Ian Skerrett, Author at IIoT World

Senior marketing and product management executive with over 25 years experience in the software industry. He helps companies build successful marketing and communication strategies for complex products. Specific focus on IoT and Open Source Software.

Specialties: introducing new products, strategic planning, marketing execution, building online communities, press relations, open source software

May 12, 2022 · Connected Industry

What is the best way to ingest IoT data to Microsoft Azure?

Azure is widely considered to be one of the top 2 cloud platforms, along with AWS. Azure is also considered the top cloud platform for IoT applications. HiveMQ and IIoT World ran a survey that showed for companies implementing IIoT strategies, 26.1% are using Azure, 18.5% use AWS, and 17.8% are a private cloud self-hosted […]

February 3, 2022 · Connected Industry

[Survey Results] MQTT Widely Used in IIoT

For the last 2 years, HiveMQ has been actively promoting the use of MQTT in the Industrial IoT (IIoT) industry. We have seen a lot of interest in using MQTT to break down the proprietary data silos to modernize factory automation and remote asset management. Our participation in the Sparkplug specification has been directly tied […]

September 8, 2021 · Connected Industry

Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car

The automotive industry is seeing increasing demands to offer connectivity solutions to consumers. Digitalization and connectivity have been top priorities for automotive executives for the last several years. In fact, connected car market size is projected to grow to US$ 225.16 billion by 2027, an average growth rate of 17.1% from 2019. The growth of […]