A leader in mobile computing technology didn't always know how its products were operating in the field until it hooked up with a provider of mobile device analytics solutions.

ABI Research expects IoT-connected wind and solar installations to grow at a CAGR of 21 percent between 2014 and 2020 with the total number of connections growing from the almost 2 million in 2014 to 6.3 million in 2020.