Update: MachNation has published the updated 2018 IoT Application Enablement Scorecard with 21 vendors. Today, MachNation published its 2016 IoT Application Enablement Platform (AEP) ScoreCard – a rating of 35 Internet of Things (IoT) platform companies. Executive summary (Publicly available): Full report (Client-only access): The ScoreCard rates the following vendors (listed alphabetically): Aeris, Afero, Altizon, Amazon, Amplia, AT&T, Ayla Networks, Bosch, C3 IoT, Carriots, ClearBlade, Connio, Cumulocity, Davra Networks, DevicePilot, Electric Imp, Ericsson, Exosite, Gemalto, HPE, IBM, Kaa, MachineShop, Microsoft, MODE, […]
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Sonera selects Cumulocity IoT platform in Finland
MachNation partner Cumulocity, a Düsseldorf-based IoT application enablement platform (AEP) provider, continues to win carrier customers — this time with Finnish carrier Sonera. Cumulocity’s open, secure and flexible architecture has earned it the right to provide services to these high-quality and demanding carrier customers. It has also earned Cumulocity the right to call itself a leading IoT AEP in MachNation’s 2015 IoT Application Enablement ScoreCard. MachNation believes that Cumulocity is a high quality IoT AEP solution for carriers. Cumulocity […]
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On 5 May 2015, PTC announced a USD105 million acquisition of ColdLight to complement its IoT platform play. MachNation partners can log-in to our partner portal for more information on the key issues in the ColdLight acquisition and a financial valuation comparison of the ColdLight acquisition to other IoT platform acquisitions. Or partners can directly download our research document: PTC opens the wallet again, purchases ColdLight MachNation partners can also see prior research on PTC’s acquisition of Axeda and […]
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In the ever evolving world of IoT, the acquisition of Axeda for USD170 million is certainly not a surprise. First PTC acquired ThingWorx in December, 2013, now they’ve snapped up Axeda. Why did PTC do it and what were the valuation metrics of the Axeda and ThingWorx purchases? MachNation partners can log-in to our partner portal for more information about this acquisition.
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