Rich Karpinski is Principal Analyst and channel lead for the 451 Research Internet of Things and Applied Infrastructure & DevOps channels within S&P Global Market Intelligence. 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. Before joining 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019), Rich was mobile services analyst for Yankee Group and a technology editor for a range of industry publications in both telecom and enterprise IT. 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. Rich holds holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University.
By embedding AI-driven solutions and edge orchestration into its IoT stack, Verizon is positioning itself to compete — and partner — more effectively in the increasingly multi-faceted IoT and digital services ecosystem.
Edge infrastructure is increasingly vital for organizations aiming to process data closer to its source, enhancing real-time responsiveness and supporting emerging technologies such as AI and private 5G. As enterprises deploy edge solutions to improve customer experience and optimize operations, they face challenges related to cost, security and performance. The evolving edge landscape demands strategic clarity and vendor support to successfully transition from experimentation to execution.
Voice of the Enterprise: Edge Infrastructure & Services focuses on key dynamics and requirements driving the enterprise implementation and use of infrastructure that sits outside of centralized public cloud and datacenters, closer to end users, connected machines and sensors.
The Edge Infrastructure & Services, Use Cases & Barriers 2025 survey examines the types of edge services and resources organizations are adopting, and the drivers of and barriers to spending on edge infrastructure and technologies.
Two-part online surveys were conducted in March and April 2025. The main survey consists of ~350 respondents. The margin of error for top-line statistics is +/- 5 points at the 95% confidence level.
Edge imperative impacts infrastructure spending – Highlights from VotE: Edge Infrastructure & Services (Spotlight)
Edge infrastructure is increasingly vital for organizations aiming to process data closer to its source, enhancing real-time responsiveness and supporting emerging technologies such as AI and private 5G. As enterprises deploy edge solutions to improve customer experience and optimize operations, they face challenges related to cost, security and performance. The evolving edge landscape demands strategic clarity and vendor support to successfully transition from experimentation to execution.
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The company recently laid out a strategy centered on embedding AI across its businesses and a focus on helping customers deploy mission-critical IT/OT converged systems. Maturing into its new organizational structure while competing with a range of large global rivals is its biggest challenge.
Leveraging WebAssembly as its edge computing driver may not be the typical — or quickest — route to edge success, but it could pay dividends for Fastly as a next-generation enabler of highly distributed, critically secure, low-footprint edge applications.
The vendor's strategic pivot integrates satellite, LTE/5G IoT and terrestrial Band 53 technologies, expanding its addressable market as it navigates a fast-growing, yet competitive, IoT satellite services market. It also faces significant device compatibility and network integration challenges.
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