Estonian firm Thinnect is offering cloud-based intelligent controls for Internet of Things networks

If you're asked to name a country that's a frontrunner in the promising field of the Internet of Things, Estonia may not immediately spring to mind. But one company wants to change that.

Thinnect is a startup founded just two years ago to focus on developing technology that enables management of the last 100 meters of IoT networks. Its technology is already being used in five countries to manage lighting, heating, and cooling systems in buildings as well as in intelligent street lighting deployed in cooperation with another Estonian company, Cityntel.