C3 IoT Named a Leader in Industrial IoT Software Platforms

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 9, 2018 — C3 IoT today announced that Forrester Research named the company a leader in The Forrester Wave: Industrial IoT Software Platforms. C3 IoT received the highest score in the current offering category. C3 IoT received the highest scores possible in 11 criteria, including Analytics and Data, Professional Services, and Security.

The Forrester Wave report recognizes what we consider to be C3 IoT’s leading capabilities as the fast-emerging leader in PaaS enterprise software for industrial AI and IoT applications. The report evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the 15 vendors’ platforms, with inclusion criteria of native support for key industrial protocols, a strong international presence, and strong Forrester client interest. Several other vendors profiled are C3 IoT partners and complement the C3 IoT offering.

In the areas where C3 IoT received the highest score, capabilities include:

• CURRENT OFFERING: The C3 IoT Platform, C3 Applications, and C3 Data Lake form a comprehensive set of capabilities for AI and IoT digital transformation, surpassing all other products evaluated in the Forrester IIoT Wave. Across all deployments, the C3 IoT Platform consumes and analyzes data in production from more than 300 million IoT devices.
• ANALYTICS AND DATA: The C3 IoT Platform’s advanced data analytics provide unmatched support for ingestion and processing of high-frequency time series data for predictive applications. The C3 IoT Platform allows data scientists to use all their favorite AI and machine learning tools to rapidly develop machine learning features and train predictive models, and seamlessly deploy these models into production applications.
• PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: C3 IoT offers customers a strong set of services for use case, application, and data science development, along with deployment, training, and operations support.  Live and online training, customer support, a growing community of C3 IoT Platform developers, community support on community.c3iot.ai, and the C3 IoT Center of Excellence are all part of the C3 IoT tools and programs to ensure customer success.
• SECURITY: C3 IoT’s comprehensive security measures have been subjected to rigorous external audits. C3 IoT’s cybersecurity programs are managed using NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) best practices and established IT standards. C3 IoT holds several cybersecurity certifications such as SOC2 Type II and complies with HIPAA and GDPR requirements.
• MANAGEMENT CONSOLE: The C3 IoT Platform’s robust management capabilities include visual development tools, easy to use management and user interfaces, all for easy deployment and maintenance.

The Forrester report states that C3 IoT is focused on “its analytics capabilities, using data from connected devices to drive tangible business outcomes.” The report also noted that C3 IoT maintains strong relationships with public cloud platforms, device makers and others, noting that “…each deployment tends to be very large, with customers extremely positive about the nature and depth of the relationship.”

The Forrester Wave: Industrial IoT Software Platforms report evaluated 15 companies on twenty four different criteria to help infrastructure and operations professionals identify the right provider for their business.

About C3 IoT

C3 IoT is a leading AI and IoT software platform for digital transformation. C3 IoT delivers a comprehensive platform as a service (PaaS) for the rapid design, development, and deployment of the largest-scale big data, predictive analytics, AI, and IoT applications for any business value chain. C3 IoT also provides a family of configurable and extensible SaaS products developed with and operating on its PaaS, including predictive maintenance, fraud detection, sensor network health, supply chain optimization, energy management, and customer engagement. In addition, C3 IoT offers the C3 IoT AI Appliance for hybrid cloud, on-premise, and edge-based AI and IoT applications. More information is at www.c3iot.ai.

Source: C3 IoT