Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Sawblade Ventures, LLC ("Sawblade") under which Sawblade has granted Vertical a world-wide non-exclusive license to market, distribute and sub-license the Sawblade technology in the Internet of Things ("IoT") market. The license agreement provides for an option to convert the arrangement to an exclusive license. Sawblade's technology includes a patented method for integrating flexible distributed security circuits into a customer's application microelectronics. This method includes a design automation tool and a library of custom security-oriented circuits, can be used during the design phase of any product for the IoT market, and provides real-time response, internal monitoring and counter measures to any application. Vertical will utilize the Sawblade technology to work in sync with its Vertical Internet Platform and provide an end-to-end solution for IoT devices. The Vertical Internet Platform is the patented, clean energy, web server technology on a mobile device.