Rich Karpinski is principal analyst and channel lead for the Internet of Things and Applied Infrastructure & DevOps channels at 451 Research from S&P Global Energy Horizons. Rich tracks, analyzes and anticipates the pace and direction of IoT adoption, as well as the use of IoT to enable vertical industry transformation. As part of that work, he oversees a quarterly survey of IoT adopters and a twice-annual survey of operations technology (OT) professionals. Rich’s recent areas of concentration include IoT connectivity and managed platform services, IoT edge computing, IT/OT collaboration, IoT market sizing and data flow analysis, IoT digital maturity analysis, and the adoption of IoT use cases across a variety of sectors. Before joining 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global in 2019), Rich was a mobile services analyst for Yankee Group and a technology editor for a range of industry publications in both telecom and enterprise IT. Rich holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University.
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With the deal, SUSE is moving beyond edge plumbing and into industrial outcomes by adding low-code workflows and dashboards, as well as advancing an open, interoperable industrial internet of things stack that challenges proprietary platform lock-in.
Modernization is accelerating, but long‑standing operational constraints still dictate architectural choices. Enterprises balance cloud, edge and AI ambitions with integration limits, skills gaps and governance realities that shape adoption patterns.
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