Rich Karpinski is Senior Research Analyst for the Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things (IoT) survey and advisory offering at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this capacity, Rich tracks, analyzes and anticipates the pace and direction of IoT adoption, overseeing 451's quarterly survey of IoT adopters and twice-annual survey of operations technology (OT) professionals. As a member of 451's IoT team, Rich also is responsible for smart city and smart spaces coverage. In addition to that role, Rich closely tracks the evolution of mobile operator business models – including IoT and other digital service strategies – and works with 451's mobile operator customers to help them understand market trends and plot strategies.
Rich joined 451 Research in 2013 with the company's acquisition of mobility research firm Yankee Group. Before that, Karpinski was editor-in-chief of Connected Planet (formerly Telephony), where he led a staff in covering the service provider market. He has spent a career covering high-tech markets – both telecom and enterprise IT – for publications including Interactive Age, Communications Week, Information Week and Network Computing, working in marketing for supply chain software provider E2open and as an analyst for Net Market Makers.
Karpinski holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MS from Syracuse University.
Industrial IoT has reached maturity, with three-quarters of IIoT implementors indicating that their efforts have reached a “mid-stage” level or beyond, with strategy, deployments, teams, and budgets in place and growing. In this report, we provide insights into key IIoT benchmarks to assess the relative maturity of individual companies and industries on their path to operationally driven digital transformation.
The company has shipped new developer tools for connecting devices to its Sidewalk IoT network. Covering 90% of the US, the shared IoT network could have massive reach and potential if challenges around consumer acceptance and commercial interest can be addressed.
The deal should help the buyer accelerate its growth strategy, focusing on providing customers with a unified, seamless approach to launching IoT services. For Twilio, the pullback from IoT is in line with its focus on profitability in its core business.
Almost half of industrial IoT implementors say their efforts have reached a "mid-stage" level, with strategy, deployments, teams and budgets in place and growing.
Overall, consumers appear comfortable with relying on software and sensors to assist in basic tasks like parking, changing lanes and overcoming blind spots. That said, interest in moving to "high" or "full" levels of autonomous driving is much rarer today.
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