Analysis of the Evolution of the IoT Platform Market: An Ongoing Wave of Divestment and the Growth of Niche Forces

Summary

This report examines the transformation of the IoT platform business, exploring recent divestment trends and the growing niche forces shaping the market.

Following a comprehensive analysis of the IoT platform market's evolution, it zooms on the positioning of key players within each sector.

Finally, it provides an in-depth focus on the Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) market and its ongoing transition.

Table of Contents

Executive summary

1. Concept and classification

• IoT Platforms - Introduction
• Key layers of an IoT platform
• IoT Platforms - Classification
• Main players, by type of IoT platform
• Main players, by type of vendor

2. Key vendors leading the market

• Origin of the world's largest platform vendors
• PTC ThingWorx
• Microsoft Azure
• Siemens Mindsphere
• Other leading SaaS, cloud and web-based IoT platforms
• Categorisation of major players

3. IoT platforms divestments

• Aeris acquires Ericsson's IoT business
• IBM drops the Watson IoT platform
• Google shuts down IoT Core services

4. IoT platforms serve a niche

• Samsara
• CropX
• Wellaware
• Libelium
• Other niche IoT platforms
• IDATE's thoughts on the positioning of key IoT platform vendors in 2019
• IDATE's thoughts on the positioning of key IoT platform vendors in 2023

5. The IoT CMP market transition

• Positioning of key players in the IoT CMP space
• The CMP market is in transition