With 2016 being foretold as the year of IoT, organizations are starting to wonder whether to choose younger IoT service providers for their hardware and software needs or to go with multinational giants like Microsoft, Amazon and IBM. We attempt to make the decision a little simpler for you.

Does bigger equal better when it comes to an IoT solution?

This question implies that size has something to do with implementing an IoT solution. Businesses are vast and varied and IoT integration benefits each and every one in a unique way. Not every business can afford an end-to-end IoT solution. Meanwhile, SMBs are having a difficult time deciding how to implement an IoT infrastructure. This is why choosing the right IoT provider becomes imperative for a business.

Assessing goals

Both long term and short term, IoT incorporation goals must be assessed by the business. A business must choose between implementing a core IoT infrastructure or a fragmented IoT solution. The model of the business usually determines this assessment.

Startup IoT providers can provide fragmented IoT solutions with their specialized skills. However, building a complex IoT infrastructure requires deployment of complex IoT devices. Few tech giants possess such deployment capabilities, never mind young IoT providers.

Determining a model

An IoT infrastructure can comprise either of integration solutions or automation architecture. Automation of business activities leads to speedier business processes. Integration of business activities leads to predictive analysis.

Automation requires for tech that IoT startups do not possess. For automated business architecture, multinational giants are the way to go. However, implementing data centric systems that predict customer behavior and offer incentivized products is what IoT startups are increasingly excelling at.

Crafting a solution

To gain maximum market share, an IoT solution must be productized. This is to make IoT deployment affordable to every business. However, making an IoT solution commercially viable will reduce its inherent complexity, in order to achieve user friendliness, thus, reducing overall flexibility of the solution.

Tech giants intend to commoditize their IoT solution, so that it is implementable across organizations. However, these products end up being highly generalized. For a unique product tailor made to suit the specific needs of a business, an IoT startup works better.

Leading the industry

Tech giants are industry leaders and shape the course that IoT will take into the future. They can pull out their formidable resources on implementing a core IoT solution. Young IoT providers have knowledge of local markets and provide small applications that can benefit businesses directly.

Finding the right IoT provider for your business is a difficult task. Hopefully these tips have simplified your dilemma. Answering the earlier question, size is a factor worth considering when choosing an IoT solution. But it’s the nature of your business and not the size of the IoT provider that matters. Keep that in mind before choosing your IoT service provider
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