Jane Clabby takes a look at IBM’s recent formation of an IoT division, Microsoft’s new capabilities for the Azure platform and Plex Systems' cloud delivery model and strength in machine-to-machine communications.
"In my last blog on the Internet of Things (IoT), I profiled two startups with solutions for IoT analytics. But with IT research firms such as IDC predicting that IoT will be a $7.1 trillion market by 2020, I knew it wouldn’t take long for big players such as Microsoft and IBM to jump on the IoT bandwagon. Other smaller vendors are rolling out solutions as well."