingly embracing wireless technologies to give them a competitive edge, but sometimes experience a steep learning curve and high costs associated with wireless design,” said David West, vice president of supplier marketing and asset for Arrow Electronics.  “During our evaluation process, Connected Development clearly demonstrated the ability to simplify the wireless development cycle.  Their depth and breadth of experience, scope of services and quality of facilities make Connected Development a winning option for our customers.”

“We are pleased to be selected by Arrow Electronics as an ACES member for engineering services,” said Stefan Lindvall, president of Connected Development. “We look forward to working with Arrow customers to bring a host of exciting new wireless devices to market.”

For more information regarding Connected Development, visit: www.connecteddev.com

About Arrow Electronics

Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solution to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for over 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers though a global network of more than 310 locations in 51 countries and territories.

CARY, NC – March 23, 2011 – Connected Development today announced it has completed development for PositiveID Corporation’s (NASDAQ: PSID) iglucose™ mobile health solution for real-time diabetes management and delivered the product to PositiveID. Connected Development is currently demonstrating iglucose at its booth #1875 in the M2M Zone at CTIA Wireless 2011.

“We’re very pleased to be selected by PositiveID for this assignment and to showcase iglucose in our exhibit,” said Stefan Lindvall, president of Connected Development. “It is a tremendous credit to the team to have been an integral part of the development of such an innovative mobile Health solution with great potential for global market adoption.”

The competitively-priced iglucose is a wireless communication device for the automatic transmission of blood glucose readings from data-capable glucometers to the iglucose database. It functions without the use of a cellular telephone, telephone line or personal computer. Users simply connect their data-capable glucometer to iglucose and within seconds data is wirelessly transmitted to the iglucose database. Designed to take the work out of diabetes management, iglucose automatically creates the logs and journals which the American Diabetes Association says are an important assessment of an individual’s response to their diabetes care plan.

Connected Development handled the hardware design and embedded software development on the device and is currently taking it through pre-certification testing as the next step to marketability.

PositiveID has also finalized the product/mechanical design and back-end software architecture for iglucose, which is based on Web 2.0 methodologies and facilitates an intuitive user interface, and user-centric design of the application, and which is also on display at Connected Development’s exhibit.

“We have been very pleased with the support we’ve received from Connected Development,” said Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID. “We simply couldn’t have gotten so far, so fast without their impressive team of wireless experts.”

About Connected Development
Led by a team of well-known and respected experts in wireless and M2M, Connected Development provides the most comprehensive set of services on the market to bring products from concept to reality quickly and painlessly. Further, their network of partners, spanning every aspect of the wireless community, let Connected Development position customer solutions for success from the start. Visit www.connecteddev.com to learn more

About PositiveID Corporation
PositiveID Corporation develops and markets healthcare and information management products through its diagnostic devices and identification technologies, and its proprietary disease management tools. PositiveID’s implantable healthcare devices and external hardware and software products are designed to communicate wirelessly to improve healthcare and the patient’s quality of life. For more information on PositiveID, please visit www.PositiveIDCorp.com. For more information about iglucose, please visit www.iglucose.com.

CARY, NC – March 22, 2011 – Connected Development today announced it has been chosen by 24eight as their exclusive provider of cellular integration services for their family of motion sensing devices.

Connected Development has already developed a hardware and embedded software solution for the 24eight wireless product. By enabling existing and future 24eight devices to communicate via cellular networks, Connected Development will be an important player in enabling remote monitoring of patient and athlete data and more.

“24eight was one of the first clients Connected Development worked with,” said Stefan Lindvall, president of Connected Development, “which is why we’re so pleased with their ongoing confidence in our ability to deliver the design, development and certification services they need to expand their product line.”

“Connected Development has proven their engineering acumen as well as their predictability,” said David Schieffelin, CEO of 24eight. “Their expertise is a perfect complement to our own and we are grateful to have them as our ally in cellular wireless design.”

24eight products capture both movement and pressure to give athletes and healthcare professionals a complete motion profile in order to detect various states of physical activity that can be used to drive medical, exercise and gaming applications. Future applications take the sensor technology further by applying it to helmets, shirts, hand grips and more.

About Connected Development
Led by a team of well-known and respected experts in wireless and M2M, Connected Development provides the most comprehensive set of services on the market to bring products from concept to reality quickly and painlessly. Further, their network of partners, spanning every aspect of the wireless community, let Connected Development position customer solutions for success from the start. Visit www.connecteddev.com to learn more.

About 24eight
24eight is a wireless sensor device and network development company that uses microelectronic sensing materials, wireless communications and an analytic engine of proprietary algorithms to manage and transmit physical activity to applications and Web-based services. The company has assembled a highly regarded team of technologists to build the Company’s core sensor platform. The proprietary platform and systems are currently embedded into products in various stages of ideation, product development and commercialization. 24eight is headquartered in New York. Visit www.24eight.com for more information.

DELRAY BEACH, FL – February 15, 2011 – PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID”) (NASDAQ: PSID), a leader in next generation patient monitoring and diagnostics, announced today it has partnered with Connected Development to complete the final stage of development of its iglucose™ product. PositiveID’s iglucose is a wireless communication device for the automatic transmission of blood glucose readings from any data-capable glucometer to the iglucose database. It functions without the use of a cellular telephone, telephone line or personal computer. PositiveID expects to complete the design and development of the iglucose product in March 2011, and submit it to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) clearance shortly thereafter.

Connected Development is finalizing the product design and embedded software development; validating its performance; managing network certification, and coordinating the manufacturing process for iglucose.

“We are excited to be involved in the development of the iglucose device,” said Stefan Lindvall, President of Connected Development. “And, we are confident we can make the ease and convenience of iglucose a reality soon, in order to enhance the quality of life for those living with diabetes.”

PositiveID has also finalized the back-end software architecture for iglucose, which is based on Web 2.0 methodologies and facilitates an intuitive user interface, and user-centric design of the application. The iglucose platform, in its final stages, will provide an open-standards API, which will allow data from iglucose to easily integrate with other systems.

PositiveID’s iglucose is designed to take the work out of diabetes management by automatically creating logs and journals, which, according to the American Diabetes Association, are an important assessment of an individual’s response to their diabetes care plan. Users simply connect their data-capable glucometer to iglucose and within seconds data will be transmitted via a machine-to-machine (M2M) network to the iglucose database. PositiveID believes the solution is ideal for individuals, healthcare providers, health insurers, wellness and disease management companies who are actively seeking solutions to reduce diabetes related costs.

“As we complete the final stage of development and validation of iglucose, we have chosen another expert in wireless communication and M2M technology to prepare us for our FDA submission,” said Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID. “We are confident working with Connected Development will help us bring our solution to market quickly and effectively.”

About PositiveID Corporation
PositiveID Corporation develops and markets healthcare and information management products through its diagnostic devices and identification technologies, and its proprietary disease management tools. PositiveID’s implantable healthcare devices and external hardware and software products are designed to communicate wirelessly to improve healthcare and the patient’s quality of life. For more information on PositiveID, please visit www.PositiveIDCorp.com.

Statements about PositiveID’s future expectations, including the likelihood that the iglucose product will be completed in March 2011 and submitted to FDA for 510(k) clearance shortly thereafter, the likelihood that Connected Development can soon make the ease and convenience of iglucose a reality for those living with diabetes, the likelihood that working with Connected Development will help PositiveID bring the iglucose solution to market quickly and effectively, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and PositiveID’s actual results could differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include the Company’s ability to successfully commercialize its iglucose product, as well as certain other risks. Additional information about these and other factors that could affect the Company’s business is set forth in the Company’s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in the Company’s 10-K filed on March 19, 2010, and the Company’s 10-Qs filed on May 6, 2010, August 13, 2010, and November 12, 2010, under the caption “Risk Factors.” The Company undertakes no obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Contact:
Allison Tomek
561-805-8000
atomek@positiveidcorp.com

Dan Schustack
CEOcast
212-732-4300
dschustack@ceocast.com

Connected World Conference, CHICAGO—June 15, 2010—KORE Telematics, the world’s largest digital wireless services provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, and Connected Development, providers of comprehensive design, certification and consulting services for wireless and M2M devices, announced their partnership today to provide outsourced engineering services to their customers and strategic partners. Both companies will be exhibiting at the Connected World conference, June 15-18 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

KORE and Connected Development will work together to accelerate and foster the adoption and product development of M2M solutions, including the certification and approval of devices through the KORE “One Stop” program. Connected Development will provide end-to-end consultation and engineering services, leveraging the KORE network, to enable network testing in early development and prototype stages.

“We are very pleased to have been selected by KORE Telematics as a preferred provider of engineering services to its customer base,” said Stefan Lindvall, president of Connected Development. “We look forward to helping KORE and its customers optimize the design of their applications with network requirements in mind, so they can launch more quickly, less expensively and with the highest probability of success.”

As a result of the partnership, KORE customers will have access to expert hardware and software design and development, validation and certification services and manufacturing support when needed. By engaging Connected Development early in the process, KORE customers increase the probability of successful commercialization of their solutions.

“By teaming with Connected Development, KORE is able to help our customers more effectively and quickly bring new products and services to market,” said Alex Brisbourne, president and COO, KORE Telematics. “Combining the expertise at Connected Development with the KORE M2M network and value-added services empowers our customers to succeed in designing, developing, testing and launching new M2M services and applications.”

About Connected Development

Led by a team of well-known and respected experts in wireless and M2M, Connected Development provides the most comprehensive set of services on the market to bring your product from concept to reality quickly and painlessly. Further, their network of partners, spanning every aspect of the wireless community, let Connected Development position your solution for success from the start. Visit www.connecteddev.com for more information.

About KORE Telematics

KORE Telematics is the world’s largest fully digital wireless network provider specializing exclusively on the rapidly-expanding machine-to-machine (M2M) communications market. Companies in fields as diverse as security, utilities, health care and fleet management, as well as government agencies, are implementing M2M solutions to achieve productivity gains, cost management, environmental improvement and to expand customer services. Through its extensive network of application and hardware partners, KORE enables complete solutions for vehicle tracking, homeland security, automated metering and dozens of other M2M applications. KORE’s long-term, direct agreements with Tier 1 wireless operator partners allow it to offer a range of technologies—including GSM, HSPA, CDMA and EV-DO—that ensures the greatest possible reliability and coverage. For more information, please visit http://www.koretelematics.com.