Over the past few weeks, two hyperscale cloud vendors have announced partnerships with automotive manufacturers to help extend the use of IoT and cloud to auto industry supply chains. Microsoft has announced a partnership with BMW that will use the Azure platform to create an Open Manufacturing Platform. Amazon and Volkswagen have announced a similar partnership that will create the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud using AWS Infrastructure. These announcements show the huge investment that manufacturers such […]
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Episode 09: Understanding MQTT for IoT Deployments (with Christian Goetz of HiveMQ)
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Christian Goetz, CEO of dc square and HiveMQ, understands that sometimes the small decisions related to an IoT solution make a huge difference. Effectively and securely moving data from IoT devices can be fraught with challenges. In our insightful conversation, we talk about the value of MQTT to enterprise customers. Then Christian provides some insights into the timeline for deploying an IoT solution with productized MQTT. Finally, Christian shares some thoughts on his vision for […]
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MachNation rates 17 IoT vendors in 2019 IoT Edge ScoreCard
Update: MachNation has published the updated 2020 IoT Edge Scorecard. MachNation announces availability of its IoT Edge ScoreCard for 2019, an in-depth rating and evaluation of 17 Internet of Things (IoT) edge platform vendors. Executive summary (Publicly available): Full report (Client-only access): Edge platforms are beginning to play a vital role in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Businesses deploying IoT solutions recognize that many optimally designed IoT solutions, especially those in the industrial vertical, […]
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User experience (UX) testing for IoT platforms
MachNation has been asked by IoT platform vendors to help improve the user experience (UX) of their platforms by completing UX testing. MachNation’s hands-on testing of IoT platforms in our test lab allows us to provide unique insights into best-in-class platform UX. Vendors’ platforms with best-in-class UX will find more commercial success than vendors with poor UX. Research article (publicly available): In order to improve a platform’s UX, we have to understand the types of […]
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2019 Application Enablement (AEP) ScoreCard rates 20 vendors
Update: MachNation has published the updated 2020 IoT AEP Scorecard. MachNation announces the availability of its 2019 IoT Application Enablement Platform (AEP) ScoreCard, an in-depth rating of 20 Internet of Things (IoT) platform vendors. Executive summary (Publicly available): Full report (Client-only access): According to MachNation forecasts, worldwide IoT application enablement and device management revenue was USD 3.2 billion in 2018 growing to USD 66.0 billion by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40% […]
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