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.
As in many sectors, AI has both accelerated and complicated IoT priorities and budgets. Vendors must adjust on the fly to win — or retain — their piece of the spending pie.
Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things, Budgets & Spending 2025 provides you with actionable data and insight to understand the key dynamics driving the information technology market.
Combining 451 Research’s industry-leading analysis with a proprietary global panel of IT decision-makers, Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things tracks the disruption occurring in the market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors.
This online survey of 592 respondents was conducted from Jan. 7 through Feb. 21, 2025. The margin of error for top-line statistics is +/- 4 points at the 95% confidence level.
As in many sectors, AI has both accelerated and complicated IoT priorities and budgets. Vendors must adjust on the fly to win — or retain — their piece of the spending pie.
Crosstabs (Excel tables | Download link in sidebar to the right) – Crosstabs of complete worldwide and regional survey results datasets, including key metrics and segmentation.
Charts and Figures (PowerPoint charts | Navigate charts in sidebar to the left | Download link in sidebar to the right) – PowerPoint slide deck of complete top-line survey results in charts and figures.
Data Insights Deck (PowerPoint charts | Coming soon) – PowerPoint slide deck of advanced charts supporting deeper analysis and insight.
The IoT platform market is evolving, and Aeris — with integration challenges but also technology and customer benefits from its Ericsson bet — is evolving along with it. As it addresses these challenges, Aeris will need nimble execution and a continued aggressive focus on growth.
The ongoing shift toward a digitally transformed and increasingly intelligent energy grid was among the overriding themes at the recent utility-focused Distributech 2025. Growing technology adoption is led by use of industrial IoT, AI, and machine learning to tackle long-standing challenges in grid reliability, security and efficiency.
While AI and IoT can be separate areas of research, their overlap, as imagined in a classic Venn diagram, is growing. Take five minutes to read five Voice of the Customer qualitative interview comments and what they mean.
At this year's National Retail Federation conference, there was a focus on how technology can empower employees while reducing customer friction. Sheryl Kingstone, Rich Karpinski and Jordan McKee return to the podcast to share their insights on the NRF conference with host Eric Hanselman.
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