In the growing field of internet-operated devices, services and business worldwide, it is essential to keep control. Axiros' solutions allow clients to monitor and interact with any device in near real-time. They also work with any service – and help you to orchestrate clients' Internet of Things (IoT) with a minimum of handling: Good for telecommunication companies or service providers – and even better for any device manufacturer or hardware supplier with lean service organizations.

Exosite is a technology company focused on connecting devices and systems. They have been developing embedded technologies for over 20 years - and have first-hand experience dealing with the lack of connectivity between devices, networks and users. Year founded: 2009

Alleantia supports machinery manufacturers and large enterprises with the most demanding needs using Internet of Things (IoT) turnkey solutions encompassing device integration to enterprise applications, remote surveillance and control, machines data analytics. Year founded: 2011 Revenue: $1 - 10 million (2014 est.)

3S-Smart Software Solutions was founded in 1994 by Dieter Hess and Manfred Werner who jointly manage the company today. The company’s core products are the IEC 61131-3 Development System CODESYS and the corresponding platform independent Runtime System CODESYS Control. Today, 3S-Smart Software Solutions employs over 100 specialists who develop and market the CODESYS product line. CODESYS is used in all sectors of the automation industry in all sorts of different applications by manufacturers of intelligent automation devices as well as end users (from the plant or machine building industry) and system integrators.

Axiros provides the Axiros Axperience IoT platform, which is available to clients in two forms: as an IoT PaaS and as a set of discrete, container-based software components (for example, Docker and systemd) that clients and partners can deploy in their data center, private or third-party cloud infrastructure. The Axperience offering includes components providing a range of device connectivity protocols, Authentication, provisioning, policy management, device Configuration Management, device inventory, data collection, analytics and API management capabilities. All these capabilities are also available as services of the IoT PaaS rendition of the platform. The IoT platform is complemented by the Axiros Axact – the edge software technology that provides TR-069-based management and connectivity into Axperience for devices supporting a variety of protocols, including MQTT, D-Bus, Zigbee, Z-Wave and others. On top of the Axperience IoT Platform, the company also makes available applications for the smart home, smart grid and POS automation.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global network of physical devices communicating with each other, usually through powerful cloud applications that add data processing, aggregation, and analysis to provide business insights and benefits that would not otherwise be feasible. A classic example of IoT products is that light bulbs can be controlled remotely through a connection to the internet. This could be accomplished directly by a user on a remote device to turn on a light before getting home. It could also be accomplished automatically by intelligence in the cloud that uses data from other sensors around the house and other internet services to predict what the user will want. Exosite partners with companies to help their enterprise optimize the right IoT strategy, unearthing opportunities along the way.

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings countless disruptive opportunities to the Enterprise. Any company can exploit IoT capabilities to optimize the use of resources, business processes, product quality. Moreover, Enterprises can then create innovative business models and competitive ‘pay per use’ or hybrid models for their industrial products, and additional services developed using ‘things information’. By creating its own Internet of Things Enterprises can get full and continuous information from devices, machines and systems, enable control and interactions, and use these features in new or existing business applications. This is why in Alleantia they talk about the Internet Of Own Things (IOOT), that every company must implement for supporting its specific business.

Beltelecom, Vodafone, Swisscom, Tele2, T Systems

ClearConnex, Quarq, Verizon, Genie, Parker Hannifin

Brembo, TIM, Ansaldo Energia, Microsoft, Advantech, Dell