Who Made Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT?

Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms is now available. The report found that on-premises IIoT platforms combined with edge computing will account for up to 60% of IIoT analytics by 2020 — quite an increase from today’s 10%.

IIoT platforms include device management, security, analytics, application management, and deployment tools. These platforms — superior to legacy technology — offer the ability to collect machine data from IoT endpoints to enable improved data accessibility and insights.

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Their usual Magic Quadrant format ranks vendors on their ability to execute and completeness of vision, slotting them into four categories:

• Niche Players (low on vision and execution)
• Visionaries (good vision but low execution)
• Challengers (good execution but low vision)
• Leaders (excelling in both vision and execution)

No vendors made the rank of Leader or Challenger in this quadrant. The 11 companies that made the IIoT Magic Quadrant include:

• PTC (Visionary)
• Hitachi (Visionary)
• SAP (Visionary)
• IBM (Niche Player)
• Software AG (Niche Player)
• Atos (Niche Player)
• Altizon (Niche Player)
• QiO (Niche Player)
• Flutura (Niche Player)

“Adoption is growing, but the installed base of complex IT/OT integration is small and focused on narrowly defined outcomes,” says Gartner researchers. “CIOs in industrial enterprises must cautiously approach IoT platform due diligence.”