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IoT Platform Vendor Comparison 2018In-depth comparison of 20 leading Internet of Things Platforms
Market Analysis, June 2018
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Published: June 2018
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3 3.28 Positioning on Edge Capabilities – by Vendor3.29 Positioning on Multi-Cloud by Vendor3.29.1 Positioning on Data Migration to other Platforms – by Vendor3.30 Positioning on Preconfigured Solutions by Vendor
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4 Vendor Profiles4.1 Accenture4.2 ADAMOS4.3 Amazon Web Services4.4. Bosch4.5 C3 IoT4.6 Device Insight4.7 General Electric4.8 Hitachi4.9 Huawei4.10 IBM4.11 Kaa IoT4.12 Microsoft4.13 Mnubo4.14 PTC4.15 SAP4.16 Schneider Electric4.17 Seluxit4.18 Siemens4.19 Sierra Wireless4.20 Software AG4.21 Telit
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5 Appendix5.1 Definitions: IoT Platform Building Blocks5.2 Definitions: Market Segments
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1 Introduction1.1 Report Overview1.2 The 6 major Dimensions of the Analysis1.3 Definition: IoT Platform Building Blocks1.4 IoT Analytics IoT Platform Publications1.5 Methodology
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2 Overview of platforms and dimensions2.1 Overview of analyzed platforms2.2. Not included: Further notable IoT Platforms2.3 Not included: Notable IoT Platform StartUps2.4 Dimensions used for vendor analysis
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3 Comparison of Vendors3.1 Executive Summary of Vendor Comparison3.2 Coverage of Building Blocks by Vendor3.2.1 Device Management Capabilities by vendor3.2.2 Cloud backend / IaaS Capabilities by Vendor3.2.3 Application Enablement Capabilities by Vendor3.2.4 Advanced Analytics Capabilities by Vendor3.2.5 General & Selected Security Capabilities by Vendor3.2.6 IoT Application Marketplace Comparison3.3. IoT Platforms Revenue by Vendor3.3.1 Percentage of Revenue by Hosting Type
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3 3.4 Business KPIs by Vendor3.4.1 Publicly available Case Studies by Vendor and Industry3.5 Pricing Model by Vendor3.6 Market Channels by Vendor3.7 Served Segments by Vendor3.8 Membership Programs and Consortia by Vendor3.9 Supported Standards by Vendor3.10 Partner Ecosystem Size by Vendor3.11 Partner Ecosystem Split by Vendor3.12 Top Partners by Category3.13 Connectivity Partnerships by Vendor3.14 Hardware Partnerships by Vendor3.15 System Integration Partnerships by Vendor3.16 Cloud & Data Analytics Partnerships by Vendor3.17 Security Partners by Vendor3.18 Key Customers by Vendor3.19 Marketing Message by Vendor3.20 Vendor Opinion – Strengths & Weaknesses/Challenges3.21 Customer Opinion – Strengths & Weaknesses/Challenges3.22 Positioning on Security – by Vendor3.23 Positioning on Scalability – by Vendor 3.24 Positioning on Usability – by Vendor3.25 Positioning on Interoperability – by Vendor3.26 Positioning on Modularity – by Vendor3.27 Positioning on Open Source – by Vendor
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Agenda
1. Introduction 4
2. Overview of Analyzed Platforms and Dimensions 11
3. Comparison Insights 16
4. Vendor Profiles 57
5. Appendix 444
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Report Overview (1/2)
A. Importance of IoT PlatformsThe Internet of Things is an increasingly important technology element for companies of nearly all sectors and around the world. For many firms it has become one of the pillars of their “digitalization strategy”, promising the enablement of new business cases such as predictive maintenance, fleet management, infrastructure monitoring or analytics-based process optimization. One of the biggest driving forces right now is that connected IoT technology is being increasingly built into everyday products. Everything from bicycles, clothing to standard household appliances are being fitted with sensors and connected to the internet enabling new value creation opportunities. In addition, cars, buildings, machines, and even entire cities are becoming part of a network-enabled ecosystem of things. As part of these connected solutions few companies today build the whole solution themselves from scratch. Rather, IoT (software) platforms have emerged as a crucial enabling element. For companies deploying connected solutions (or building connected operations), choosing a platform that is easy-to-use, comes with the right features and provides end-2-end security has become a topic of major strategic importance.
B. What the report coversWith nearly 500 different IoT Platforms to chose from, this Comparative Analysis of IoT Platforms provides an in-depth comparison of 21 popular IoT Platforms. This report does not provide an in-depth comparison of technical performance. Instead, the report provides answers to the following questions: o Which building blocks are included in the different IoT Platforms offering? o Which pricing options do the platform vendors offer? o Which market segments do they cater to? o In which regions are the vendors mainly active? o How are the partner ecosystems structured? o Who are the main customers of the platforms and what are some customers’ opinions on strengths and weaknesses?
Platforms that focus on the following building blocks have been considered as part of this report:Device Management, Cloud backend /IaaS, Application Enablement and Analytics.
Not considered in this report are: (Telecommunication) Connectivity platforms, Hardware reference architectures or Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) – all of which are sometimes referred to as IoT Platforms.
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1. Introduction
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Report Overview (2/2)
C. Dimensions of the Analysis
The Platforms are analyzed across the following categories:
1. IoT Platform Building Blocks
2. Business and Pricing
3. Market Segmentation
4. Partner Ecosystem
5. Customers & Marketing
6. Case Studies
D. Further Information
IoT Analytics has an entire research stream dedicated to IoT Platforms. Other recent publications include:
• The IoT Platforms Market Report (June 2018): Overview on the IoT Platforms Market Sizing & Outlook, detailed look at the technology elements of platforms, overall trends, business models and typical customer purchasing processes.
• The IoT Platform Market Update Q1/2018 (April 2018): 15 insights on the current IoT Platforms market
• The List of IoT Platform Companies (June 2017): General overview of all IoT Platform companies active in the market including basic information such as company focus, verticals served, revenue range estimate - including over 450 companies
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Source: IoT Analytics Research
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More publications to follow in 2018 – IoT Analytics also offers access to all IoT Platforms publications as part of an annual subscription
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The 6 Major Dimensions of the Analysis
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Dimension Description
Platform Building Blocks Listing of the technical platform builiding blocks included in each IoT Platform (20 different elements across 4 types of platforms) and evaluation of the platform‘s completeness
Business and Pricing Features business metrics, e.g., revenue estimations for IoT Platform, gives detailed pricing tables if they are publicly available and describes direct and indirect market channels
Market Segmentation Gives an overview of the most important regions and verticals of each platform company
Partner Ecosystem Lists and describes each company‘s membership programs and consortia, the standards used by the IoT Platforms and gives an overview of partners
Customers & Marketing Names customers and main marketing messages, features Strengths & Challenges/Weaknesses from the company‘s as well as the customer‘s point of view (if available)Features details on the platform’s offering regarding main purchasing criteria, which are important to customers
Case Studies List of public IoT Platform related case studies
1. Introduction
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Definition: IoT Platform Building Blocks
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Building Blocks Description
Device management Handles provisioning tasks to ensure connected devices are deployed, configured, and kept up-to-date with regular firmware/software updates.
Cloud backend / IaaS Scalable enterprise-grade backend for data management of IoT applications and services.
Application Enablement
Enables developers to rapidly create, test, and deploy an IoT application or service
Advanced analytics Sophisticated analytics tools including machine learning techniques and streaming analytics capabilities to extract actionable insights from IoT data.
General & Security (selected elements)
Includes Advanced cybersecurity solutions across the stack from device, secure communication, secure IoT cloud to secure lifecycle management.
1. Introduction
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For further details on IoT Platforms Building Blocks see IoT Platforms Market Report 2018-20123Source: IoT Analytics Research
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IoT Analytics offers 2 main publications on IoT PlatformsBoth Published in June 2018
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Comparison of 21 major IoT platform vendors based on: 1. IoT Platform building blocks2. Business and pricing3. Market segmentation4. Partner Ecosystems5. Customers & Marketing
IoT Platforms Market Report 2018-2024 IoT Platforms Vendor Comparison
Market Report including:• Market analysis&outlook 2018-2024 by industry, by solution provider, by region, by
technology• Detailed technology segmentation • Selected market strategies, business models, and case studies by industry• 5 trends shaping the market, customer needs, challenges and outlook
1. Introduction
Source: IoT Analytics Research
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Methodology
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1. Introduction
The IoT Platform Vendor Comparison includes companies that offer their own IoT Platform for the Enterprise/B2B market. It does not include B2Cfocused platforms for e.g., smart home or wearables (e.g., Samsung SmartThings), nor does it include connectivity software suppliers (e.g., CiscoJasper) or MVNOs. Prerequisite for a company to be included in the comparison is to have taken part in a survey sent to them by IoT Analytics.
1. General: What is included?
2. Research Methodology
To examine the most commonly used IoT Platforms based on six key customer decision criteria: Platform Building Blocks, Business and Pricing, Market Segmentation, Partner Ecosystems, Customers & Marketing and Key Differentiators
Research Objective
The information put together in this document was mainly collected through 16 surveys that were filled out by platform vendors. The informationprovided was enhanced with information from 25 interviews (45-60 mins) with: IoT Platform companies, members of open source IoT communities,system integrators and IoT Platform customers. Furthermore, IoT Analytics conducted extensive desktop research and screened 300+ relevantpresentations and websites. IoT Analytics compiled an own market model in the IoT Platforms Market Report, revenue estimations are based on thismarket model.
3. Definition IoT PlatformsIoT Platforms are a piece of modular software technology that enable solutions for Internet of Things device connectivity, device management, datamanagement in the cloud, application development and enablement, advanced analytics, and cybersecurity for connected devices and equipment.IoT Analytics dissects IoT platforms into 5 main parts: Device Management, Cloud backend / IaaS, Application Enablement, Advanced Analytics andConnectivity (not featured in this report). Some IoT Platform Security elements were also assessed in this comparative analysis.
4. Research Time Frame
December 2016 – June 2018
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Agenda
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1. Introduction 4
2. Overview of Analyzed Platforms and Dimensions 11
3. Comparison Insights 16
4. Vendor Profiles 57
5. Appendix 444
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Overview of Analyzed PlatformsIn order of appearance (alphabetical)
# Company Company Type City Country IoT Platform NamePlatform
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Dimensions used for analysis of each vendor8 overall dimensions and a total of 23 subcategories
* Note: Not all dimensions are available for all vendors ; contingent on information availability
IoT Offering1.1
IoT Overview1
Marketing & Architecture
Executive Summary2.1
Analysis Summary2
Completeness of Offering3.1
IoT Building Blocks3
Application Enablement3.4
Deep-dive: Marketplace3.4.1
Business & Pricing4
Pricing Models4.4
Market Channels4.5
Revenue4.1
% of Revenue by Hosting Type4.2
Number of public Case Studies4.3
Market Segmentation5
Regions5.1
Industry Overview 5.2
Partner Ecosystem6
Partners6.3
Partners Programs6.1
Consortia6.2
Deep-dive: Standards6.2.1
Interoperability7.4.4
Positioning select Customer Criteria7.4
Scalability7.4.2
Usability7.4.3
Modularity7.4.5
Open Source7.4.6
Edge Capabilities7.4.7
Multi-Cloud7.4.8
Deep-dive: Multi-Platform7.4.8.1
Preconfigured Solutions7.4.9
Customers & Marketing7
Customers7.1
Marketing Message7.2
List of Case Studies8
Cloud backend / IaaS3.3
Device Management3.2
Analytics3.5
Security (selected components)3.6
Deep-dive: Third Party Applications3.4.2
Strengths & Weaknesses/Challenges7.3
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Security7.4.1
2. Overview of Analyzed Platforms
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1. Introduction 4
2. Overview of Analyzed Platforms and Dimensions 11
3. Comparison Insights 16
4. Vendor Profiles 57
5. Appendix 444
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Executive Summary: IoT Platforms Vendor Comparison 2018Most vendors cover between 60-100% of the 20 analyzed technical building blocks. xxx
Microsoft and Amazon AWS are clear market leaders. xxx
No common pricing structure. xxx
Most platforms have a horizontal approach to end-user markets. xxx
Strong partnership ecosystems across the board. xxx
Customers fear a vendor lock-in. xxx
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Coverage of IoT Building Blocks by Vendor1
Vendor Total coverage of IoT building blocks
Device Management Cloud backend / IaaS Application enablement
Advanced Analytics General & Security
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1. Percentage of coverage of in-house platform capabilites; overall and by category 2. Not enough data points for coverage analysisFor further details regarding the exact offering for each vendor, refer to the respective vendor profile. For details regarding the definition of each dimension see appendix Source: IoT Analytics Research
3. IoT Platform Building Blocks
3. Comparison Insights
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Device Management Capabilities by Vendor
Vendor Total Device Management Coverage
Device Monitoring Command & Control OTA firmware updates & deployment configuration
Edge application lifecycle management
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For further details regarding the exact offering for each vendor, refer to the respective vendor profile. For details regarding the definition of each dimension see appendix 1. Not enough data points for coverage analysisSource: IoT Analytics Research
3. Comparison Insights
3. IoT Platform Building Blocks
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IoT Application Marketplace Comparison
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3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Total Applications (#) Developing Entities (#)
Usage metrics Open to the public Certification Process Other third party offering
3. IoT Platform Building Blocks
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IoT Platforms Revenue 2017 by Vendor
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4. Business and Pricing
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Estimated Revenue 2017 (MUSD)1
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Source: Estimations made by IoT Analytics1. Externally generated IoT Platform software revenue; includes services and consulting directly related to platform setup, development and integration
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Business KPIs by Vendor
1. Source: Reported by vendor2. Source: IoT Analytics - Database Of Enterprise IoT Projects – January 2018 3. Source: LinkedIn employee count using the search term “IoT”, total number of employees for pure-play IoT Platform companies
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Vendor Number of Connected Devices (M)1 Number of Case Studies2 Number of Employees3 Other
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1. devices/nodes/endpoints 2. registered users/user accounts 3.data volume/number of messages sent/analysis executed 4. solutions that enable any part of the infrastructure or services5. monthly/annual pricing period 6. option for free testing available from the websiteSource: IoT Analytics Research
Pricing Model by Vendor
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4. Business and Pricing
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor … # of devices / assets1
… # of users2 … data usage / messages3
… solution4 Pricing Period5 Free trial6 Other/Comment
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Pricing by… Additional information
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Served Segments by Vendor
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See appendix for segment definitionsSource: IoT Analytics Research
5. Market Segmentation
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Total # segments
Manufacturing/ Industrial
Energy & Utilities
Healthcare Logistics & Supply Chain
Automotive / Transportation
Retail Smart City Government Agriculture B2C
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Membership Programs and Consortia by Vendor
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6. Partner Ecosystem
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Partner Program # Members in program
Industrial Internet Consortium
Eclipse PlattformIndustrie4.0
Open Connectivity Foundation
Object Management Group
Other
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Vendor # of Partners in IoT Ecosystem1
Partner Ecosystem Size by Vendor
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3. Comparison Insights
1. Companies are considered IoT Platform Partners if they add capabilities/components to an IoT Platform, companies are not considered partners if they are users/customers of the IoT PlatformSource: IoT Analytics Research
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Top Partners by Category
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3. Comparison Insights
Top 3 Connectivity Partners
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Top 4 Hardware Partners
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Top 3 System Integration Partners
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Top 3 Cloud Partners
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Top Security Partner
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Connectivity Partnerships by Vendor
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6. Partner Ecosystem
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Partners
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Marketing Messages - by Vendor
1. The larger the word, the more mentions it hasSource: IoT Analytics Research
7. Customers & Marketing
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Marketing Message
Word Cloud of all marketing messages1
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1. The larger the word, the more mentions it has. Based on selected customer and expert opinions in the industrySource: IoT Analytics Research
7. Customers & Marketing
3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Strengths Weaknesses / Challenges
Word Cloud of all
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Positioning on Security – by Vendor
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3. Comparison Insights
Vendor Positioning on Security
7. Customers & Marketing
Source: IoT Analytics ResearchFor further details on Select Customer Criteria see IoT Platforms Market Report 2018-20123
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1. Introduction 4
2. Overview of Analyzed Platforms and Dimensions 11
3. Comparison Insights 16
4. Vendor Profiles 57
5. Appendix 444
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List of Vendor Profiles
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# Company IoT Platform Name Page
1 CPaaS 58
2 ADAMOS IIoT Platform 75
3 AWS IoT 92
4 Bosch IoT Suite 112
5 C3 IoT Platform 130
6 Centersight 149
7 Predix 166
8 Lumada 184
9 OceanConnect 201
10 IBM Watson IoT 218
11 Kaa IoT 239
12 Azure IoT Suite 258
13 SmartObjects 280
14 ThingWorx 298
15 SAP Leonardo 317
16 EcoStruxure 336
17 metaFLOW IoT Platform 354
18 MindSphere 372
19 AirVantage IoT Platform 392
20 Cumulocity 409
21 DeviceWise IoT Platform 426
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Executive Summary
1. Externally generated IoT Platform software revenue; includes services and consulting directly related to platform setup, development and integration: Source: IoT Analytics analysis
1. Analysis Summary
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2. Company & Platform Overview (1/2)
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IoT Offering
2. Company & Platform Overview
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Marketing claim
Architec-turaloverview
Marketing & Architecture
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2. Company & Platform Overview
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IoT Platform Building Blocks Offered Comments
Device management
• Device monitoring
• Command & control
• OTA firmware updates & deployment configuration
• Edge application lifecycle management
Cloud/IaaS
• IoT hubs
• Scalable Storage
• Multi-modal database support
• Data processing
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IoT Platform Building Blocks and Completeness of Offering
1)Calculated based on the number of ticks under the IoT Platform building blocks
3. Platform Building Blocks
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Degree of Complete-ness of offering1 (%)
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IoT Platform Building Blocks Offered Comments
Application enablement
• Digital twins
• Rules engine & event management
• Integrated development environment
• Business app integration & visualization
• IoT application marketplace
Analytics
• Streaming analytics
• AI / machine learning
3. Platform Building Blocks
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• IoT device SDKs
Security (selected elements)
• Secure authentication & authorization
• Policy management
• Risk assessment
• Anomaly detection
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Total Applications(#)
DevelopingEntities (#)
Top DevelopingEntities
Usage metrics Open to the Public Key ApplicationsCertification
Process
IoT Application Marketplace
Other Third Party Offering
Deep-Dive: IoT Application Marketplace & Third Party Applications
3. Platform Building Blocks
Amazon Web Services3Deep-dive
Further comments:
Company manages own IoT Application Marketplace yes no
Company has other third party offerings yes no unknown
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Consumption based
Business and Pricing
Business size indicator
Pricing
Market Channels
Others
Revenue1 (M USD) # Connected devices # Case studies2 Other (specify)
Solution based
Time based
Other
Direct
Indirect
4. Business and Pricing
Amazon Web Services3
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Employees
1) Externally generated IoT Platform software revenue; includes services and consulting directly related to platform setup, development and integration: Source: IoT Analytics analysis2) Number of publicly known IoT case studies according to IoT Analytics List Of 1,600 Enterprise IoT Projects 2018; see detailed list in section 83) As per LinkedIn, using the search term “IoT” Source: IoT Analytics Research
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5. Market Segmentation
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Market Segmentation
End customer segment focus Offered Supported IoT Use cases
Manufacturing / Industrial
Energy & Utilities
Healthcare
Logistics & Supply Chain
Automotive / Transporation
Retail
Smart City
Government
Agriculture
B2C
Segment by
Top countries (by revenue) Top customer segment (by revenue)
5. Market Segmentation
Amazon Web Services3
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6. Partner Ecosystem (1/3)
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Partner & Ecosystem Activity
Partners Program
IoT Consortia
6. Partner Ecosystem
Amazon Web Services3
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6. Partner Ecosystem (2/3)
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Supported connectivity standard
6. Partner Ecosystem
Amazon Web Services3
Protocols:
Supported Standards
Deep-dive
Further comments:
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6. Partner Ecosystem (3/3)
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Partners
Hardware manufacturers and chipset providers
System Integration / ISVs
Cloud, data & IoT analytics
Security
Connectivity
6. Partner Ecosystem
Amazon Web Services3
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7. Customers & Marketing
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Customers & Marketing
Strengths
Reference customers
Key marketing messages
Key differentiators
Key strengths & challenges
Other qualitative feedback
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7. Positioning on select customer purchasing criteria (1/3)
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Details
Modularity
E2E Security
Inter-operability
Scalability
Usability
Criteria
Amazon Web Services3
7. Customers & Marketing
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7. Positioning on select customer purchasing criteria (2/3)
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Detail
Open Source
Edge Capabilities
Preconfigured Solutions
Criteria
Amazon Web Services3
Multi-Cloud
7. Customers & Marketing
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7. Positioning on select customer purchasing criteria (3/3)
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Details
Support for data migration to other platforms
Criteria
Amazon Web Services3Deep-dive
7. Customers & Marketing
Source: IoT Analytics Research
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8. List of IoT Platform case studies
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Source: IoT Analytics List Of 1,600 Enterprise IoT Projects 2018
# CustomerEnd segment
Country Solution description Link
8. Case Studies
Amazon Web Services3
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