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Strategic Imperatives For IoT and Edge

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Leveraging the convergence of Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain by capitalizing on the right disruptive technologies to empower enhanced data collection and processing.

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Developing innovative business models in the business-to-business (B2B) segment which imbibe multi-access edge computing from telecom and cloud service providers to build recurring revenue pipelines.

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Overcoming the challenges of embedded computing by developing end-to-end, holistic solutions that leverage strategic partnerships and acquisitions to enhance portfolios.

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Growth Opportunities in IoT and Edge

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Securing agreements with regulatory bodies and manufacturers to build solutions that leverage low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) connectivity/ modules in smart city applications like smart parking, smart traffic systems, waste management, and pollution control.

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Exploring innovative business opportunities that arise from network slicing, data monetization, dynamic applications, blockchain, automation, and smart contracts to supercharge existing enterprise processes.

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Unlocking the potential of LPWAN technology to deliver differentiated retail offerings like in-store security, real-time merchandise monitoring, anti-theft devices, monitoring transport conditions in supply chains, and smart buttons for ordering consumer goods and tracking customer satisfaction.

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Recognizing Excellence and Leadership in IoT and Edge for 20 years

Our best practices analysis provides in-depth examination of successful strategies and tactics used by leading companies across all industries, and offers recommendations for implementation to drive performance and success

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Verizon

2022 Company of the Year Award—Multi-Access Edge Computing, Global

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Semtech

2022 Company of the Year Award—IoT Hardware, Global

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Losant

2022 Technology Innovation Leadership Award—Embedded Computing Technology, Global

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Intel

2022 Technology Innovation Leadership Award-—Global Edge Computing, Global

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KORE Wireless

2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award—Internet of Things Professional Services, Global

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Everynet

2021 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award—Low-Power Wide-Area Network, North America

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Embracing the Edge: How Emerging Mega Trends and Disruptive Technologies Redefine Innovation in IoT

Unleashing the power of IoT for business transformation

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Internet of Things (IoT), emerging mega trends and the convergence of industries is reshaping the very fabric of innovation. As technology advances and boundaries between sectors blur, the traditional notion of IoT is being redefined, opening-up new possibilities and opportunities for global businesses to optimize operations, maximize productivity, and automate workflows. From the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to the proliferation of multi-access edge computing (MEC), connected devices, and the exponential growth of data, this convergence is revolutionizing how business processes, systems, devices, data, and people communicate – Are your teams equipped to harness the power of IoT to fuel innovation and unlock the full potential of data-driven insights?

Now, the addition of blockchain’s decentralized recordkeeping and tokenization is poised to enhance distributed data collection and processing that characterized traditional IoT applications. Further, IoT, combined with advancements in edge data centres and private 5G networks is set to accelerate digital transformation and the race to Industry 4.0—from enabling real-time data analysis, intelligent decision-making at the edge, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization to empowering smart manufacturing, automation, and immersive technologies Amid this revolution, which growth opportunities will empower your organization to maximize the ROI on your IoT and Edge investments?

Overcoming Hurdles on your IoT Journey

Before capitalizing on the promised benefits of IoT, businesses and enterprises are confronted with the task of navigating a progressively intricate ecosystem, wrought with barriers like the complexity of system integration, decoding big data, interoperability with legacy systems, and the rising cost of connectivity. Further, as organizations increase their dependence on new technologies, they face the added challenge of securing their most strategic asset- data, against cyber risks. This makes growth in IoT increasingly difficult to achieve.

  • What strategies will your organization implement to navigate internal and external challenges in this sector?
  • Are your teams aligned to execute your long-term IoT vision through agile strategic planning, and what steps can you take to guarantee scalability?
  • How will your team identify best-fit technologies, tools, applications, and use cases to future-proof growth?

Failure to embrace the IoT and Edge revolution could leave businesses at a significant disadvantage, impeding their ability to remain competitive and adapt to changing industry dynamics, making them victims of this transformation, rather than victors.

Navigating the Digital Frontier: Embracing Next-Gen IoT and Edge Strategies

The accelerated permeation of connected devices into various industries consequentially spurs a seismic shift in the IoT provider landscape. Gone are the days when customers were solely interested in standalone IoT devices. This implies that simply offering hardware or basic connectivity is no longer sufficient.  Further, the diversification of IoT applications is intensifying the pressure on providers to develop customizable platforms, modular components, and AI-enabled, end-to-end solutions with secure authentication protocols. Now, traditional solutions and siloed IoT devices are insufficient to service tomorrow’s digital enterprises How will your teams build a robust software, tools, and services ecosystem strategy to better serve customers?

As IoT and Edge computing continues to reshape industries and drive digital transformation, the role of IoT providers, developers, embedded computing systems vendors, and network infrastructure providers becomes increasingly critical. To meet and exceed customer expectations, these stakeholders must adapt with agility to changing customer demands across new verticals. Strategic partnerships will be crucial for telcos and providers to launch holistic solution portfolios that position them at the forefront of this transformation.

  • Which collaboration strategies will empower telcos, technology firms, and IoT start-ups to accelerate innovation?
  • How are IoT business models evolving, and what strategies will you use to monetize these?

Are You Ready to Evaluate Your IoT and Edge Alignment and Transform Your Business?

To navigate evolving business ecosystems, companies across the ICT continuum must identify and overcome crucial growth barriers. The key to success is finding the right opportunities that align with your growth vision and implementing the best-fit strategies. Frost & Sullivan has over six decades of experience in connecting global mega trends, emerging technologies, and new business models to drive radical growth. We help companies identify, evaluate, and prioritize best-fit opportunities that empower them to thrive through change.

Let us guide you through your transformation journey by working collaboratively with the ecosystem community of companies in the IoT and Edge continuum. This journey is fuelled by four powerful components, ensuring your success in navigating industry changes:

  • Schedule a Growth Dialog with our team to dive deeper into transformational strategies and explore specific needs within your company.
  • Become a Frost Growth Expert in your area of specialization and share your expertise and passion with the community through our Think Tanks.
  • Join Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Council and gain access to think tanks focused on transformational growth strategies for IoT and Edge.

Designate your company as a Company to Action to increase exposure to investors, new M&A opportunities, and other growth prospects for your business.

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From Missed Opportunities to Action: Embracing the Power of IoT and Edge to Vanquish the Growth Gap

Pioneering the Future of Industries with IoT
The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge computing has unlocked a world of opportunities for enterprises seeking to optimize operations and enhance decision-making. By connecting devices, sensors, and machines into a cohesive IoT ecosystem, businesses can gather vast amounts of real-time data, enabling them to gain valuable insights, make data-driven decisions, and tap into latency-sensitive computing technologies. From remote monitoring, workflow automation, and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to supply chain optimization, personalized customer experiences (CX), 5G gamification, and ultra-high-definition content streaming, organizations are being pushed to innovate and embrace the transformative power of IoT and Edge technologies Which growth processes will empower your enterprise to navigate the intricacies of an evolving IoT value chain?

Now, the IoT revolution poses a risk to businesses that are resistant to change, exposing them to the threat of becoming victims of this transformation. Today, enterprises must strategically address emerging challenges on their quest to thrive in an ever-evolving digital ecosystem. Moreover, navigating the rapid pace of technical innovation across industries adds an additional layer of complexity, as businesses grapple to identify the right partnership strategies to build long-term IoT empowered revenue pipelines.

  • How will your teams thwart internal and external growth challenges in this sector to accelerate innovation?
  • What factors should you consider when evaluating different growth opportunities to ensure that they align with your IoT and Edge investment strategies?

Unlocking Your IoT and Edge Potential to Bridge the Growth Gap
With over 41.76 billion active IoT connected devices expected in 2023, IoT providers must be prepared to address growing demands across new verticals. Notably, there is a considerable gap between the total addressable market (TAM) and the serviceable available market (SAM) for IoT. This means that while the growth potential of IoT and Edge products/services is high, parts of this sector are still inaccessible to providers. Factors like inadequate technological readiness, infrastructure limitations, budget constraints, security and compliance concerns, and insufficient connectivity further widen this growth gap. This prompts several important questions for the various stakeholders in the IoT and Edge value chain:

  • Gauging IoT readiness: As IoT and Edge expand into various sectors, it becomes crucial to assess stakeholder readiness to embrace this disruptive technology. This will help providers tailor their IoT solution portfolios to meet industry-specific needs effectively – What processes will you use to measure IoT readiness in different customer/industry segments?
  • Building an IoT Ecosystem: To deliver scalable and flexible IoT architectures that accommodate evolving technologies, changing regulations, and increasing data volumes, providers are increasingly reliant on the collective power of coopetition – What collaborative strategies and ecosystem partnerships should your organization explore to deliver holistic IoT and Edge solution portfolios?
  • Simplifying System Integration: Designing, deploying, managing, and scaling a complex IoT system is resource and cost intensive. Moreover, compatibility hurdles and lack of standardization prevents providers from integrating solutions into existing IT/ OT systems with legacy infrastructure – How will you develop a resilient software, tools, and services strategy that simplifies system integration for your enterprise customers?

Enhancing Real-Time Responsiveness with IoT
The paradigm shift in data processing is intensifying the pressure on businesses to drive intelligent automation and enhance service delivery, making way for advanced applications in autonomous vehicles, smart cities, IIoT, telehealth, and smart factories – How will you evaluate new business models in IoT and Edge? Do you have an implementation plan to successfully monetize these?

Notably, telecom operators and service providers cannot implement and run IoT in silos. Identifying and acting on the right collaboration opportunities with other vertical players, specialized solution integrators, application developers, and cloud providers will help industry incumbents launch new value propositions to capitalize on IoT innovation.

  • How will you strategize to capitalize on the growth opportunities that MEC unleashes?
  • Underdeveloped MEC ecosystems in different verticals limit the number of available solutions and applications. Which providers can help you future-proof infrastructure in your vertical?

Are You Aligned for Success in IoT and Edge?
To navigate evolving business ecosystems, companies across the ICT continuum must identify and overcome crucial growth barriers. The key to success is finding the right opportunities that align with your growth vision and implementing the best-fit strategies. Frost & Sullivan has over six decades of experience in connecting global mega trends, emerging technologies, and new business models to drive radical growth.

Let us guide you through your transformation journey by working collaboratively with the ecosystem community of companies in the IoT and Edge continuum. This journey is fuelled by four powerful components, ensuring your success in navigating industry changes:

  • Schedule a Growth Dialog with our team to dive deeper into transformational strategies and explore specific needs within your company.
  • Become a Frost Growth Expert in your area of specialization and share your expertise and passion with the community through our Think Tanks.
  • Join Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Council and gain access to think tanks focused on transformational growth strategies for IoT and Edge.
  • Designate your company as a Company to Action to increase exposure to investors, new M&A opportunities, and other growth prospects for your business.

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The Power of Partnerships and Collaboration: Synergizing IoT and Edge for Growth

Paving the Way to Business Excellence Onboard the IoT and Edge Revolution
The digital landscape has historically witnessed three transformative computing revolutions: mainframe, client-server, and cloud computing. Today, as the natural progression of these milestones, the convergence of private networks, Internet of Things (IoT) and multi-access edge computing (MEC) is solidifying its position as a technological backbone for enterprises, reshaping the very essence of their operations. With the potential to grow at a CAGR of 115.9% by 2025, MEC brings data processing closer to the source, minimizing latency, and enabling real-time decision-making. By processing IoT data at network gateways or endpoints, enterprises can achieve faster response times, reduced bandwidth costs, enhanced security, and unlock near-instantaneous responsiveness. But due to the seemingly endless variety of IoT applications available, organizations find themselves grappling with the challenge of selecting best-fit solutions tailored to their unique business needs — Are your teams equipped with the optimal mix of connectivity and data processing platforms to drive smart decision making?

Armed with the ability to deliver reduced latencies, fortified security, agile data collection, and cost-efficiency, MEC brings a host of advantages to the table for enterprises of the future. Beyond the conventional realms of automation and process optimization, businesses now stand at the threshold of unexplored possibilities. From augmented product development and immersive customer experiences (CX) to remote asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, new business models, and autonomous robotics, the IoT and Edge landscape harbours a treasure trove of untapped potential, stemming from its solution-agnostic nature — How will your organization harness the transformative power of MEC to lead the charge in the race to industries of the future?

Capitalizing on New Realities of the IoT and Edge Continuum

  • Security and Surveillance: Smart security and connected surveillance systems leveraging IoT technologies are gaining traction for protecting critical assets across industries to create safer work environments – How will you integrate enhanced security alerts and emergency responses in your digital organization?
  • Industrial IoT: As businesses leverage IoT for industrial and smart manufacturing applications, cognitive computing and ubiquitous sensing are driving the shift toward Industry 4.0 and eventually, Industry5.0 – Are your teams ready to maximize interconnectivity of industrial assets to set new benchmarks in digital and lights-out manufacturing?
  • Enhanced CX: IoT sensors in combination with disruptive technologies are helping businesses digitize the physical world and quantify human actions – How will your organization leverage technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cloud computing to predict, optimize, and enhance customer interaction?
  • 5G and Immersive Technologies: The rising demand for immersive experiences combined with advancements in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and the evolution of 5G is creating new prospects for technology providers, network carriers, manufacturers, and software developers – Do you have a growth pipeline management system to identify and capitalize on the most lucrative growth opportunities for your organization?
  • Sustainability Agenda: As the circular economy gains prominence, companies are using the data from connected devices to further their sustainability goals, enhance end-of-life product management, and improve efficiencies in reverse logistics – Which best practices will help your teams meet your organization’s ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and SDG (sustainable development goals) priorities?

In this ever-evolving landscape, cross-industry enterprises are embarking on a journey to expand and amplify their IoT and MEC capabilities in pursuit of strategic business objectives. Now, unlocking the full potential of IoT and Edge requires thoughtful consideration on:

Collaborative Disruption: Driving Transformation Leveraging MEC
Now, capitalizing on the IoT and MEC transformation requires a comprehensive roadmap that goes beyond just adopting the latest technology. Embracing a holistic strategy that converges the vast landscape of IoT and MEC technologies with overall enterprise goals is essential for driving growth and innovation. Today, technology providers, network carriers, manufacturers, and software developers cannot implement and manage MEC in isolation from each other. This is opening doors for new strategic alliances that boost access to specialized expertise, resources, and a broader ecosystem of solutions. Pooling resources and knowledge, thus facilitates the creation of end-to-end, value-added IoT solutions that address specific industry challenges and drive substantial business outcomes — How will you foster optimal strategic partnerships that maximize the ROI on your IoT and MEC investments?

Now, the key to IoT success lies in identifying the right strategies that can set enterprises apart from competitors, by accelerating product development and fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement. Answering the following questions can help industry incumbents maximize their IoT success:

  • IoT Providers How will you integrate AI and ML in your product portfolios to make data smarter?
  • Network Vendors How will you strategize to accelerate 5G deployments and MEC expansion to capitalize on growth opportunities in public and private networks?
  • Telecom Operators What platform innovation strategies will help you provide enhanced value-added services and consumer and enterprise applications?
  • Technology Developers Which IoT platforms support digital twin technologies? How best to integrate these into manufacturing solution portfolios?

Step into the Future: Assess Your IoT and Edge Alignment to Chart Transformational Growth
To navigate evolving business ecosystems, companies across the ICT continuum must identify and overcome crucial growth barriers. The key to success is finding the right opportunities that align with your growth vision and implementing the best-fit strategies. Frost & Sullivan has over six decades of experience in connecting global mega trends, emerging technologies, and new business models to drive radical growth. We help companies identify, evaluate, and prioritize best-fit opportunities that empower them to thrive through change.

Let us guide you through your transformation journey by working collaboratively with the ecosystem community of companies in the IoT and Edge continuum. This journey is fuelled by four powerful components, ensuring your success in navigating industry changes:

  • Schedule a Growth Dialog with our team to dive deeper into transformational strategies and explore specific needs within your company.
  • Become a Frost Growth Expert in your area of specialization and share your expertise and passion with the community through our Think Tanks.
  • Join Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Council and gain access to think tanks focused on transformational growth strategies for IoT and Edge.
  • Designate your company as a Company to Action to increase exposure to investors, new M&A opportunities, and other growth prospects for your business.

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Companies to Action: Accelerating the IoT Transformation with Data-Driven Products and Services

Catalyzing Agility to Thrive in the Evolving IoT and Edge Ecosystem
Today, transformative megatrends in the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge technologies are compelling enterprises to pivot their growth strategies to stay competitive and relevant in the rapidly advancing digital landscape. For businesses and enterprises, this means more than just adopting new-age technologies; it’s about restructuring the very heart of conventional operations, business models, and workflows. This imperative to change is spurring innovation in the IoT ecosystem, creating new opportunities to connect previously siloed operations, devices, hardware, and platforms; digitize physical environments; and enable real-time analytics for intelligent decision-making at the edge. Now, the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and blockchain with multi-access edge computing (MEC) is empowering businesses to securely automate workflows, enable predictive maintenance/remote monitoring, and deliver personalized customer experience (CX) at scale.

  • How will your teams leverage innovative business models to supplement growth in the evolving IoT ecosystem?

Leading technology, software, and cloud providers are being pushed to collaborate and develop secure and flexible IoT platforms that enable enterprises to harness the power of data-driven decision making. Now, the ability to process and analyze data closer to where it’s generated, has become a game changer, intensifying the pressure on providers to augment real-time processing, minimize latency, and deliver faster insights, especially for mission-critical applications.

  • Are your teams equipped to better align your current IoT and MEC solution portfolios with evolving customer needs?

How Are Visionary Providers Channeling Innovation Amid the IoT and Edge Revolution?
The following trailblazers in IoT and MEC solutions are driving growth and innovation to meet evolving customer demands. They play a crucial role in helping business navigate growth barriers like the complexity of system integration, establishing robust cybersecurity strategies, decoding Big Data, maximizing interoperability with legacy systems, and managing the rising cost of connectivity. With the aid of cutting-edge hardware/software solutions, innovative connectivity options, and calculated growth strategies, these companies are paving the way for new opportunities in industrial automation, cybersecurity, massive IoT, immersive experiences, hybrid terrestrial/non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), and cellular IoT:

Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Trailblazer in the Evolving IoT Ecosystem?
The combination of IoT and MEC is revolutionizing various industries, enabling new applications over hyperconnected wireless networks. In a landscape marred by industry convergence, shifting regulatory mandates, and increasing data volumes, being recognized as a “Companies to Action” in the IoT and Edge ecosystem requires strategic vision and innovation. This entails delivering cutting-edge technologies, comprehensive solutions, and robust growth strategies to meet evolving customer needs with compelling go-to-market strategies.

  • Which business models and collaborative partnerships will help your teams accelerate innovation in IoT to maximize competitive differentiation?

About Frost & Sullivan
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  • Schedule a Growth Dialog with our team to dive deeper into transformational strategies and explore specific needs within your company.
  • Become a Frost Growth Expert in your area of specialization and share your expertise and passion with the community through our think tanks.
  • Join Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Council and become an integral member of a dynamic community focused on identifying growth opportunities and addressing critical challenges that influence industries.
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