Device Management Platforms (DMPs) have traditionally existed to support some kind of ‘extra’ functionality when managing IoT devices. Typically, DMP capabilities have been developed as a necessity, due to the fact that relevant functionalities have not been sufficiently widely adopted within the wider IoT ecosystem, although today there is also a range of dedicated DMP specialists in the market allowing certain players to essentially outsource their device management requirements.
However, change is afoot, and we are seeing the emergence of a more sophisticated kind of DMP that is better able to support Application Enablement Platforms (AEPs) that focus more on Edge Computing capabilities and how these interwork with the cloud.
