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Siemens Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms
December 7, 2021 | SiemensEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT platforms. Gartner, a leading worldwide IT research and advisory firm, evaluates vendors on the quality and efficacy of the processes, systems, methods or procedures that enable IT provider performance to be competitive, efficient and effective. Vendors are also rated on the ability to positively impact revenue, retention and reputation within Gartner’s view of the market.
Siemens is positioned as the sole vendor in the “Visionaries” Quadrant in the report on its first participation in the research. Gartner describes Visionaries in a market as the innovators that drive the market forward by responding to emerging, leading-edge customer demands and by offering new opportunities to excel.
“We consider our positioning in the Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT platforms by Gartner as a confirmation of the leadership of MindSphere in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and of our mission to empower industries to generate new insights with IoT and AI,” said Ray Kok, Senior Vice President of Cloud Application Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “We continue to innovate while we execute on our product roadmap. With every MindSphere update, we deliver a truly revolutionary product that is helping customers across industries leverage IIoT to drive digital transformation.”
MindSphere®, Siemens’ industrial IoT as a service solution, powers the IoT from the edge to the cloud with advanced analytics and AI. Part of Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio, it integrates seamlessly with Siemens’ other software and services to enable powerful solutions, including the full realization of the closed-loop digital twin. Built to leverage the Mendix™ application development platform, it empowers customers, partners and the full Siemens organization to quickly build and integrate personalized IoT applications, allowing customized business use cases to quickly take shape. Combining MindSphere and Siemens’ Industrial Edge solutions with automation data and data in context, comprehensive and revolutionary IoT solutions can be simpler to implement and will aim to deliver instant added value.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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