ACCREDENT INSIGHTS: December 2015

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Roundup of Internet of Things Forecasts and Market Estimates, 2015

Forbes Roundup Of IoT Forecasts and Market Estimates

Louis Columbus' December 27th Forbes article provides a good summary of what is projected to happen with the Internet of Things. The article includes a number of interesting infographics.

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Internet of Things and Data Analytics Playing Dominate Role in Merger & Acquisition in 2015

The latest M&A trend reports show of the 1,069 technology-related transactions tracked in 3Q 2015, IoT topped the chart in average value per deal at $1.2 billion followed by Big Data Analytics at $800 million. Many deals were cross-industry and between non-tech and tech companies. Companies involved in M&As of IoT valued at more than $5 billion, included: Carlyle, GICPrivate, Veritas Information, Honeywell-Elster.

Year to date, there were 114 IoT deals tracked (compared with 56 for all of 2014) with total value of $31.9 billion (compared with $13 billion for full-year 2014). Big Data Analytics deals of had a total value of $29.5 billion year to date, more than double that of its 2014 total.

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Accredent has been successful partnering with business leaders of corporations and emerging ventures to develop and transform their businesseses, accelerate revenue, growth and enterprise value through the Internet of Things. accredent.com

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