Future is very bright after Internet of Things Awards
SANDTON – The future of creation and innovation in South Africa was celebrated during the auspicious Internet of Things Awards function at the Sandton Convention Centre
The winners of the second annual Internet of Things (IoT) Awards were announced on 1 June at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Over 400 delegates, industry stakeholders and members of the media were present at the glittering gala event which celebrated the best of South Africa’s market-ready IoT solutions, applications and developers.
MTN business group executive, Oliver Fortuin said, “The IoT Awards last year set the benchmark for IoT creation and innovation in this country. This year it has been even better, with a proliferation of exciting solutions that have the potential to drastically transform the IoT space in the future.”
The overall winner and best commercial solution went to IoT.nxt, a technology company that has developed a world-leading framework that makes the efficiencies, cost savings and increased revenue from IoT a reality for businesses.
Fortuin said the major strength of this company is that their framework is that the solution is technology agnostic. “This overcomes the challenge of connecting any and all devices or systems. This enables one to deploy best of breed technologies with little or no disruption to one’s current operations, allowing businesses to action an Internet of Things strategy quickly and easy.”
The winner of the most disruptive category went to Hear Scope, while Proximity ID took home the wildcard category with their cardless instant identification and access control system.
The Most Innovative Hardware award went to Digital Matter, which supplies an innovative range of GPS tracking and telematics devices and a user-friendly web-based software platform.
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Indoor farming system MCX AgriTech came out tops in the best enterprise development category.
“We are looking for ground-breaking solutions that use IoT applications and technology to generate income, productivity and streamline efficiencies in the corporate world. We look forward to seeing interoperability, rapid deployment and ease-of-use for future innovations,” said Fortuin.
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