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Evaluating Edge & IoT this quarter? This page brings together what changed, which companies are most active, what practitioners are asking and how to build a shortlist.
Connected devices, industrial IoT and edge computing: hardware, connectivity and software that run outside the data centre.
What changed recently
Start with the news. These are the Edge & IoT stories getting the most attention right now, so you know what has shifted before you talk to anyone.
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The industrial edge management market is reaching the next level of growth, and Siemens is a driving force
By Arnold Vogt & Marc Fischer PAC just published its latest analysis of the industrial edge management market in July 2026. The PAC RADAR 2026 is our annual review of the vendor landscape in this segment. It helps understand the dynamics of the competitive environment. However, the analysis is more than just a vendor benchmark. […]
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Autóipari alapanyaggyártó turbózta fel 40 éves gépét
A negyven évnél régebbi ipari berendezések korszerűsítése az autóipari beszállítói láncban sem ritka jelenség – erről Pálla Csaba, a Siemens Zrt. szakembere számolt be egy svájci esettanulmány kapcsán. A történet főszereplője a Constellium Valais SA, amely alumíniumprofilokat gyárt többek között jármű- és autóipari felhasználásra, és amely egy több mint negyven éve üzemelő, „Made in West […]
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Fire safety: from a compliance obligation to a strategic enabler of autonomous buildings
For decades, fire safety systems have been viewed primarily through the lens of compliance. Essential, yes – but rarely seen as a contributor to performance, resilience, or sustainability. As buildings become smarter and more autonomous, that perspective needs to change. Across industries, aging fire safety infrastructure often hides significant inefficiencies: high false alarm rates,…
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SmartSense Report: 79% of Loss and Organized Retail Crime Prevention Leaders More Concerned About Cargo Theft Than Ever Before
Survey shows growing concern around cargo theft becoming more organized, sophisticated and frequent
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Particle M635e Achieves Skylo Certification for Satellite IoT Connectivity
The first Particle device with cellular, Wi-Fi and satellite NTN connectivity, helping global IoT deployments stay connected beyond terrestrial network coverage
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Sörgyári futószalagoktól a mexikói célgépekig
Mi zajlik valójában a gyárkapuk mögött? Egy magyar mérnöki iroda sörgyárak logisztikáját automatizálja, egy másik cég autóipari célgépeket szállít Mexikóba, a harmadik pedig azon dolgozik, hogy a legújabb épületgépészeti technológia működjön egy floridai hotelben, míg egy másik Csehországban valósít meg palackozási megoldást. Az „Inspiráló ipari projektek” podcast sorozat újabb epizódjai olyan…
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The Physical Reality of Cyber Threats: Why OT Awareness is the New Frontier of Institutional Safety
The day the doors stayed shut In August 2026, a major hospital in Canada became the center of a new kind of crisis. It wasn’t a medical outbreak or a natural disaster. It was a digital intrusion that spilled into the physical world. While clinical teams continued to treat patients, the building systems themselves were […]
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Particle by Digi Showcases Edge AI, Satellite Connectivity and Complete Embedded Solutions at Embedded World North America 2026
New demonstrations highlight intelligent edge processing, multi-protocol connectivity, satellite-enabled IoT and cloud-connected device management for connected product development
Companies to know in Edge & IoT
Those stories keep returning to the same names. These are the companies we track in this category; each profile has its news, solutions and published reviews.
Siemens
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Siemens is a German technology company, Siemens AG, headquartered in Munich and founded in 1847. Its Digital Industries business sells SIMATIC automation and Industrial Edge products, Siemens Xcelerator software including Teamcenter, NX and Insights Hub, and Altair simulation software; other businesses cover smart infrastructure and rail. Siemens is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
PTC
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PTC is a US industrial software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1985 as Parametric Technology Corporation. It sells product lifecycle and engineering software including Creo CAD, Windchill PLM, Onshape, Codebeamer and ServiceMax, and sold its ThingWorx and Kepware industrial IoT businesses to TPG in March 2026. PTC serves manufacturers and is listed on Nasdaq.
Amazon Web Services
Seattle, Washington, USA
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon, headquartered in Seattle and launching its core services in 2006. It offers on-demand infrastructure and platform services including EC2 compute, S3 storage, databases such as Aurora and DynamoDB, EKS containers, IoT, analytics, Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker for AI, and Trainium and Graviton custom chips.
Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, USA
Microsoft is a global technology company whose enterprise portfolio spans the Azure cloud platform, Microsoft 365 productivity software, Dynamics 365 business applications, security products and developer tools such as GitHub. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is one of the largest providers of cloud and AI services to businesses.
Cisco
San Jose, California, USA
Cisco is a US networking and security company founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California. It sells enterprise, data centre and service provider networking (Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, Silicon One), security products including firewalls and Cisco Security Cloud, Splunk observability and security analytics, and Webex collaboration. It completed its acquisition of Splunk in 2024.
HPE
Spring (Houston), Texas, USA
HPE, the primary brand of Hewlett Packard Enterprise since June 2025, is a US enterprise technology company that sells servers, storage, networking and hybrid cloud services, including the HPE GreenLake cloud platform. Formed in 2015 when Hewlett-Packard split in two, HPE focuses on edge-to-cloud infrastructure and AI, and it expanded its networking business by acquiring Juniper Networks in July 2025.
Dell Technologies
Round Rock, Texas, USA
Dell Technologies is an American technology company headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. It sells PCs, servers, storage, networking and data protection products and services, including PowerEdge servers, PowerStore, PowerScale and PowerMax storage, PowerProtect data protection and the Dell AI Factory. Dell was founded by Michael Dell in 1984; Dell Technologies was formed in 2016 when Dell acquired EMC. It is listed on the NYSE (DELL).
Intel
Santa Clara, California, USA
Intel is a US semiconductor company that designs and manufactures x86 processors, including Xeon data centre CPUs and Core client processors, along with Gaudi AI accelerators, networking and edge computing products. Through Intel Foundry it also manufactures chips for external customers. Founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Intel is listed on Nasdaq.
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a semiconductor and computing platform company that designs GPUs, CPUs, networking and software for AI, data centres, gaming, professional visualisation and automotive. Its data centre portfolio includes Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, Grace CPUs, DGX systems, InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, and the CUDA and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software stacks. Founded in 1993, NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and listed on Nasdaq.
Qualcomm
San Diego, California, USA
Qualcomm is a US semiconductor and wireless technology company headquartered in San Diego, California, founded in 1985. It designs Snapdragon system-on-chips, 5G modems and RF systems for smartphones, PCs, vehicles and IoT devices, and licenses its extensive portfolio of cellular patents. Qualcomm also sells edge AI platforms and Cloud AI inference accelerators, and is listed on Nasdaq.
Schneider Electric
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Schneider Electric is a French multinational energy management and industrial automation company, Schneider Electric SE, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, with origins in 1836. It sells the EcoStruxure IoT-enabled architecture, Modicon controllers, APC uninterruptible power supplies, data centre power and cooling, and AVEVA industrial software. Schneider Electric is listed on Euronext Paris.
Rockwell Automation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Rockwell Automation is a US industrial automation and digital transformation company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with roots in the Allen-Bradley company founded in 1903. It sells Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers, drives, motion and safety products, FactoryTalk industrial software, Plex manufacturing execution systems and Fiix maintenance software. Rockwell Automation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Honeywell Technologies
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Honeywell Technologies is the name under which Honeywell operates as a pure-play automation company following the June 2026 spin-off of Honeywell Aerospace. Its industrial IoT and edge offerings include Honeywell Forge software, Experion process control systems, building management platforms and connected sensors and devices. With roots dating to 1906, Honeywell Technologies is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and listed on Nasdaq.
Bosch
Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Bosch (Robert Bosch GmbH) is a German engineering and technology group founded in 1886 by Robert Bosch and headquartered in Gerlingen near Stuttgart. It operates in mobility, industrial technology, consumer goods and energy and building technology, and supplies MEMS sensors, IoT software and connected industrial solutions. It is majority owned by the charitable Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Samsara
San Francisco, California, USA
Samsara is a US industrial IoT company headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015 by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket. Its Connected Operations Platform combines vehicle telematics, AI dash cams, equipment and asset tracking, site visibility and workflow applications for fleets and physical operations in transportation, construction, field services, utilities and the public sector. Samsara is listed on the NYSE.
Particle
San Francisco, California, USA
Particle is an IoT platform company that provides connected hardware modules, cellular connectivity and cloud software for building, deploying and managing fleets of connected devices. Its offerings include Wi-Fi and cellular development boards and system-on-modules, Device OS, the Particle Device Cloud and over-the-air updates. Founded in 2012 by Zach Supalla, originally as Spark, Particle was acquired by Digi International in January 2026.
ABB
Zurich, Switzerland
ABB is a Swiss-Swedish electrification and automation company formed in 1988 by the merger of ASEA and Brown, Boveri & Cie. Headquartered in Zurich, it supplies electrification products, motion and drive systems, process and discrete automation, and the ABB Ability industrial IoT and digital platform to utilities, industry, infrastructure and transport operators worldwide.
Advantech
Taipei, Taiwan
Advantech is a Taiwanese industrial computing company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Taipei. It makes embedded boards and systems, industrial PCs, edge computers, IoT gateways, industrial networking and display products, and its WISE-IoT software, serving manufacturing, energy, transport, healthcare, retail and other industrial markets.
Digi International
Hopkins, Minnesota, USA
Digi International is an American Internet of Things company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota. It provides IoT connectivity hardware, including cellular routers, gateways, embedded modules such as XBee, and console servers from its Opengear subsidiary, along with device management software such as Digi Remote Manager and IoT solutions. Digi International is listed on Nasdaq (DGII).
Emerson
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Emerson is an American industrial automation technology company founded in 1890 and headquartered in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. It provides control systems, measurement instruments, valves, test and measurement equipment and industrial software, including DeltaV and Ovation control systems, Rosemount and Fisher products, NI test systems and AspenTech software. Emerson Electric Co. is listed on the NYSE (EMR).
What practitioners are asking
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