In this short question-and-answer article, we discuss two popular approaches to efficiently, cost effectively and safely get IoT data from endpoint devices to IoT applications. We look at the differences, benefits and drawbacks of publish-subscribe (pub/sub) and application enablement platform (AEP) solutions. We also provide a short of list vendors of pub/sub and AEP solutions. MachNation partners can access this research.
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Autodesk purchases IoT application enablement platform vendor SeeControl
On 27 August 2015, Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) – a provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software – acquired IoT application enablement platform vendor SeeControl. In this analysis available for MachNation partners we discuss what Autodesk might be doing with SeeControl and provide a high-level financial valuation comparison of recent AEP acquisitions including PTC’s acquisition of Axeda, ColdLight and ThingWorx; and Amazon’s acquisition of 2lemetry.
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This complimentary research article offers 5 best practices describing how carriers can most effectively leverage their relationships with IoT AEP vendors. Carriers can triple their IoT/M2M revenues with an IoT AEP. Whitepaper: Carrier Best Practices for IoT Application Enablement (Publicly available): The best practices include Identifying the best AEP technology Working with two types of SIs that have domain expertise Building an inter-departmental team to select and implement an AEP Engaging a new ecosystem of partners while […]
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This week in Boston, PTC hosted the annual LiveWorx 2015 IoT conference. Thanks in part to the Axeda acquisition as well as burgeoning interest in IoT, the event has grown tremendously: from 250 attendees last year, to over 2000 this year.
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Cumulocity, one of MachNation’s recommended IoT application enablement platform (AEP) vendors, has announced another customer win with Deutsche Telekom (DT). The Cumulocity IoT platform will power DT’s Cloud of Things solution, a platform to help businesses connect devices to applications. Why is this win important? 1. DT choosing Cumulocity is further validation of the quality solution available from Cumulocity. MachNation cited Cumulocity as a top recommendation in its recently published IoT Application Platform Scorecard. DT, a tier-one […]
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