PTC Recognized for Its Success in Helping Industrial Companies Harness the Value of the Internet of Things NEEDHAM, Mass. – January 4, 2017 –– PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced it has been named “Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year” by IoT Breakthrough, an independent organization dedicated to helping the best Internet of Things (IoT) products and companies stand out in the industry. PTC also received the IoT Breakthrough award for “Industrial IoT Solution of the Year” for its Kepware® KEPServerEX® industrial connectivity software.

1. PTC Selected as Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year
PTC Recognized for Its Success in Helping Industrial Companies Harness the Value of the
Internet of Things
NEEDHAM, Mass. – January 4, 2017 –– PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced it has been named
“Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year” by IoT Breakthrough, an independent
organization dedicatedto helping the best Internet of Things (IoT) products and companies stand
out in the industry. PTC also received the IoT Breakthrough award for “Industrial IoT Solution of the
Year” for its Kepware®
KEPServerEX®
industrial connectivity software.
“PTC is dedicated to providing the IoT platform of choice for companies building solutions for the
industrial space, from custom applications that monitor a group of existing assets to remote service
offerings that lower the cost of traditional maintenance,” said Kevin O’Brien, vice president of IoT
partner sales, PTC. “These awards are yet another validation of our efforts, and we remain
committed to helping companies achieve new business value through IoT solutions.”
The “Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year” award comes at the end of a breakthrough
year for PTC in the IoT space. In 2016, PTC succeeded in adding a substantial number of new
customers and partners to its IoT ecosystem, improved integration of industrial connectivity and
machine learning technology into the ThingWorx®
platform, launched a new augmented reality
(AR) user experience capability, and improvedthe overall functionality of its ThingWorx IoT
platform while earning recognition from numerous external industry sources.
The “Industrial IoT Solution of the Year” award also recognizes PTC’s Kepware KEPServerEX
industrial connectivity software. KEPServerEXis one of the leading solutions for connecting,
managing, monitoring, and controlling diverse automation devices and software applications that
enable the industrial IoT.
With over 2,000 nominations this year, the IoT Breakthrough Awards is an international program
dedicated to recognizing the best IoT products and companies in the industry. IoT Breakthrough
Award nominations were judged by an independent panel of experts representing a cross section
of the industry, including journalists, analysts, and technology executives. Winning products and
companies were selected based on a variety of criteria, including most creative and technologically
advanced products and services, with the ultimate goal of recognizing “breakthrough” connected
technologies and companies.
“We are excited to recognize companies such as PTC that are playing such a substantial role in
advancing the IoT industry,” said James Johnson, managing director, IoT Breakthrough. “The
Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year award category featured nominations from the
top IoT vendors in the industry, and we acknowledge and congratulate PTC for breaking through to
achieve this recognition and continue its leadership position.”
Additional Resources

2.  ThingWorx IoT Platform
 Kepware KEPServerEX
 Harvard Business Review: "How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Companies,"
authors PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann and Harvard Professor Michael Porter
About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)
PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986 we revolutionized
digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based PLM. Now our leading IoT
and AR platform and field-proven solutions bring together the physical and digital worlds to
reinvent the way you create, operate, and service products. With PTC, global manufacturers and an
ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the IoT today and drive the
future of innovation.
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