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The top 10 industrial automation trends—as seen at SPS 2025
In short The IoT Analytics research team updated its list of top 10 industrial automation trends after attendance of...
OT cybersecurity: How IT/OT convergence and AI are changing security architectures
In short While industrial executives often cite AI and IT/OT convergence as the most promising future developments,...
Software-defined vehicles: The 4 dimensions of adoption and the OEMs moving fastest
In short 45% of automotive OEMs and suppliers currently rank the transition to SDVs as their top strategic priority,...
What CEOs talked about in Q4 2025: AI initiatives, AI bubble concerns, and the US government shutdown
In short According to IoT Analytics’ latest What CEOs Talked About report, AI took the top spot in CEOs’ minds for the...
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...
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...
6 IoT semiconductor predictions for 2026
In this article Definition: IoT semiconductors Prediction 1: Edge AI integration into IoT chips to accelerate...
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...
Bluetooth IoT chipset market: $14.2 billion by 2030 as BLE adoption and RTLS drive growth
In short The Bluetooth IoT chipset market reached $7.2 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $14.2 billion by 2030,...
State of IoT 2025: Number of connected IoT devices growing 14% to 21.1 billion globally
Global IoT market forecast (in billions of connected IoT devices) In this article Connected IoT device market update –...
Wi-Fi IoT chipset market: Spending expected to grow to $4.8 billion by 2030 as new standards improve efficiency, reliability, and range
Global Wi-Fi IoT chipset market In short The Wi-Fi IoT chipset market reached $1.85 billion in 2024 and is expected to...
IoT MCU market: $7 billion opportunity by 2030, driven by industrial and edge AI
In short The IoT MCU market reached $5.1 billion in 2024, according to IoT Analytics’ IoT Microcontrollers Market...
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