Architecture
- 2022 IoT Edge ScoreCard
The 2022 IoT Edge ScoreCard rates the following vendors (listed alphabetically): ADLINK, Amazon, Eurotech, HPE, IoT.nxt, Losant, Microsoft, Pelion, ThingsBoard, Siemens, Software AG, and ZEDEDA
- IoT platform functional architecture
MachNation has published a detailed, vendor-agnostic functional architecture for IoT platforms. Comprised of 29 micro-services, this IoT platform architecture serves as a primary definitional tool for enterprises as they evaluate and select IoT platform partners.
- Connected Trucking Use Case: Functional IoT Architecture
In this use case report, MachNation illustrates the microservices of a connected trucking solution. MachNation also describes some of the most salient architecture, deployment and technology characteristics associated with a connected trucking solution.
- 2017 IoT Device Management ScoreCard – Executive Summary
The ScoreCard rates the following vendors (listed alphabetically): ARM, Amazon, Axonize, Bosch, Cloud of Things, Cumulocity / Software AG, DevicePilot, Friendly Technologies, Huawei, Microsoft, Particle, PTC, Relayr / Proximetry, Sierra Wireless, SiteWhere, Telit, Thingsboard and Wind River. MachNation’s IoT Device Management ScoreCard is the industry’s most comprehensive technical review of relevant vendors. The research provides a detailed review of product capabilities, SDKs, APIs and documentation to help enterprises manage IoT sensors, devices and gateways at scale. […]
- 2017 IoT Device Management ScoreCard
The ScoreCard rates the following vendors (listed alphabetically): ARM, Amazon, Axonize, Bosch, Cloud of Things, Cumulocity / Software AG, DevicePilot, Friendly Technologies, Huawei, Microsoft, Particle, PTC, Relayr / Proximetry, Sierra Wireless, SiteWhere, Telit, Thingsboard and Wind River. MachNation’s IoT Device Management ScoreCard is the industry’s most comprehensive technical review of relevant vendors. The research provides a detailed review of product capabilities, SDKs, APIs and documentation to help enterprises manage IoT sensors, devices and gateways at scale. […]
- Whitepaper: five key traits of leading IoT Application Enablement Platforms (AEPs)
An application enablement platform (AEP) is a critically important component of an IoT solution. MachNation research suggests there are five key traits that determine the quality of an AEP including a flexible deployment model; a focus on the developer persona; sophisticated management capabilities; the comprehensiveness of the overall platform; and a well-executed partnership strategy. In this whitepaper, MachNation outlines each trait in detail and explains why these five characteristics should be used by savvy buyers […]