ABSTRACT
Introduction Chapter 3 considered the key forces driving the development of the IoT, and this chapter explores some of the key companies and organisations behind these changes. The IoT landscape is in its early stage of development and, like most emerging sectors, is characterised by a wide range of companies, consortia and public bodies all vying to shape the way it develops. Some of these are individual companies seeking to gain a foothold either through a proprietary technology or by dominating a market segment. Some companies have banded together to form consortia so that technology standards can be established which will drive forward development and user adoption. In the public sector, there are a range of initiatives at the local and national levels which seek to exploit the potential of the IoT to deliver improved public services and/or stimulate economic activity around technology clusters. This chapter looks in detail at some of the key players across these different activities, examines where they sit on the IoT value chain and how they overlap and interact with each other.
