62% of Organizations Adopt Edge Computing for IoT as 42% Make It Top IoT Investment
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Updated · Informa PLC · Oct 6
62% of Organizations Adopt Edge Computing for IoT as 42% Make It Top IoT Investment
3 articles · Updated · Informa PLC · Oct 6
Summary
Omdia’s survey of 570 IoT decision-makers across 10 countries found 62% of organizations now use edge architectures, signaling edge computing has moved into the mainstream for IoT deployments.
78% of edge IoT deployments have advanced beyond the pilot stage, and 53% have reached moderate-to-extensive scale across business units or enterprise-wide.
87% of respondents with edge deployments said results met or exceeded expectations, with AI and machine-learning needs, lower latency, stronger security, and reduced data-transmission costs driving adoption.
31% of organizations cited security as the biggest obstacle to wider rollout, while 29% struggled with OT and business-process integration and 28% with legacy IT integration.
21% pointed to budget limits, suggesting technical integration and multi-site security—not funding—are the bigger barriers to scaling edge IoT further.