08/14/18 Big Three Verticals for Servitization

Peggy asks: Are services really that important to growth? Simply, yes. She goes on to explain that IoT global spending will reach more than $772 billion in 2018—up about 14.5%. Even more, by 2021, services spending is expected to nearly equal hardware spending. She dives into vertical markets, saying in 2018 the industries that stand out in terms of the most money spent in IoT will include manufacturing, transportation, and utilities. In all three, asset management will be an important driver of IoT spending. She also takes a look at servitization in action, pointing to an example from Rolls-Royce and its Nor Lines. Servitization requires companies to think differently and step outside the box, she explains.