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IoT Platforms & Software

IoT platforms are the central piece in the Internet of Things architecture that connects the real and the virtual worlds to enable communication between objects, manage the data flows, support application development and provide basic analytics for connected IoT devices.

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Top 10 IoT applications in 2020

Top 10 IoT applications in 2020

Which are the hottest application areas for the Internet of Things right now? IoT Analytics continues to track in which verticals most IoT projects are happening. The latest 2020 analysis shows that most IoT projects still happen in Manufacturing/Industrial settings, with verticals such as Transportation/Mobility, Energy, Retail and Healthcare having also increased their relative share in...

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5 IoT Security best practices to consider after the Covid-19 lockdown

5 IoT Security best practices to consider after the Covid-19 lockdown

In short Covid-19 is leading to a surge in IT, OT and IoT security adoption.IoT Analytics published a comprehensive 123-page report detailing the $2.8B IoT Security market (2019), including current trends, technologies, and competitive landscape.IoT Analytics suggests for organizations to particularly look at 5 IoT Security best practices after the Covid-19 lockdown: 1. Managing the...

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How the world’s 250 Digital Twins compare? Same, same but different.

How the world’s 250 Digital Twins compare? Same, same but different.

The digitization boom of the last 6+ years has brought up some truly exciting new technology concepts. Digital Twin is one such concept that has gained wide interest and according to Google Trends even tops general search interest in widely searched topics such as the “Industrial IoT” or “IoT Platforms”. Exhibit 1: Google Trends analysis of search interest in “Digital Twins” versus “Industrial...

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The impact of Covid-19 on the Internet of Things – now and beyond the Great Lockdown: Part 2 of 2

The impact of Covid-19 on the Internet of Things – now and beyond the Great Lockdown: Part 2 of 2

Covid-19 continues to have an unprecedented impact on our society and our economy. In Part 1 of our analysis on the “impact of Covid-19 on the Internet of Things” we highlighted how the crisis is causing companies to require more transparency, reduce Capex and reconsider supply chains. We also discussed how IoT applications like “Track & Trace”, “Remote Asset Access” and specific healthcare...

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The impact of Covid-19 on the Internet of Things – now and beyond the Great Lockdown: Part 1

The impact of Covid-19 on the Internet of Things – now and beyond the Great Lockdown: Part 1

Update November 2020: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: State of the IoT 2020: 12 billion IoT connections, surpassing non-IoT for the first time. Covid-19 is having an unprecedented impact on our society and our economy. There are also strong indications that many technologies will see accelerated adoption in the coming years because people become more digitally minded as they...

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IoT Platform Companies Landscape 2019/2020: 620 IoT Platforms globally

IoT Platform Companies Landscape 2019/2020: 620 IoT Platforms globally

There are now officially 620 IoT Platform companies on the open market, up from 450 IoT Platforms companies in 2017 – this is according to the latest IoT Platforms competitive Landscape & database 2020. Key findings of the IoT Platform Competitive Landscape & Database 2020 report: The market is NOT consolidating: There are now 620 IoT platform vendors, up from 450 in 2017 The market is...

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Our View On IoT Platforms & Software

IoT Software comes in many forms including middleware tools, individual open-source components, custom-made code, and modular IoT platforms that sit in the cloud or at the edge.

An IoT Platform is a specialized software tool that is used for building and managing IoT solutions.

IoT Analytics classifies IoT Platforms into four distinctly different layers that, in total, can consist of up to several components and subcomponents.

The four main layers of an IoT Platform:

  1. Application management/enablement
  2. Data management/enablement
  3. Telco management
  4. Device management
IoT Platforms - definition layers components

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Mohammad Hasan

Mohammad Hasan

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Mohammad is an analyst based in our India office, contributing to the software team at IoT Analytics. His expertise lies in conducting comprehensive research and analysis within the realms of cloud computing, digital twins, data management and analytics, and IoT platforms. Throughout his career he has authored and published over 30 reports, offering stakeholders profound insights into pertinent industry topics and illuminating the latest market trends and developments.

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