In 2015 MachNation expects to see a new deployment model for IoT solutions – a model where plug-and-play functionality is built into the solutions. A plug-and-play experience for IoT brings together the Google Android-type benefits of having many device types available and allowing open integrations with the Apple iOS-type benefits of solution reliability and ease-of-use. In this piece of research we discuss Proteus’ EcoCloud solution — a good example of a plug-and-play IoT solution that uses unique […]
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IoT Application Platform ScoreCard 2014
Update: MachNation has published the updated 2015 IoT Application Enablement Scorecard with 23 vendors. MachNation profiled 13 vendors in its 2014 IoT Application Platform ScoreCard. The IoT Application Platform space is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing pieces of the IoT technology stack. Buyers of IoT solutions and technology companies seeking IoT partners must understand this critical element of the technology stack and the best vendors in the ecosystem. Research for our IoT Application […]
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Seven (7) carriers took part in MachNation’s Next Generation IoT Carrier ScoreCard. This newly designed ScoreCard focuses on the impact that carriers will have in the IoT ecosystem: an ecosystem focused on driving IT-based technologies into the operational technology (OT) organizations of public and private sector organizations. MachNation — the only dedicated insight services and application development firm focused exclusively on IoT — has found that machine-to-machine (M2M) is a legacy concept that marginalizes carriers as the […]
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Cisco and 29 other event sponsors made the Internet of Things (IoT) come to life in Chicago at the 2014 IoT World Forum. Attended by 1500 people – the majority of whom were large enterprise customers – IoT World Forum is the de facto industry event for enterprises interested in spurring innovation and productivity in their organizations. MachNation is proud to be one of the 104 companies on Cisco’s IoT steering committee. All 104 companies […]
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Earlier this week, Steve Hilton (@SteveHilton) of MachNation joined Cisco‘s VP of Emerging Technologies and Chief Demonstration Officer Jim Grubb for a Future of IT podcast. Jim and Steve discussed everything from IoT solutions and their impact on the bottom line and other key trends: mobility, cloud, big data, analytics and social.
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