Deloitte named a global leader in Internet of Things services by independent research firm

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has been named a global leader in Internet of Things (IoT) services in Forrester's recent report The Forrester Wave™: Global IoT Services For Connected Business Operations, Q4 2018. Deloitte received the highest scores in the Current Offering and Strategy categories.

According to Forrester, businesses are turning to IoT solutions and linking IoT to their broader digital transformation efforts with a focus on business operations and IoT-enabled connected products.

The report's vendor profile on Deloitte states, "Deloitte offers a breadth of IoT assessment, implementation, and operations services. Its global IoT practice includes engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity analysts, and consultants dedicated to helping clients address their IoT service requirements."

Forrester identified the 14 most significant providers of global IoT services for connected business operations and researched, analyzed, and scored them based on a 27-criterion evaluation. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps infrastructure and operations professionals make the right choice.

The report also notes, "leading services firms are moving aggressively to fulfill IoT's potential. In doing so, they're helping expand IoT's potential contribution to business value."

"Clients recognize the opportunity to use IoT to enable digital supply networks and fundamentally change how businesses operate. Deloitte is pleased to work alongside them to imagine, deliver, and run their future and help create insights-driven organizations," said Andy Daecher, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Deloitte Digital IoT practice leader. "Deloitte is honored to be named a leader by Forrester in global IoT services. We believe it's a testament to the breadth of services we can offer clients as they bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds."

Additional Findings in the Forrester report about Deloitte

• "Its insights-driven organization method focuses on IoT-enabled equipment maintenance, asset visibility, fleet optimization, and process automation issues."
• "Deloitte offers predesigned IoT solutions for predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and asset performance management as well as a dedicated IoT DevOps practice that supports solutions to monitor network connectivity between connected edge devices and machinery programmable logic controllers (PLCs)."
• "[Deloitte] sees great opportunity for growth in its Smart Factory solutions, which combine multiple use cases, including security, fleet management, asset management, predictive maintenance, inventory and warehouse management, supply chain, and track-and-trace capabilities."

As used in this press release, "Deloitte" refers only to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firms and their affiliates.

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