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Digital Transformation potential in AgTech

Digital technologies hold tremendous potential to transform the Agriculture sector by improving the efficiency of farming methods, resulting in better utilisation of resources and energy. The core driver behind rising adoption of digital technologies in this sector is the need for sustainable and consistent production, helping the industry overcome the challenge of high food demand with limited resources (especially water and land), climate change and increasing cost of labour and raw materials.

Digital transformation in Agriculture incorporates the use of granular monitoring techniques (with sensors), drones, agricultural vehicles and robots to optimise the use of resources (seed, fertilizers, water) and quickly react to threats (weeds, pests, fungi). Most of the DX solutions discussed in this document benefit businesses by improving yields, enhancing the quality of crops, improving farm productivity and reducing production costs (including labour costs). Furthermore, they significantly contribute towards sustainability goals by reducing water usage, food wastage, preventing groundwater contamination, and reducing the amount of fuel used in trips taken by farmers for monitoring fields.

Nine key domains of change in AgTech

Overall, we have identified nine key domains of change in the Agriculture sector that are enabled by digital transformation, as illustrated below.

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These domains of change are discussed in more detail in our report Digital Transformation in the Agriculture Sector:

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The domains of change discussed in the report comprise:

  • Crop Management refers to monitoring of crop, soil and plant conditions via in-field sensors or satellite imagery by collecting and analysing data such as temperature, moisture and fertility.
  • Automatic Irrigation Systems considers automation of irrigation activity based on data collected from Crop Management sensors, smart weather stations, weather reports, and other environmental factors.
  • Livestock Management considers the use of digitally transformative technologies for monitoring the health and location of livestock.
  • Indoor Vertical Farming and Smart Greenhouses includes use of technologies in controlled environments, customised to the vegetation needs in a greenhouse or indoor farms (using hydroponics or aeroponics).
  • Drone Farming refers to the use of drones to enhance various agricultural practices including crop health assessment, irrigation, field analysis, crop spraying and planting.
  • Farm Automation and Robots includes all automation solutions (not included elsewhere) used to undertake repetitive labour-intensive tasks performed by farmers, particularly robots used for harvesting, seeding, weeding, and autonomous vehicles such as tractors.
  • Farm Management includes platforms for integration of data collected from all devices and sources for maximising productivity, farm planning and managing operations.
  • Produce Monitoring covers the use of digital transformation technologies in post-harvesting but before processing operations; mainly focussing on quality control & sorting in farm storage.
  • Supply Monitoring encompasses tracking of input resources such as fertilizers, fuel/diesel, feed (in livestock farming) and water.

Collectively, the activities listed above will bring significant changes to the AgTech sector.

IoT and AgTech

IoT is one of the key technology groups impacting the Agriculture sector and further detail and analysis of key IoT applications for the Agriculture sector can be found in Transforma Insight’s Forecast Insight Reports. Some of these applications are directly relevant to the sector, whilst others are only indirectly related.

Directly related IoT applications and Forecast Insight Reports include:

  • Worker Safety – This report focuses on lone worker safety solutions across various industry verticals, particularly those involving dangerous environments such as logging and mining. It also covers personal monitoring and support solutions, including bodycams, for fire service, police, and emergency medical service personnel.
  • Asset Monitoring – This application group encompasses a variety of assets that are suitable for remote monitoring. This includes the monitoring of livestock and associated applications such as automated feeders. It also covers the monitoring of fitness equipment located in gyms and other shared contexts. Tracking and monitoring of equipment in ambulances is also incorporated as part of the healthcare vertical. Furthermore, this Application Group includes connected video gaming machines, gambling machines and other devices such as pachinko machines. Monitoring the condition, availability, and use of assets important to public health such as life rings and defibrillators is also present in this application group, including access to potentially dangerous infrastructure such as substations.
  • Environment Monitoring – The use of sensors to monitor for a diverse range of pollutants or other environmental factors. This might include CO2, flood water, radioactivity, seismic shock, or pollutants from industrial processes, as well as seismic, tsunami, hurricane, and flood monitoring.
  • Crop & Aquaculture Management – This Application Group covers the monitoring of crops and agricultural land for soil condition and local environmental data. This Application Group also includes monitoring in an aquacultural context.
  • Unmanned Non-Road Vehicles – The Unmanned Non-Road Vehicles Application Group represents autonomous wheeled and tracked vehicles used for transporting materials, performing specific tasks or other similar activity in verticals such as agriculture, construction, mining, manufacturing, baggage handling, warehousing, space exploration or emergency response. The types of vehicles covered in this Application Group include forklifts, bomb-disposal vehicles, portside automated vehicles, straddle carriers and other specialised vehicles.
  • Remote Process Control – This Application Group refers to the remote monitoring of equipment to manage devices or machines in the context of a wider business process and to integrate machine data with a particular focus on industrial and agricultural processes. Includes factory automation, airport automation systems and baggage handling, and automated port systems. Excludes warehousing. Also part of this Application Group is crop irrigation, including connections to, and control systems for, systems that are deployed in the open air and also in closed environments such as greenhouses.
  • Unmanned Aquatic & Aerial Vehicles (Drones) – This Application Group consists of two main categories: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which include fixed-wing and rotor wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for military, government, consumer, or commercial use, and Unmanned Aquatic Vehicles that comprises small underwater and surface vehicles, typically manufactured for military use or exploration.

Indirectly related IoT applications and Forecast Insight Reports include:

  • Real World Visualisation
  • Trigger Devices – Simple devices that are triggered and indicate the need for action, such as something which is full and needs to be emptied or something which is empty and needs to be filled. Examples include buttons for room service, table service, replenishment of communal supplies, commercial mail delivery and collection boxes, and customer voting buttons.
  • Global IoT Forecast Report, 2024-2034
  • Global AIoT Forecast, 2023-2033
  • Road Fleet Management – Road Fleet Management covers in-vehicle transportation logistics solutions including job allocation, vehicle tracking, vehicle and driver monitoring, maintenance planning, safety compliance, fuel management, and incident management. It can be delivered as a service via a dedicated aftermarket device or through factory-fit connectivity (accessed via the vehicle head unit). The forecast takes both heavy- and light-duty vehicles into consideration. It includes devices deployed in cars, vans, trucks, and buses, along with heavy vehicles such as tractors, combine harvesters, pile drivers, tunnelling machines, cranes, and other off-road equipment.
  • Global IoT Forecast Report, 2023-2033

Other content and related analysis

Besides the detailed sector-focussed content described above, Transforma Insights offers an extensive range of thematic- and vendor-focussed research that will prove invaluable to any end-user seeking to leverage new and emerging digitally transformative technologies.

Of particular note are our Vendor Insight and CSP Peer Benchmarking reports, which provide detailed profiles of leading vendors who might be able to support a range of end-user digital transformation projects.

Our Key Topic Insight reports focus on the qualitative aspects of Digital Transformation, including investigation of interesting or noteworthy topics.

Detailed analysis of regulations that might apply to digitally transformative projects around the world can be found in our Regulatory Database. Meanwhile, our Case Study Database contains more than 1,000 case studies of technology implementations. Each case study contains detailed information on the specifics of the deployment. Used in aggregate it can provide unrivalled guidance on project prioritisation, best practice and vendor selection.

Sector Focus

Sector Report

Digital Transformation in the Agriculture Sector

REPORT | JUN 05, 2023 | Suruchi Dhingra
This report examines digital transformation (DX) in the Agriculture sector, enabled by the key technology groups that are the focus of Transforma Insights’ research. It focuses on the use of DX from harvest to storage. Digital technologies hold tremendous potential to transform the Agriculture sector by improving the efficiency of farming methods, resulting in better utilisation of resources and energy. The core driver behind rising adoption of digital technologies in this sector is the need for sustainable and consistent production, helping the industry overcome the challenge of high food demand with limited resources (especially water and land), climate change and increasing cost of labour and raw materials.

Related Reports

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Regulations governing global IoT connectivity: permanent roaming and related considerations

REPORT | MAR 31, 2026 | Suruchi Dhingra
Deploying cross-border cellular IoT solutions will often introduce regulatory challenges. Companies must navigate a complex landscape of local telecommunications, spectrum, and data regulations to ensure their devices operate legally and securely in foreign countries. This report examines the regulatory environment surrounding cellular IoT, highlighting some of the key regulatory themes that could create friction in multi-national deployments. It examines the regulations that companies must consider when deploying or importing cellular IoT solutions into different countries. Understanding and adhering to these rules is essential for avoiding penalties, ensuring uninterrupted service, and enabling the seamless operation of cellular IoT devices worldwide. In this report, we examine four key areas of regulation: Permanent roaming: The need for seamless international connectivity is often enabled through roaming, which allows IoT/M2M SIMs to operate continuously across borders without switching to SIM credentials associated with a local operator. This ensures devices remain functional while complying with international deployment requirements. Roaming becomes ‘permanent’ when a device continuously operates on a foreign network for an extended duration, typically beyond 90-120 days. Permanent roaming regulations are particularly relevant for devices intended for cross-border supply, which may stay in the importing country for extended periods or even for the device’s lifetime. Cellular device registration and associated taxes: These are regulations and other obligations related to registration of IoT hardware, mostly cellular IoT devices. For example, foreign cellular devices may need to have their IMEI registered with local authorities or network operators to access local networks beyond a certain grace period and potentially pay a fee. eSIM provisioning: There is an increasing amount of regulation concerning who can provision eSIMs, and how eSIM data can be stored, transferred and shared. These rules are emerging for three main reasons: personal data privacy, and national data sovereignty and security. Roaming fees: These are regulations related to fees for international (or national) roaming, including maximum and minimum fees. Wholesale roaming fees are charges that a home operator pays the visited operator so that home network devices can connect to visited networks. Retail roaming fees are charges that a home operator charges to their customers using networks in foreign country, or other visited network. Know Your Customer (KYC) is also an important aspect of regulation to consider when deploying cross-border IoT solutions. This topic has been covered in detail in a separate report ‘The current status of Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations for IoT SIMs’. As part of our examination of permanent roaming rules and guidelines, we approached regulators from over 80 countries to seek clarification on laws in their country and check for rules related to permanent roaming, roaming fees, operator resistance to permanent roaming, licensing for IoT and roaming fair use. The findings of this report are based on the responses received from these regulators combined with information available on regulator websites and government publications (or similar) identified through secondary research.

Potential for energy harvesting powering IoT devices

REPORT | NOV 25, 2025 | Suruchi Dhingra
Connected IoT devices are pervading all aspects of our daily lives and revolutionising diverse contexts such as energy, transportation, healthcare, buildings, and automotive, amongst many others. There is, however, a significant problem with the way these devices are powered, since a large proportion of them use disposable batteries. Almost all batteries use harmful materials that can be toxic and cause environmental hazards. In response to this problem, the European Union is tightening its regulations on the use of batteries in devices. Organisations and individuals are also seeking alternatives, owing to the environmental concerns related to using batteries. Energy Harvesting is a possible solution to this problem, where ambient energy sources are converted into electrical energy to power devices.

Webinar - IoT Communications Service Provider (CSP) strategies and landscape

REPORT | NOV 25, 2025 | Matt Hatton
The world’s leading Internet of Things analyst firm presents the results of its annual CSP IoT Peer Benchmarking research analysing the capabilities and strategies of the leading MNOs and MVNOs in IoT.

Worker Safety: 17.5 million connected devices, generating USD2.8 billion revenue by 2034

REPORT | OCT 06, 2025 | Paras Sharma ; Matt Arnott
This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the market for Worker Safety solutions involving the use of the Internet of Things. This segment comprises Emergency Services Personal Monitoring and Lone Worker Safety. To provide a safe and worker-friendly environment, companies are ramping up their efforts to reduce workplace accidents and enhance transparency and accountability of workers. Worker Safety solutions can help reduce human and capital loss due to on-site worker injuries. To address this market, manufacturers have developed connected wearable devices in multiple shapes and models which can be worn as armbands, insoles (for tracking a worker’s movement and posture), or as vests. Some devices are equipped with cameras and provide indoor and outdoor location tracking via GPS or beacons. Many devices offer SOS functionality in case of emergencies. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used (including splits by 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWA, short range, satellite and others), as well as the revenue split between module, value-added connectivity and services. A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector break-downs and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.

AI-enabled IoT video analytics: market landscape

REPORT | SEP 17, 2025 | Matt Hatton ; Paras Sharma
In the recent report ‘AI-enabled IoT video analytics: functions and architecture’ (September, 2025) Transforma Insights examined the key trends that are driving the increased adoption of IoT use cases based on AI-enabled video cameras, the emerging market dynamics, and the elements of propositions. This report provides a guide to the businesses operating across the value chain. The report profiles 142 video analytics providers, including camera and gateway manufacturers, Video Management System (VMS) vendors, video analytics solutions providers, and other key players in the ecosystem. It provides a brief overview on their product offerings, the key video analytics functions they offer, and their focus verticals.

Asset Monitoring: 239 million devices in 2034 to prevent theft and increase asset productivity

REPORT | SEP 17, 2025 | Matt Arnott ; Nikita Singh
This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the Asset Monitoring market. This segment comprises a diverse set of applications including Livestock Monitoring, Commercial Fitness Equipment, Emergency Medical Services Asset Monitoring, Gaming Machines, and Health & Safety Notification. Remote monitoring of devices enables frequent checks of devices, minimising downtime and costs by detecting potential failures early and allowing maintenance to be scheduled before any issue arises. Also, without the need for physical inspection, a large number of assets can be easily managed across multiple locations. While Short Range connectivity technologies will dominate, many of these applications use LPWA-based solutions due to their extensive coverage, low cost, and low power usage. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used (including splits by 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWA, short range, satellite, and others), as well as the revenue split between module, value-added connectivity, and services. A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector break-downs and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.

Webinar – Transforma Insights’ annual global IoT market forecast update

REPORT | JUN 17, 2025 | Matt Arnott ; Jim Morrish
Transforma Insights analysts provide their annual snapshot of the current state and future prognosis for the IoT market, giving you the most grounded perspective on what to expect over the next decade. Transforma Insights has long had a reputation for the most granular and rigorously researched forecasts of IoT and in the webinar we share the highlights.

Environment Monitoring: 89.5 million connected devices by 2034, generating USD698 million revenue

REPORT | MAR 28, 2025 | Paras Sharma ; Matt Arnott ; Nikita Singh
This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the Environment Monitoring market. This segment comprises industrial air, water, noise, nuclear radiation, odour detection, river water pollution, and dust monitors placed across industrial sites to monitor pollutants discharged from industrial processes. The segment also includes earthquake, flood, hurricane, and tsunami monitors placed across vulnerable areas to send real-time data to monitoring centres. Industrial pollution affects millions of lives around the world. Globally, governments are ramping up efforts to lower pollution levels by using alternative sources of energy and monitoring pollution levels using smart environment monitors. By using environment monitors, industries and governments get a better view of the situation and can take appropriate actions to mitigate the risks of air, water, and noise pollution. Monitoring floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes can help in reducing potential damage these natural disasters can cause. Sensor data can alert monitoring centres and communities of potential risks and provide adequate safety measures. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used (including splits by 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWA, short range, satellite and others), as well as the revenue split between module, value-added connectivity and services. A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector break-downs and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.

Position Paper – Emerging security regulations for the Internet of Things

REPORT | NOV 30, 2024 | Jim Morrish
This report, sponsored by Somos, examines a range of new and emerging regulations that will impact the Internet of Things (IoT), particularly with regard to the need to update software onboard IoT devices to maintain security and ongoing regulatory compliance.

Crop & Aquaculture Management: 222 million devices enabling efficient utilisation of resources

REPORT | NOV 04, 2024 | Rohan Bansal ; Paras Sharma ; Matt Arnott
Countries around the world are working on transforming the agriculture industry by leveraging IoT to streamline and optimise their farming activities. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market.

Unmanned Non-Road Vehicles: 683,000 vehicles expected in 2033 due to a multitude of benefits including safety and operational efficiency

REPORT | SEP 09, 2024 | Paras Sharma ; Matt Arnott
This report summarises the status and forecasts from the Unmanned Non-Road Vehicles Application Group found in the Transforma Insights Connected Things IoT forecast. The report provides a description of what is covered in the Application Group, as well as top-level figures from the forecast that provide detail on how many connected devices will be installed, the types of communication technology used and the total revenue opportunity. Full details are accessible through the TAM Forecast tool.

Remote Process Control: 121 million devices by 2033 driven by automation across the manufacturing sector

REPORT | AUG 07, 2024 | Nikita Singh ; Matt Arnott
This report provides Transforma Insights’ view on the Remote Process Control market. It comprises two applications: Industrial Remote Process Control and Crop Irrigation Systems. The Industrial Remote Process Control Application includes factory automation, airport automation systems, baggage handling, and automated port systems. Remote Process Control is suitable for multiple enterprise sectors including manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. Some of the primary drivers for its adoption are increased operational efficiency, worker safety, the creation of new business models, and cost savings for operators. Most of these solutions support the use of large and expensive equipment and can help to reduce maintenance bills and machine downtime. Several government initiatives such as Germany’s Industry 4.0, Made in China 2025, and Japan’s Society 5.0 have also been driving adoption and support, particularly in the manufacturing industry. The report provides a detailed definition of the sector, analysis of market development and profiles of the key vendors in the space. It also provides a summary of the current status of adoption and Transforma Insights’ ten-year forecasts for the market. The forecasts include analysis of the number of IoT connections by geography, the technologies used (including splits by 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWA, short range, satellite and others), as well as the revenue split between module, value-added connectivity and services. A full set of forecast data, including country-level forecasts, sector break-downs and public/private network splits, is available through the IoT Forecast tool.

Unmanned Aquatic & Aerial Vehicles (Drones): A regulated industry with 81 million connected devices in 2033

REPORT | JUN 26, 2024 | Nikita Singh ; Matt Arnott
This Report summarises the status and forecasts from the Unmanned Aquatic and Aerial Vehicles (Drones) Application Group found in the Transforma Insights Connected Things (IoT) forecast. The report provides a description of what is covered in the Application Group, as well as top-level figures from the forecast that provide detail on how many connected devices will be installed, the types of communication technology used and the total revenue opportunity. Full details are accessible through the TAM Forecast tool.

Supply chain transparency is the new regulatory normal

REPORT | MAY 01, 2024 | Suruchi Dhingra
Several new regulations are being introduced around the world to promote circular, sustainable, and responsible economies. The goals of these regulations are clear: businesses should deploy an efficient mechanism to review how they design, source, manufacture, dispose, reuse, and recycle products. Mechanisms often report carbon emitted at each stage to promote clean energy use, and also limit the use of harmful substances, increase the degree of reuse and recycling by material composition tracking, limit materials from certain countries, and ensure human rights obligations and thus, responsible sourcing. To track these metrics, most of these regulations stress the importance of visibility and traceability of products throughout the value chain. The accurate collection and reporting of data mandated by the regulations discussed in this report is impossible without employing digitally transformative technologies that enhance the tracking and traceability of the discussed elements. Intelligent track and trace that combines technologies such as distributed ledger, IoT, AI, and analytics will be essential to automate tracking, making it fast and efficient to trace products throughout their journey. The whole process is made efficient through the adoption of a range of techniques: Product identifiers: the key identifier information that a stakeholder needs to accurately identify a product and to access related information. Data sharing: a common standardised way to share information among all relevant stakeholders. Supply chain traceability: essential to prove provenance and qualifications by tracking the origin of materials and physical flow of goods through the value chain. IoT: all of the above drive the adoption of IoT as it enables accurate and efficient data collection. Digital supply chain twin: to virtually track journeys with change of state. Artificial intelligence: intersects with other technologies for additional insights. In this report, we discuss the major regulations (including the EU’s Batteries Regulation, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and End of Life Vehicles Directive and others and the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act, and various EV battery-related and other regulations from around the world) that are shaping the circular, ethical, and green economy. We also discuss the role technology plays in facilitating the requirements of supply chain transparency related regulations.

In-Factory Profile Provisioning (IFPP): new eSIM approach drives profitability and improves product performance in connected electronics manufacturing

REPORT | FEB 22, 2024 | Matt Hatton
The Transforma Insights Position Paper, sponsored by Kigen, looks at a key change happening in SIM provisioning, specifically the growing interest in In-Factory Profile Provisioning. The report starts by exploring the motivations for making use of IFPP to streamline supply chains for volume electronics manufacturers that are increasingly making use of cellular connectivity in their products. We then consider the wider concept of eSIM and remote SIM provisioning, of which IFPP is one variety, as well as considering the new GSMA standard for IFPP SGP.41/42. The report goes on to consider the benefits of using IFPP, including reducing logistics and manufacturing complexity and power saving, as well as delving into four key IoT/connectivity verticals - smart metering, automotive, fixed-wireless access, and consumer electronics, to look at the ways in which IFPP will be valuable.

Video analytics as a substitute for IoT devices

REPORT | FEB 20, 2024 | Paras Sharma
The use of video monitoring solutions has unlocked significant improvements, from round-the-clock surveillance for security purposes to object detection, gesture detection, facial recognition, and motion tracking across industries to gain real-time business insights and prescriptive analysis. Using video analytics, businesses can unlock greater value by analysing spatial and temporal information, provide instant alerts in the event of anomaly detection, and take actions when rules are flouted. Business opportunities, deployment challenges, and stakeholder complexities vary across each application. The demand for video analysis is primarily driven by the benefits that it can bring like better operational efficiency, enhanced public safety, and decreased manual work. There is a wide range of applications that can make use of some or all of these business benefits to gain a competitive advantage and provide a quality service or product to the end-user. There are 23 applications, around 7% of the total applications found in our IoT forecast database, for which video analysis can potentially substitute for IoT devices. Livestock Monitoring, Traffic Monitoring, Parking Space Monitoring, Fire and Security Alarms, Patient Tracking, and Trigger devices are some of the key IoT applications which can be substituted with video analysis. As per our analysis, Security Alarms, Stock Level Monitoring, In-Vehicle Road Pricing Devices, and Fire Alarms are the top applications in terms of connected devices that can potentially be replaced by video analysis. The number of IoT devices for the above-mentioned applications is expected to grow from around 0.9 billion in 2022 to around 2.4 billion by 2032. Even though the share of IoT devices that can be replaced by video analytics is expected to be less than 10% during the forecast period, we cannot neglect the potential of video analysis due to its business benefits and varied use cases across applications. Additionally, in cases where video analytics can substitute for LPWA connections, this substitution may represent an upsell opportunity for mobile network operators and an opportunity to deploy a higher bandwidth connection.

Ambient IoT: An emerging technology and an alternative to RFID with potential to enable tens of billions of connections

REPORT | FEB 19, 2024 | Nikita Singh ; Jim Morrish
Over the last 5 years, several communications standards bodies, starting with 3GPP and extending to IEEE and the Bluetooth SIG, have started to develop standards for ‘Ambient IoT’. The aim of the technology is to create ultra-low power, and in many cases battery-free, devices, using energy harvesting and forms of communication that piggyback on other RF sources through a technique known as backscattering. Backscattering is a communication technology that reflects ambient radiowaves to communicate with a receiver, thereby reducing the power required to communicate. Using this technology, Ambient IoT is likely to serve as an alternative for RFID and is significantly useful across multiple industry verticals such as agriculture, consumer, manufacturing, retail, utilities, transportation, and others. The resulting IoT devices are free from the monetary burden of batteries and also aid in environmental sustainability with reduce requirements for battery disposal. Ambient IoT technologies is still in a nascent stage. In this report we provide an overview of the concept, the enabling technologies, the standardisation activities that are currently under way and some of the key use cases where it will likely be useful. It also reviews some existing deployments and trials from Wiliot, HaiLa and Huawei.

Video analysis has significant potential with business benefits spanning across multiple industries

REPORT | FEB 19, 2024 | Paras Sharma
Video surveillance solutions have been in the market for a while, although they have been primarily used for safety and security. However, advances in digital technology, coupled with the rise of AI and edge analytics are expanding the application of video-based solutions across various industries, contexts and use cases. This evolution positions video analysis as a transformative technology in many scenarios. The demand for video analysis is growing as it proves beneficial in remote maintenance, operational optimisation, and improving public safety surveillance. The integration of AI-equipped cameras for object detection and behaviour analysis extends their utility across multiple industries. In this Key Topic Insight report, we explore why video analysis is needed and demonstrates how edge AI can benefit businesses by overcoming some of the challenges associated with cloud-based video analysis. The report also lists a range of use cases for video analysis across various industries, talks about some relevant case studies where video analysis has been deployed, and lists some of the major vendors and their roles in the ecosystem.

Metaverse: What does it mean for enterprise?

REPORT | APR 07, 2022 | Nikita Singh ; Matt Hatton ; Jim Morrish ; Matt Arnott
The last two years have seen significant activities in the virtual space known as the ‘metaverse’. In this report we examine the development stages of the metaverse as an element of Web 3.0 and increasing investments in the space. The report defines enterprise use-cases for metaverse and its corresponding benefits across multiple dimensions (internal vs external, people vs process, multiple interactions, real-time vs hypothetical vs historic process). It further explores in detail examples on how metaverse might be applied across various industry verticals and recommends ways in which enterprises can benefit from the emerging concept.

Mobile Private Networks can be a long-term commitment needing pro-active management

REPORT | MAR 17, 2022 | Jim Morrish
This report focuses on complex mobile private network (MPN) deployments, involving high performance networks that are intended to support critical applications that depend on access to high performance connectivity, and how they need to be carefully managed.

Digital Transformation Implementation Best Practice Report

REPORT | APR 15, 2020 | Jim Morrish ; Matt Hatton
This report is based on analysis by Transforma Insights of hundreds of Digital Transformation implementations around the world. Our team of expert analysts assessed each implementation and calibrated it against our 216 solution characteristics. The aim is to better understand the prevailing trends in technology deployment and to extrapolate best practice.
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