Itron announced it has been named a Visionary in Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide¹. According to Gartner, “the managed Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity service market enables connectivity, data collection, and analysis and additional decision services that are necessary for connected solutions.”

Connectivity and intelligence enable the digital transformation of critical energy, water and city services. Itron's globally proven, multi-purpose platform securely connects millions of IIoT devices around the world. Connecting any combination of water, electricity and gas, Itron’s IIoT platform helps cities, utilities and critical infrastructure operators deliver more efficient, reliable and resilient services. By collaborating with its ecosystem of partners, Itron delivers value-added applications and services that easily connect to its IIoT network. Itron’s platform delivers reliable, resilient performance for all the use cases a utility or city wants to enable via connectivity and inclusion of other IoT edge sensors, devices, analytics and a variety of communications options including RF mesh, cellular and more. Itron’s IIoT platform harnesses vast amounts of data and unlocks actionable insights to drive critical decisions. It enables customers to reduce their operating costs, empower consumers to manage their energy and water usage and costs, while maintaining distribution system resilience as an increasing number of distributed energy resources need to be supported. Itron enables automation of enterprise business processes and a closed loop, next-generation user experience between utilities, cities and energy consumers, helping utilities and cities achieve business results and greater value.

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To download the Gartner report, visit itron.com/iotmq.