ABI believes that as IoT solutions continue to shift toward more processing and computing at the edge, devices need to be constantly updated to maintain the security of the solution and increase the value of the overall analytics solution. If the device cannot be updated, its long-term value It will stop. Therefore, the operations team needs tools for remote and efficient maintenance such as equipment management solutions. Since the solution may contain hundreds or thousands of devices, it is not easy to fix and update after the equipment is deployed.
Among them, the ratio of equipment management revenue to total equipment and application platform revenue will remain relatively stable. The value of these services will be an essential part of any end-to-end IoT solution. However, competition among existing service providers, The growth of market standards and new device management solutions from existing cloud providers such as Google, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft will continue to drive the commercialization of device management services.
Although commoditization of equipment management is a matter of degree, it can still be integrated by suppliers with other components of the IoT value chain to create solutions that bring value differentiation to end users and suppliers. The real value of device management solutions is that they are used to enhance the performance of IoT solutions and other areas, such as devices (such as Telit, Sierra Wireless, Cradlepoint or Eurotech), or as part of a larger platform (eg, Bosch, Mentor Graphic, or Wind River). Companies that want to succeed in this area are not simply device management providers, but companies that integrate their DM products with other IoT solution components. The IoT market brings differentiated value