Download our 2026 report on IoT connectivity
In 2025, we’ve driven an exploration with the desire to better understand the experiences and hurdles faced by equipment manufacturers in the realm of IoT connectivity.
It took dozens of interviews with R&D managers, lead software engineers from companies of all sizes, and hundreds of responses to quantitative surveys combined with extensive online research to have a global overview, which we are excited to distill and share with you through this synthesis.
You will find in this report:
- An overview of the challenges encountered by your peers
- Solutions and best practices to build smart products and start selling services based on your product data
- Decision matrices designed to help you select between “make or buy”
- Insights and prospects on the future of IoT connectivity for equipment manufacturers
Pierre GAL has been supporting equipment manufacturers for over 20 years, helping them define the best technical solution to connect their innovative products.
Pierre is now Head of Product Development for The Embedded Kit, a software product ecosystem that aims to give OEMs all the tools and knowledge they need to build, connect, test, and secure their embedded systems without vendor or provider lock-in.
