Mark Thirman

High Tech Veteran, IBM Cloud, Edge/IoT expert parent, musician, podcaster, eForum (MIT Enterprise Forum) Board member & Connected Things chair

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I’ve seen this movie before. https://t.co/FP5L7R2b2d

[Mark Thirman @mthirman]

I’ve seen this movie before. https://t.co/FP5L7R2b2d

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I’m headed to #CES2026 this year.

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IoT moving back to growth: "Global cellular IoT module shipments grew 23% year-over-year (YoY) in Q1 2025, the fifth consecutive quarter of growth as the market rebounds from a widespread inventory correction." according to new research from IoT Analytics

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The edge is big per Beecham: "$261B market by 2025 – expected to grow to $380B by 2028"

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New Year resolution #1. Never use the word “agentic.”

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I predict that the most overused word for next year will be “agentic.” It will hopefully displace “cyber.”

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New IoT predictions: https://t.co/0j61DztgRv

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Just call it “IoT.” https://t.co/zHVhxDE0Pt

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60 years ago: https://t.co/YaM4VnyNqf

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Worldwide spending on edge computing is expected to be $232 billion in 2024, an increase of 15.4% over 2023, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC). #edge

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#connectedCar is still a big thing: the number of connected vehicles in service is forecast to reach 367 million globally in 2027, up from 192 million in 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research

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“The installed base of IoT devices using embedded SIM (SIM) technology will top 3.6 billion by 2030, up from just over one billion in 2023” https://t.co/YH2NADKNb2

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Pleased to announce this: https://t.co/VJchDe05Hv

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"The global IoT platform market is anticipated to surpass $23.7bn by 2030 reflecting a CAGR of 14.1%" #IoT is still a big thing. https://t.co/pglXdpXu2L

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I expect to be at CES and MWC.

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It’s just called IoT. Used to be called M2M. Not sure about these other contrivances. https://t.co/BGZEBOM4TP

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Again, stop using “internet of ___.” Not really useful or accurate: https://t.co/rBe5rnPFi5

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I suggest we stop using “Internet of …”. https://t.co/lY4LTGGQ16