Internet of Things, connected devices, edge computing, and industrial IoT
Honeywell and Tata Consultancy Services announced a strategic partnership to build unified OT/IT platforms for industrial enterprises. The joint solution combines Honeywell Forge's operational technology stack with TCS's enterprise IT integration capabilities to create single-pane autonomous operations across manufacturing, energy, and logistics.
At Cisco Live EMEA 2026, Cisco announced AgenticOps extensions for air-gapped and limited-connectivity industrial environments. AI agents can now operate on factory floors and critical infrastructure networks that cannot connect to the public cloud, using on-premises inference and local decision loops.
IoT Analytics projects the enterprise IoT platform market will hit $324 billion by 2029, growing at 30% CAGR. The shift: enterprises are moving from monitoring dashboards to autonomous operations where AI agents act on sensor data in real time without human intervention. The dashboard era is ending.