While I often attend Mobile World Congress in Barcelona during February, this was my first experience of IoTSW Congress and seeing Barcelona in October. The show is growing impressively, doubling the number of exhibitors and attendees compared to 2015. If this pace holds up, IoTSWC could surpass MWC within three years, such is the growth potential for the IoT industry.
In addition to three speaking slots – one for the Industrial Internet Consortium, another for Intel’s Corporate Strategy group and a third on main Congress track - I had several discussions with industrial businesses, investors and solution providers about the state of the market.
Here are a few observations that stood out from the event.