Microsoft beats Amazon and Huawei to top spot for IoT platforms, says Counterpoint

By James Bourne | 1st June 2020 | TechForge Media http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/

Categories: Enterprise, IoT,

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Microsoft has been ranked the number one IoT platform provider ahead of Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to analysis from Counterpoint Research - as the largest cloud providers see success in extending their IoT capabilities to the edge.

The report, put together using Counterpoint's CORE rating - competitive rankings and evaluation - saw the Redmond giant take the gold medal based across eight components. Vendors were analysed on adoption and outlook, ecosystem growth,...