Mark Thirman

I’m headed to #CES2026 this year.

IoT moving back to growth: "Global cellular IoT module shipments grew 23% year-over-year (YoY) in Q1 2025, the fifth consecutive quarter of growth as the market rebounds from a widespread inventory correction." according to new research from IoT Analytics

The edge is big per Beecham: "$261B market by 2025 – expected to grow to $380B by 2028"

New Year resolution #1. Never use the word “agentic.”

I predict that the most overused word for next year will be “agentic.” It will hopefully displace “cyber.”

New IoT predictions: iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/4…

Just call it “IoT.” spectrum.ieee.org/amp/topologica…

60 years ago: ibm.com/history/system…

Worldwide spending on edge computing is expected to be $232 billion in 2024, an increase of 15.4% over 2023, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC). #edge

#connectedCar is still a big thing: the number of connected vehicles in service is forecast to reach 367 million globally in 2027, up from 192 million in 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research

“The installed base of IoT devices using embedded SIM (SIM) technology will top 3.6 billion by 2030, up from just over one billion in 2023” rcrwireless.com/20240214/inter…

Pleased to announce this: newsroom.ibm.com/American-Tower…

"The global IoT platform market is anticipated to surpass $23.7bn by 2030 reflecting a CAGR of 14.1%" #IoT is still a big thing. iotm2mcouncil.org/iot-library/ne…

I expect to be at CES and MWC.

It’s just called IoT. Used to be called M2M. Not sure about these other contrivances. venturebeat.com/security/nashv…

Again, stop using “internet of ___.” Not really useful or accurate: opensourceforu.com/2023/12/the-fu…

I suggest we stop using “Internet of …”. eetimes.com/how-a-function…

Market stat du jour (per nasdaq) Valued at $231.12 billion in 2023, the global cloud market is expected to reach a whopping $2.2 trillion by 2030, clocking a CAGR of 37% over the period #Cloud

It’s been a good run.