BATTLE OF PLATFORMS : 34 IOT PLATFORMS 9 WINNERS - WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

1. BATTLE OF PLATFORMS : 34 IOT PLATFORMS 9 WINNERS - WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
A recent July 2016 study by Germany based analysts, iot-analytics.com, found that there are over 350
IOT Platforms on the market today. It is highly likely over 90% of these platforms will fail to gain any
serious market traction, which leaves about 35 platforms that will.
Without relying on market reports from leading IOT Analysts,¹ I wanted to share some clear unbiased
insights into the IOT AEP Platforms market that is growing at an amazing 33% CAGR. To do this, I turned
to the leading IOT Conference, IOT Evolution EXPO @IoTEvolution, and its renowned Battle of the
Platforms.
‘Battle of the Platforms’ is a live onstage presentation, or 'battle,' between the leading IOT Platforms. A
panel of industry experts selects the winners at a competition that is held in the US twice a year. In this
blog, I chronicle the winners of the Battle of the Platforms since 2012 and look at where they are now.
Battle of the IOT Platforms 1 --- Austin, Texas - October 2012
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Digi
@digidotcom
w w w .digi.com
Digi is a publicly traded IOT company on
the Nasdaq (DGII)
Best Service Provider Platform
KORE
@koretelematics
www.koretelematics.com
Has gone on to be leading IOT MVNO
and has done over 4 IOT Acquisitions.
Best Independent App Developer
RF Monolithic
@Murata_na
w w w .Murata.com
Acquired by Murata for $22 Million in
2012

2. The Judging Panel
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/
Alan Quayle, CEO Quayle Associates @alan_quayle www.alanquayle.com/
Carl Ford, CEO Crossfire Media @alwaysoncarl www.xfiremedia.com/
Battle of the IOT Platforms 2 --- Miami, Florida - January 2013
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Omnilink
@Numerex
www.numerex.com
Acquired by Numerex for
$37.5M in April 2014
Best Business Intelligence Platform
Axeda
@ptc
www.ptc.com
Acquired by PTC for $170M in
January 2014
Best Enabling Third Party Developers
Thingworx
@ptc
www.ptc.com
Acquired by PTC for $112M in
December 2013
Best IOT Enterprise Deployment
ILS Technology
@telit_corp
www.telit.com
Acquired by Telit for $8.5M in
September 2013
Best Horizontal Platform
Digi
@digidotcom
w w w .digi.com
Digi has gone on to be a leader
in IOT and has done over 10
IOT acquisitions.
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: spireon.com
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/
Alan Quayle, CEO Quayle Associates @alan_quayle www.alanquayle.com/
Carl Ford, CEO Crossfire Media @alwaysoncarl www.xfiremedia.com/

3. Battle of the IOT Platforms 3 --- Miami, Florida - August 2013
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Etherios
@WestMonroe
w w w .w estmonroepartners.com
Acquired by West Monroe
partners for an undisclosed
amount in October 2015
Best Enabling Third Party Developers
Xively
@logmein
w w w .logmein.com
Acquired by Logmein for
$12M in May 2014
Best Application Development
Environment
Thingworx
@ptc
w w w .ptc.com
Connected Manufacturing
Enablement Platform
Acquired by PTC for $112M
in December 2013
Best Horizontal Platform
Amdocs
@amdocs
w w w .amdocs.com
Continues to grow its
strategy into the IOT
Domain.
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: Gemalto.com & aeris.com
Dan Shey Managing Director ABI Research @abi_sheywww.abiresearch.com/
Josh Builta Sr. Principal Analyst IHS Inc. @ihs www.ihs.com/index.html
David Dines Principal Analyst (ACG Research) @acg_r www.acgcc.com/analysts
Mike Sapien, Principal Analyst, Ovum @mikesapien www.ovum.com
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/

4. Battle of the IOT Platforms 4 --- Miami, Florida - January 2014
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
ILS Technology
@telit_corp
w w w .telit.com
Acquired by Telit for $8.5M in
September 2013
Best Enabling Non Platform Technology
Xively
@logmein
w w w .logmein.com
Acquired by logmein for $12M in
May 2014
Best Provisioning Solution
RACO Wireless
@koretelematics
w w w .koretelematics.com
Acquired by Kore for
Undisclosed amount in 2014
Best Vertical Platform
Skypatrol
@skypatrol
w w w .skypatrol.com
Continues to be a market leader
in its chosen vertical
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: Exosite.com and teezle.com
Dan Shey Managing Director ABI Research @abi_sheywww.abiresearch.com/
Josh Builta Sr. Principal Analyst IHS Inc. @ihs www.ihs.com/index.html
David Dines Principal Analyst (ACG Research) @acg_r www.acgcc.com/analysts
Mike Sapien, Principal Analyst, Ovum @mikesapien www.ovum.com
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/

5. Battle of the IOT Platforms 5 – Las Vegas, Nevada -August 2014
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Xively
@logmein
w w w .logmein.com
Acquired by logmein for $12M in
May 2014
Best Horizontal Implementation
Numerex
@Numerex
w w w .numerex.com
Numerex is a public traded IOT
Company on the Nasdaq
Best Vertical Implementation
EuroTech
@eurotechfan
w w w .eurotech.com
Eurotech is a publicly trading
IOT Company. Eurotech
invented MQTT with IBM!
Best Provisioning
KORE
@koretelematics
www.koretelematics.com
KORE is one of the leading IOT
and MNVO Companies
Best Application Development Environment
RacoWireless
@koretelematics
www.koretelematics.com
Acquired by Kore for
Undisclosed amount in 2014
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: seecontrol.com & meshify.com
Dan Shey Managing Director ABI Research @abi_sheywww.abiresearch.com/
Josh Builta Sr. Principal Analyst IHS Inc. @ihs www.ihs.com/index.html
David Dines Principal Analyst (ACG Research) @acg_r www.acgcc.com/analysts
Mike Sapien, Principal Analyst, Ovum @mikesapien www.ovum.com
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/

6. Battle of the IOT Platforms 6 --- Miami, Florida - January 2015
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
ILS Technology
@telit_corp
w w w .telit.com
Acquired by Telit for $8.5M in
September 2013
Best Horizontal Implementation
Digi
@digidotcom
w w w .digi.com
Digi is a publicly traded IOT
company on the Nasdaq (DGII)
Best supporting Industrial Internet
Web NMS
@w ebnmstech
w w w .w ebnms.com/
WebNMS is the IOT Platform for
the ZoHO Corporation
Best Consumer IOT
Systech
@systechcorp
w w w .systech.com/
Systech is a privately held IOT
Company based out of San
Diego
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: aylanetworks.com & kaaproject.com
Doug Wilson, IOT Lead, Verizon @douglaswils www.verizonwireless.com/
Pete Wilson GM Digital Services,Telephonica @telephonica www.telefonica.com
Angel Mercedes,Senior Manager IOT, T-Mobile, @Tmobile www.t-mobile.com
Scott Scheuber, Director of Product Management, US Cellular,@uscellular www.uscellular.com
Geoff Martin, Director of Platforms,Sprint,@Sprint www.sprint.com
JaredPeterson IOT Lead, AT&T @att www.att.com

7. Battle of the IOT Platforms 7 --- Las Vegas, Nevada - August 2015
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Numerex
@Numerex
w w w .numerex.com
Numerex is a public traded IOT
Company on the Nasdaq
Best Enterprise Support Solution
PubNub
@pubnub
w w w .pubnub.com
Pubnub focused on streaming
data analytics and has raised
over $40M to date.
Best Gateway Strategy
Systech
@systechcorp
w w w .systech.com/
Systech is a privately held IOT
Company based out of San
Diego
Best Implementation Support
KORE
@koretelematics
www.koretelematics.com
KORE is one of the leading IOT
and MNVO Companies
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: mera.com
Doug Wilson, IOT Lead, Verizon @douglaswils www.verizonwireless.com/
Pete Wilson GM Digital Services,Telephonica @telephonica www.telefonica.com
Angel Mercedes,Senior Manager IOT, T-Mobile, @Tmobile www.t-mobile.com
Scott Scheuber, Director of Product Management, US Cellular,@uscellular www.uscellular.com
Geoff Martin, Director of Platforms,Sprint,@Sprint www.sprint.com
JaredPeterson IOT Lead, AT&T @att www.att.com

8. Battle of the IOT Platforms 8 --- Miami, Florida - January 2016
IoT Award Winner Where are they now?
Overall Best IOT Platform
Systech
@systechcorp
w w w .systech.com/
Systech is a privately held IOT
Company based out of San
Diego
Best Connectivity Solution
KORE
@koretelematics
www.koretelematics.com
KORE is one of the leading IOT
and MNVO Companies
Best IOT Cloud Service
Thingworx
@ptc
w w w .ptc.com
Acquired by PTC for $112M in
December 2013
Best Industrial Solution
Telit
@telit_corp
w w w .telit.com
Telit is a publicly traded leader in
cloud and IOT Enablement
The Judging Panel Honorable Competitor Mentions: scriptr.io & mydevices.com
Doug Wilson, IOT Lead, Verizon @douglaswils www.verizonwireless.com/
Pete Wilson GM Digital Services,Telephonica @telephonica www.telefonica.com
Angel Mercedes,Senior Manager IOT, T-Mobile, @Tmobile www.t-mobile.com
Scott Scheuber, Director of Product Management, US Cellular,@uscellular www.uscellular.com
Geoff Martin, Director of Platforms,Sprint,@Sprint www.sprint.com
JaredPeterson IOT Lead, AT&T @att www.att.com
William Brown, Mobility Lead, Stanley Black and Decker, @StanleyBlkDeckr www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/
Isabel Chapman, Principal Analyst, Machina Research,@isabelchapman,www.machinaresearch.com/
Godfrey Chua, Principal Analyst, Machina Research,@gsc_iot,www.machinaresearch.com/
John Feland, CEO, Argus Insights, @argusinsights,www.Argusinsights.com
Ryan Martin, Senior Analyst, ABI Research,@ryanmartiniot ,www.abiresearch.com/
Scott Scheuber, Director of Product Management, US Cellular,@uscellular www.uscellular.com
Dima Tokar, Principal Analyst, Machnation, @MachNation, www.machnation.com
Doug Wilson, IOT Lead, Verizon @douglaswils www.verizonwireless.com/

9. Battle of the IOT Platforms 9 --- Las Vegas, Nevada - July 2016
IoT Award Winner Winner Headquarters
Overall Best IOT Platform
Davra Networks
@davranetworks.com
www.davranetworks.com
IOT AEP Benchmark
What Thingworx did for M2M
Davra is currently doing for IOT”
Best Industrial Platform
Numerex
@Numerex
w w w .numerex.com
Numerex is a public traded IOT
Company on the Nasdaq
Best Transport Platform
Webnms
@w ebnmstech
w w w .w ebnms.com/
WebNMS is the IOT Platform for
the ZoHO Corporation
Best Cities Platform
Aeris
@aerism2m
w w w .aeris.com
Leading IOT MNVO with small
IOT AEP Division
The Judges: Honorable Competitor Mentions Ingenu.com
Mark Thirman, IOT Strategy, Telus,@telus www.telus.com
Isabel Chapman, Analyst, Machina Research,www.machinaresearch.com
Doug Wilson, IOT Lead, Verizon @douglaswils www.verizonwireless.com/
Godfrey Chua, Principal Analyst, Machina Research,@gsc_iot,www.machinaresearch.com/
Steve Brumer, Principal,151 Advisors, @151advisors www.151advisors.com
James Brehm, CEO James Brehm Analysts @jamesbrehm www.jbrehm.com/
Allen Nejah, CEO, SunMan Engineering,@sunmaneng www.sunmantechnology.com/
Sunder Somasundaram,Lead BDM AT&T @talk2sunder www.att.com

10. Overall IOT AEP Platform Winners 2012- 2016
IOT Battle Overall Winner
IOT Battle 1 (Oct 2012) Digi IPO Nasdaq
IOT Battle 2 (Jan 2013) Ominlink Acquired Numerex
IOT Battle 3 (July 2013) Etherios Acquired West Monroe Partners
IOT Battle 4 (Jan 2014) ILS Acquired Telit
IOT Battle 5 (July 2014) Xively Acquired Logmein
IOT Battle 6 (Jan 2015) ILS Technology /
Numerex (Tie)
Acquired /
IPO
Telit /
Nasdaq
IOT Battle 7 (July 2015) Numerex IPO Nasdaq
IOT Battle 8 (Jan 2016) Systech Private
IOT Battle 9 (July 2016) Davra Networks Venture Backed
Most Successful Category Winners 2012-2016
Axeda Racowiress
Thingworx RF Monolthics
SeeControl ILS Technology
Xively
I hope you found this research into the IOT Platform space informative, and I am sure that upcoming
battles will reveal the next batch of IOT Platform leaders. @Relayr, @Foghorn and @Cumulocity are
possible winners of the future if they keep developing and maturing their individual platforms. I would also
like to see IOT mega vendors like GE, Nokia, AT&T, Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon set aside their large
marketing budgets and enter the battle itself. Maybe next year.
About the Author
Marcin Kranz is an intern @davranetworks and a student at Washington University in St. Louis, majoring in Business w ith a focus
on Entrepreneurship w ith a second major in medieval history. As a business development and sales intern, he w orked on and
presented at the Battle of the IOT Platforms in Las Vegas, July 2016.
¹ Leading IOT Analysts
@Gartner_inc, @Forrester, @IDC, @451research , @Machinaresearch, @abiresearch, @ovum, @infonetics, @IHS,
@Machnation, @aberdeengroup, @beechamresearch , @CompassIntel , @gigaom, @biintelligence, @AnalyticsIoT,
@HfSResearch, @AnalyticsIoT, @harborresearch, @SA_Update , @ema_research, @frostads, @heavy_reading,@MoorInsStra