With the increasing trend of BYOD and adoption of portable devices, there has been an increase in the demand for cloud computing and mobility. Owing to the increase in the usage of social networking sites, the need for protecting the personal and private data of individuals such as photos, geolocations, online purchase history, etc., has arisen so as to not let it fall into malicious hands. Therefore, to ensure the consistent data delivery and better communication, the adoption of operating systems for IoT is on a rise among SMEs, thereby driving the overall growth of the IoT operating systems market.

Market overview

The global IoT operating systems market that is expected to be worth USD 289.2 Million in 2017 is projected to reach a value of USD 1,721.3 Million by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 42.9% during the forecast period from 2017 to 2022.

Based on component type, professional services segment currently holds the largest market share, owing to the rising need for consulting, deployment, and integration, and maintenance and support services. However, the client side segment is said to be the fastest-growing component type, owing to its ability to discover services provided by the server, which helps the users to pick a particular service from the sensor.

Among applications, smart building and home automation application is set to hold the highest market share over the forecast period. With the advent of advanced operating systems for IoT devices, the automation technology is fast gaining popularity, leading to the growth of this market. They help in increasing efficiency, reducing costs and risks, and enhancing the visibility of operations.

How is the market progressing, globally?

Among regions, the market in North America is expected to hold the largest market share, comprising about 64% share in the overall IoT operating system market in 2017. This growth can be contributed to the increased adoption of this operating system and portable devices by various small and large organizations, thereby leading to the need for more powerful and easy-to-use operating system. Moreover, manufacturing and automation companies in this region are making use of IoT operating systems in order to enhance their efficiency. In addition, smart digitalization across various industries, rising adoption of smart connected devices, and advancements in technology are further driving the IoT operating systems market in North America towards good growth. Increased investments by vendors in the APAC region in large scale infrastructure projects is the major factor for the growth of this market in the APAC region. The market in the Middle East and Africa has become increasingly competitive, thus enabling organizations to adopt innovative digital solutions in order to transform business operations, improve customer experience, and enhance employee engagement.

What is driving and restraining the market growth?

The growth of the global market for IoT operating systems is being majorly influenced by the following factors:

• Increased traction and adoption of technologies like cloud computing and mobility
• Growing trend of online data sharing and BYOD
• Rising need for data consistency
• Increased adoption by SMEs

Apart from these, deployment of IoT data maturity model, increasing traction for vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation are expected to open up huge opportunities for the growth of this market in the coming years.

On the flip side, lack of consistency among standards for interconnectivity and interoperability and security threats are the major factors that may hinder the market growth. Moreover, software licensing and violation of internet protocol (IP) of operating systems is another factor that may restrain the growth of this market. Furthermore, scalability of IoT system and application, securing private data of individuals from any kind of risk, and alignment of the IoT data management strategy with organizational strategic initiatives are some of the challenges being faced by the leading players of this market.

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Key players and strategies adopted by them for sustenance

Google Inc. (US), Apple Inc. (US), ESOL Co. Ltd (Japan), BlackBerry Limited (Canada), ARM Ltd (UK), Wittenstein (Germany), ENEA AB (Sweden), Mentor Graphics Corporation (US), Green Hills Software (US), SYSGO AG (Germany), Microsoft Corporation (US), Wind River (US), Kaspersky Lab (Russia), and Canonical Ltd. (UK) are the manor players operating in the global market for IoT operating systems. These companies are actively adopting partnerships and collaborations as their key strategy in order to expand their global presence in the market, accounting for the largest share of the total strategies adopted by the market players. Apart from this, developments, new product launches, and mergers & acquisitions of major players in the IoT operating system market are also likely to give a boost to the growth of this market.