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The Business of Enterprise IoT A survey of US and UK Executives
October 28, 2015
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Company overview Aeris is a privately held global technology company with three business areas
Facilities § Headquarters in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara) § Locations in Chicago, UK, India and Tokyo § NOCs in Santa Clara, Las Vegas, London and
Delhi
People § 135 people and growing § > 50% in engineering
and operations § 100% IoT focused
Enterprise Connectivity-as-a-
Service
End-to-end IoT Platform-as-a-
Service
Cloud-based IoT applications and
analytics
The IoT Platform Company
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§ Enterprise IoT survey was conducted in August 2015 by Vanson Bourne, Ltd., a technology market research firm based in the UK
§ Respondents from 200 US and 100 UK IT decision-makers (IT managers, head of IT, IT directors, CIOs) from large enterprise organizations (1,000 or more employees)
§ Respondents are from enterprises within the private sector only, focusing on the following industries evenly: financial services; retail, transport and distribution; manufacturing, and any other commercial sector
Survey methodology
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Overall ranked business uses in 2015* 1. The Internet of Things provides our organization with the opportunity to
better meet our business objectives in the next year (74% agree) 2. Management of device connectivity to reduce operational costs is a
major priority in the next year (72% agree) 3. Our organization's Internet of Things strategy gives us a competitive
advantage over our key competitors (71% agree) 4. Our organization is equipped to oversee the collection, management
and storage of data from our device sensors (69% agree) 5. Our organization is currently leveraging effective analytics to gain
visibility into IoT data (69% agree) 6. Our organization primarily develops IoT and M2M applications in-house
(65% agree)
* All responses combined
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1. The Internet of Things provides our organization with the opportunity to better meet our business objectives in the next year (72% agree)
2. Our organization's Internet of Things strategy gives us a competitive advantage over our key competitors (62% agree)
3. Our organization is equipped to oversee the collection, management and storage of data from our device sensors (62% agree)
4. Our organization is currently leveraging effective analytics to gain visibility into IoT data (62% agree)
5. Management of device connectivity to reduce operational costs is a major priority in the next year (61% agree)
6. Our organization primarily develops IoT and M2M applications in-house (57% agree)
Overall ranked business uses in 2013*
* All responses combined
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1. Ensuring pervasive connectivity, provisioning and device management is a challenge (78% agree)
2. Developing the IoT application and enabling for different platforms is a challenge (76% agree)
3. Integrating the IoT application with enterprise-wide data and application systems is a challenge (76% agree)
4. Collecting, managing and storing the data from the device sensors is a challenge (72% agree)
5. Analyzing the application-specific sensor data and connectivity data to obtain useful insights is a challenge (72% agree)
6. Building the IoT device and the required sensor hardware is a challenge (66% agree)
Overall ranked challenges in 2015*
* All responses combined
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1. Integrating the IoT application with enterprise-wide data and application systems is a challenge (74% agree)
2. Building the IoT device and the required sensor hardware is a challenge (72% agree)
3. Ensuring pervasive connectivity, provisioning and device management is a challenge (71% agree)
4. Developing the IoT application and enabling for different platforms is a challenge (69% agree)
5. Collecting, managing and storing the data from the device sensors is a challenge (68% agree)
6. Analyzing the application-specific sensor data and connectivity data to obtain useful insights is a challenge (68% agree)
Overall ranked challenges in 2013*
* All responses combined
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What sectors are likely to see the most returns out of their IoT strategy? Manufacturing along with retail, distribution and transport.
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What are the business benefits of IoT? For large and small companies. there is double-digit growth in number of those that agree IoT better helps them meet business objectives in the year ahead
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
United States & United Kingdom combined
The IoT provides our organization with the opportunity to better meet our business objectives in the next year
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The IoT provides our organization with the opportunity to better meet our business objectives in the next year
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All industry sectors combined
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Our organization's IoT strategy gives us a competitive advantage over our key competitors
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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All industry sectors combined
Our organization's IoT strategy gives us a competitive advantage over our key competitors
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Managing devices, connectivity and costs is a growing priority
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Our organization is equipped to oversee the collection, management and storage of data from our device sensors
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Our organization is equipped to oversee the collection, management and storage of data from our device sensors
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Management of device connectivity to reduce operational costs is a major priority in the next year
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
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sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Management of device connectivity to reduce operational costs is a major priority in the next year
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Ensuring pervasive connectivity, provisioning and device management is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Ensuring pervasive connectivity, provisioning and device management is a challenge
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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Big data, big problem? Are organizations effectively handling and analyzing the data?
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Collecting, managing and storing the data from the device sensors is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Collecting, managing and storing the data from the device sensors is a challenge
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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Analyzing the application-specific sensor data and connectivity data to obtain useful insights is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Analyzing the application-specific sensor data and connectivity data to obtain useful insights is a challenge
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All industry sectors combined
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Our organization is currently leveraging effective analytics to gain visibility into IoT data
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
United States & United Kingdom combined
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Our organization is currently leveraging effective analytics to gain visibility into IoT data
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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Challenges when building and developing for IoT
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Building the IoT device and the required sensor hardware is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Building the IoT device and the required sensor hardware is a challenge
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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Developing the IoT application and enabling for different platforms is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Developing the IoT application and enabling for different platforms is a challenge
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All industry sectors combined
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Integrating the IoT application with enterprise-wide data and application systems is a challenge
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
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United States & United Kingdom combined
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Integrating the IoT application with enterprise-wide data and application systems is a challenge
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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Bah Humbug! More pessimism in the UK compared to the US when it comes to IoT
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Our organization primarily develops IoT and M2M applications in-house
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Total 1,000-3,000 employees
More than 3,000 employees
Financial services
Manufacturing Retail, distribution and
transport
Other commercial
sector
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
United States & United Kingdom combined
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Our organization primarily develops IoT and M2M applications in-house
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Total UK US
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All industry sectors combined
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