Vianet Group plc provides smart, cloud-based, and Internet of Things solutions to the hospitality, unattended retail vending, and remote asset management sectors in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, the United States, and Canada. It operates in two segments: Smart Zones and Smart Machines. The company offers Beverage Metrics, a beverage and bar management solution and draught beer management and actionable reporting; SmartInsight, which provides business and market insights; SmartContact, a contactless payment solution; and Smart machines, a telemetry solution that offers data capture and machine management services. It also provides data insight and data services; design; product development; and sale and rental of fluid monitoring equipment, machine monitoring, and contactless payment equipment. Vianet Group plc was founded in 1995 and is based in Stockton-on-Tees, the United Kingdom.