General IoT

As we close out 2016 implementing IoT technology still remains a challenge for most manufacturers looking to digitize their products or services. Our research suggests that by the end of 2016 we will surpass 10,000 global enterprise IoT projects. While most of them are still in the PoC (Proof-of-concept) stage, some of them end-up in frustration - As one (unnamed) project manager recently put...

CHECK OUT THE LATEST 2018 UPDATE WITH 1,600 ENTERPRISE IOT PROJECTS HERE. The 2016 database of enterprise IoT use cases contains extensive information on 640 real IoT projects, including details on project location, industry, end-user as well as key vendors involved in each project. PRESS RELEASE. Hamburg, Germany - 11 Aug 2016 // IoT Analytics, the leading provider of market insights for...

One of the largest IoT conferences took place last week in Santa Clara, California: IoT World 2016. The 3-day event which is in its 3rd annual edition, attracted a crowd of ~15,000 people with most of the major IoT vendors either exhibiting or speaking on stage. IoT Analytics had 2 analysts on the floor at IoT World, we moderated 3 of the panel sessions and talked to many of the exhibitors and...

With IoT related M&A deals surpassing $20B in 2015 and startup funding reaching the $1B mark, the Internet of Things reached new records of financial activity and convinced yet the biggest critic that it has become a tech sector on its own. The 10 most relevant news in IoT 2015 These are the announcements, deals, and stories that shaped the IoT 2015 year. 1. Biggest overall...

PLEASE NOTE: There is a more recent 2020 ranking of Top IoT Applications which can be found HERE Needless to say that the current hype around the Internet of Things (IoT) is huge. It seems like every day a new company announces some IoT enabled product. And with it some (biased) prediction of where the market is going. Instead of making yet another biased prediction, we measured what the really...

Summary The Internet of Things definition: “Sensors and actuators embedded in physical objects are linked through wired and wireless networks”There are a number of similar concepts but Internet of Things is by far the most popular term to describe this phenomenonThe term Internet of Things was invented in 1999, initially to promote RFID technologyThe popularity of the term IoT did not accelerate...