IoT & Embedded Technology


Internet of Things (IoT) market opportunities are driving rapid change in the technology ecosystem. VDC Research covers new and evolving IoT and embedded technology solutions, combining research-driven commentary, analysis, market sizing, forecasting, and competitive analysis. Our analysts interview thousands of IoT and embedded engineers, decision-makers, and influencers across all major verticals to gain in-depth insight into their project requirements, solution selection criteria,preferences, spending, and more to help our clients make critical decisions with confidence.

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Featured Reports


The IoT Market for PKI & Digital Certificates

This report examines and sizes the IoT market for PKI keys, digital certificates, and related software and services. It includes discussion of trends, vertical markets, leading vendors, and selected insights from VDC Research’s survey...

Requirements Management & Definition Tools

Requirements management (RM) and product line engineering (PLE) tools have emerged as a successful solution for managing increased complexity and vulnerability within development projects, both in the embedded/IoT...

MBSE Solutions & Software/System Modeling Tools

Model-based System Engineering (MBSE) practices have fundamentally rejuvenated the uses and commercial market for modeling tools in recent years. Now engineering organizations are looking to scale deployments...

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Featured Blog Posts

LiveWorx 2023: A Cloud-Native Future

During his keynote speech at LiveWorx 2023, PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) CEO Jim Heppelmann emphasized the company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) strategy, laying a roadmap for a widespread cloudification of the company’s portfolio. PTC covered a plethora of company-specific and industry-wide topics...

PTC LiveWorx: Unlocking Value Through Service Lifecycle Management

This week, PTC hosted its LiveWorx event, a trade show and convention focusing on digital transformation and product lifecycle innovation, in person for the first time in four years...

M&A Activity within the PKI Market

Public key infrastructure (PKI) has long played a critical role in the security of the Internet. With the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the exponential growth of systems and devices connecting to the Internet and communicating with each other, a need for unique, comprehensive, and adaptable PKI solutions has...

RSA 2023: AI & IIoT

At this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, artificial intelligence was the hot topic. On one hand, industry participants were concerned about the potential of AI, for example, to write better malware or craft more effective phishing emails. On the other hand, vendors were positioning themselves to leverage AI to improve cybersecurity...