Manufacturing Execution Systems: The 300+ vendors looking to displace pen, paper, and spreadsheets in the factory
In short 54% of small- and medium-sized plants use some combination of pen & paper or spreadsheets as their manufacturing execution system (MES), according to IoT Analytics’ 163-page MES Market Report 2025–2031. While the use of these methods is pervasive, they...
SPS 2025: How Siemens, Beckhoff, Rockwell, ABB, and peers are positioning for industrial automation’s future
In short The current state of industrial automation was on full display at SPS Fair 2025. IoT Analytics had 4 analysts on the ground to uncover the latest trends. The team shares its initial highlights from 8 of the biggest industrial automation vendors here. Why it...
6 IoT semiconductor predictions for 2026
In this article Definition: IoT semiconductors Prediction 1: Edge AI integration into IoT chips to accelerate Prediction 2: The share of chiplet-based and RISC-V-based IoT chips to increase Prediction 3: More IoT chips to be designed with carbon awareness in mind...
Data center infrastructure market: AI-driven CapEx pushing IT and facility equipment spending toward $1 trillion by 2030
In short Data center equipment and infrastructure spending reached $290 billion in 2024, largely underpinned by hyperscaler CapEx, according to IoT Analytics’ 186-page Data Center Equipment & Infrastructure Market Report 2025–2030. 7 key IT and facility data...