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.”
