Excerpt from RCRWireless:

“M2M is more than a buzzword — for some companies, machine-to-machine is a business strategy. Technology veteran Richard Schwartz founded Austin’s Macheen Inc. on the belief that consumers and enterprises will increasingly want devices that connect to the Internet “hot out of the box.” Macheen is starting with laptops made for Dell, but Schwartz sees an opportunity for many other devices to connect to the cloud.”