Cisco

Cisco made waves in the industry when it announced a restructuring effort in 2016 that aims to pivot the company toward IoT. Its recent investments in IoT have included its acquisition of IoT ser­vice platform provider Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion and a partnership with IBM to combine its edge analytics capabilities with Watson to better understand data at the network edge. In 2017, expect Cisco to continue its restructuring efforts to focus on IoT, particularly in the industrial segment.