IoT-platforms

2020: Are called leading in the IoT-platforms market

On May 19, 2020 the Counterpoint Research analytical company called the leading platforms for Internet of Things (IoT) on completeness degree (an opportunity to satisfy from beginning to end to needs of clients) and some other parameters. The most complete platform, according to analysts, is Microsoft Azure, after it — Amazon Web Services (AWS). On the third place — Huawei OceanConnect, on the fourth — PTC ThingWorx. Closes IBM Watson five.

The Google Cloud platform took the sixth place, and places from 7 to 10 — Cisco Kinetic, Software AG Cumulocity, Baidu of AIoT and Alibaba Cloud.

The leading IoT-platforms in the market

In the final assessment Counterpoint considered 8 composed: distribution and perspectives, growth rates, capabilities to integration and scaling, support of applications, cloud components, peripheral orchestration, peripheral data processing and peripheral components.

Each of composed had a certain weight. For example, growth rates and peripheral orchestration separately could add no more than 30 points to overall rating, and peripheral components — 70 points. The general point of Microsoft Azure made 276.6 of 350, AWS — 254.8, Huawei OceanConnect — 249.1, PTC ThingWorx — 226.6 and IBM Watson — 226.3.

Such companies as Microsoft, Amazon, Baidu, IBM, Alibaba and Cloudera, performed successful development of the IoT-platforms from a cloud to the periphery. That allowed them to become the leaders of the rating. In turn, equipment manufacturers of Huawei and Cisco Systems could be also among leaders, thanks to timely adaptation of the product lines to requirements of IoT. In particular, the companies proposed solutions for traffic management and calculations not only in a cloud, but also on the periphery.

At last, SAP, PTC, WebNMS, Nutanix and Software AG — first of all developers of the corporate software — could also take effective part in an IoT-race, having organically complemented with IoT support the existing software solutions. They made it both thanks to internal developments, and by acquisitions and the conclusion of partnership agreements.

There are customers who through IoT wish to accelerate the initiatives of digital transformation. For them the most suitable IoT-platforms, according to Counterpoint, are such platforms as Microsoft Azure, Baidu AIoT and PTC ThingWorx. The choice is even more logical if the customer already uses solutions of these vendors.

At the same time there is a large number of the enterprises for which a number of problems of implementation of IoT of the various plan and which they try to solve takes place. As a rule, these problems acquire relevance on the periphery. For this reason demand for solutions for strategy "from the periphery to a cloud" grows. According to Counterpoint, over time such projects will prevail in the market of Internet of Things.

Analysts notified on emergence of a large number of the startups offering products for strategy implementation "from the periphery to a cloud" which aim to consider also other modern customer needs to IoT-implementations, such as the increased flexibility, more convenient development tools, independence of solutions of specific vendors and approach at which strategy is built depending on existing applications.

Ведущие платформы по показателям, связанным с peripheral and cloud computing and also by business parameters, data of Counterpoint

Solutions for strategy implementation "from the periphery to a cloud" are proposed by such companies as FogHorn, ClearBlade, Crosser and ARM. These suppliers took strong positions in the vertical market, including such industries as the industry, transport and retail. Microsoft Azure — one of the few acting suppliers who can make to these players the real competition in respect of the opportunities given on the periphery.^[1]

2018: The most popular clouds for creation of IoT-platforms

In April, 2018 the Eclipse Foundation organization summed up the results of poll of developers which showed the most popular cloud platforms for creation of solutions of Internet of Things. Amazon Web Services (AWS) not only remained on the first place, but also strengthened the leading positions.

In 2018 51.8% of IoT-programmers voted for AWS that is 21% more, than the previous year. Microsoft Azure share during this time rose by 17% and made 31.2%. The three of cloud platforms which are most demanded among developers of products for Internet of Things was closed by private clouds with result in 19.39%. Afterwards was located with Google Cloud Platform, written 18.8% in an asset. It is 8% more, than was in 2017.

The most popular cloud platforms among IoT-developer, data of Eclipse Foundation

Besides, Kubernetes appear in the list (17.3%; in 2017 there were 0%), IBM BlueMix (14.24%) and OpenStack (10.3%). Developers often use not one cloud platform therefore the total quantity of voices exceeds 100%.

More than 500 developers participated in poll, many of which consist in different IoT-communities, such as IEEE and OMA SpecWorks.

MQTT became the most popular protocol for message exchange between IoT-devices. At the same time the popularity of the AMQP protocol for deployment of Internet of Things and scaling of IT systems increases.

Frequency of use of HTTP decreased to 54% for benefit of more universal HTTP/2 (25% against 17% in 2017). The popularity of the XMPP protocol - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol continues to be reduced since 2016, and in the 2018th it was measured by 4% in Eclipse Foundation selection.

The chief executive of Eclipse Foundation Mike Milinkovich says that the obvious growth of cloud services for IoT is observed ", and the public cloud is the prevailing scenario" therefore AWS and Azure show the growing popularity among developers.

In a research it is also said that 20% of respondents use FreeRTOS that became the greatest result among operating systems for Internet of Things. Afterwards ARM Mbed (9%) and Contiki (7%) were located.^[2]

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