Rich Karpinski is Research Director for 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things survey and advisory offering. In that 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 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.
The Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things, Budgets & Outlook 2020 survey wave was conducted during the months of March and April 2020. The survey represents approximately 500 completed questionnaires from pre-qualified IT decision-makers. In addition to regular quarterly topics, this survey also focuses on workloads and key projects related to IoT initiatives.
The Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things, Budgets & Outlook 2020 survey wave was conducted during the months of March and April 2020. The survey represents approximately 500 completed questionnaires from pre-qualified IT decision-makers. In addition to regular quarterly topics, this survey also focuses on workloads and key projects related to IoT initiatives.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with insights from our extensive community of mid-level and senior IT and line-of-business professionals, Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things (IoT) provides a broad, integrated view of enterprise strategy and initiatives, the business drivers, the underlying technology and the nature, pace and direction of IoT adoption. This Voice of the Enterprise: IoT, Budgets and Outlook advisory report is based on approximately 500 surveys conducted with a worldwide base of IT end-user decision makers. It provides insights into enterprise IoT spending and budget plans.
Operations professionals at industrial firms may cast a skeptical eye toward new IT technologies entering their realm, but they do recognize the positive impact of many new developments, led by new IoT connectivity options and AI-enabled analytics.
The Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things, Budgets & Outlook 2020 survey wave was conducted during the months of August 2019 through January 2020. The survey represents approximately 500 completed questionnaires and 24 hour-long interviews from pre-qualified IT decision-makers. In addition to regular quarterly topics, this survey also focuses on budget, spending and decision-making trends in IoT.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with a proprietary global panel of operational technology (OT) decision-makers, Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things, The Operational Technology Perspective tracks the disruption occurring in the market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors. The Voice of the Enterprise: IoT, OT Perspective survey was completed during the months of December 2019 and January 2020. The survey represents approximately 600 completes from pre-qualified OT decision-makers.
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