Use-case workshop and assessment
We assess your assets, connectivity constraints, and existing systems (ERP/CRM/CMMS/BI) and agree on the business outcome and KPIs the IoT program must move.
IoT Consulting Services
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Why the Internet of Things Matters
The global Internet of Things market was valued at approximately USD 595.73 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to USD 4,062.34 billion by 2032
IoT is rapidly transforming industries. Imagine factory machines that automatically signal for maintenance before they break down, or healthcare systems that monitor patients remotely, allowing for earlier intervention and improved outcomes. These are just a few examples of how IoT solutions are tackling real-world challenges across diverse sectors.
From optimizing energy use in buildings to enhancing agricultural yields through precision farming, IoT is driving innovation that reduces costs, improves safety, and fosters a better quality of life.
Our IoT Consulting Services
Architecture Design
Design scalable and secure IoT architectures to support your specific use cases and operational needs
Strategy & Roadmap
Develop tailored IoT strategies aligned with your business objectives, including roadmap development and technology assessment.
Data Analytics
Leverage advanced data analytics to derive actionable insights from IoT data, enabling informed decision-making and strategic planning.
AI & Machine Learning
Integrate AI and machine learning capabilities into your IoT solutions for intelligent data processing, predictive analytics, and anomaly detection.
Rapid Prototyping
Employ rapid prototyping techniques to quickly develop and test IoT solutions, ensuring timely and cost-effective deployment.
Ongoing Support
Provide ongoing support and maintenance to ensure the continuous operation and scalability of your IoT infrastructure.
How we work
How Our IoT Consulting Engagement Works
Every IoT consulting engagement starts small and measurable, then scales once the pilot proves value.
Architecture and roadmap
We design a scalable, secure architecture (devices and sensors, edge and cloud, data pipelines, analytics) and a roadmap aligned with your business objectives.
Thin-slice pilot
A focused pilot with a small set of devices, one workflow, and clear KPIs, typically delivered in 6–10 weeks when hardware is available and data access is clear.
Integrate and scale
We connect IoT data to the workflows your teams already run (maintenance, inventory, customer service, BI dashboards) and roll out in phases across sites and assets.
Operate and improve
Post-launch monitoring, incident response playbooks, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement, structured as a managed service or a joint runbook with your team.
Our Technology
Partners
With all the technology in the market, the decision of choosing the right one can be quite daunting.
At Sphere, we have carefully assessed the value of various technologies for you. Our experts will enable you to make the right choice - one that drives maximum ROI for your business.
Our IoT Solutions
Industrial
Predictive Maintenance:
Utilize advanced analytics to foresee equipment failures and schedule timely maintenance, reducing downtime and operational costs.
Real-Time Monitoring:
Implement real-time data collection and monitoring systems to enhance operational visibility and decision-making.
Digital Twins:
Create virtual replicas of physical assets to optimize performance and predict potential issues before they occur.
Smart Building and Homes
Home Automation:
Develop intuitive applications and systems for automating home environments, including HVAC control, security, and water management.
Building Automation:
Integrate IoT technologies to manage and optimize building operations, improving energy efficiency and occupant comfort.
Automotive
Connected Vehicles:
Enhance vehicle connectivity for improved safety, navigation, and infotainment systems.
Fleet Management:
Optimize fleet operations with real-time tracking, predictive maintenance, and data analytics.
Healthcare
Remote Patient Monitoring:
Implement systems to monitor patient health remotely, ensuring timely medical interventions and continuous care.
Connected Medical Devices:
Integrate IoT technologies into medical devices for enhanced data collection and interoperability with health records.
Retail
Smart Inventory Management:
Use IoT sensors to monitor inventory levels and streamline supply chain operations.
Customer Experience Enhancement:
Deploy IoT solutions to personalize customer experiences and optimize store operations.
Energy and Utilities
Smart Grid Monitoring:
Deploy smart meters and grid sensors to balance load in real time, cutting waste and improving reliability for utilities.
Renewable Asset Management:
Connect wind, solar, and storage assets to a single data layer that forecasts output and flags underperforming equipment early.
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Lee Ebreo
VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja
These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.
Selah Ben-Haim
VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors
Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).
Ben Crawford
Senior Product Manager at Enova Financial
I would expect to be delighted. It's been a really positive experience, working with Sphere, and I would expect you to have the same.
Mark Friedgan
CEO at CreditNinja
Sphere consistently prioritizes the needs of their clients, demonstrating both agility and teamwork. As an offshore team, they have been an integral part of our organization and we plan to continue growing with them.
René Pfitzner
Co-Founder at Experify
Sphere provided excellent full-stack development manpower to augment our team and help push our product forward. They are easy to work with, tech-savvy and proactive.
Bruce Burdick
Chief Information Officer at Integra Credit
We've been working with Sphere and its excellent consultants since our founding. I've found that they are true partners in the success of our business.
Jemal Swoboda
CEO at Dabble
The resources and developers that Sphere Software provides are skilled and have the required technical expertise, but more importantly, they have helped us build a culture of excellence within our team.
Arthur Tretyak
Founder and CEO at IntegraCredit
With Sphere, we were able to migrate in half the time it would take to train an additional FTE… and for a fraction of the cost. Our experience with Sphere has been exceptional.
Lee Ebreo
VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja
These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.
Selah Ben-Haim
VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors
Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).
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Frequently Asked Questions
IoT consulting covers strategy, architecture, and delivery for connected products and operations – devices/sensors, connectivity, edge + cloud, data pipelines, analytics, and the apps your teams actually use. The goal is measurable outcomes like reduced downtime, lower energy spend, safer operations, or better customer experience.
An IoT consultant de-risks the project: selects the right architecture and tech stack, defines the data model and security controls, and turns a business use case into a production-ready solution. You get a blueprint plus a delivery team that can build, integrate, and scale it.
Start with a use-case workshop and a quick technical assessment of your assets, connectivity constraints, and existing systems (ERP/CRM/CMMS/BI). From there, define a “thin-slice” pilot: a small set of devices, one workflow, clear KPIs, and an upgrade path to scale.
Most B2B stacks follow this flow: devices/sensors → gateway/edge compute → secure ingestion (MQTT/HTTPS) → storage + streaming → analytics/ML → business apps + alerts. The design depends on latency, reliability, and data volume (factory floor looks different from retail or healthcare).
A focused pilot usually takes 6–10 weeks when hardware is available and data access is clear. If device procurement, certification, or complex integrations are involved, the timeline shifts to a phased rollout.
Cost is driven by device scope (how many, what type), connectivity, security requirements, and integrations (ERP/CRM/CMMS), plus whether you need analytics/ML. The fastest way to get a reliable estimate is to define a pilot scope with KPIs and a target production scale.
Sphere teams commonly deliver on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and connect IoT data to analytics stacks like Databricks and Snowflake. We also integrate with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, NetSuite, and automation tools like UiPath.
Yes – IoT becomes valuable when it lands inside workflows your teams already run. Typical integrations include maintenance and asset records, inventory/supply chain signals, customer service cases, and BI dashboards (including NetSuite/Salesforce and data platforms).
Real-time monitoring shows what's happening now (status, alarms, thresholds, alerts). Predictive maintenance goes further by modeling failure risk and remaining useful life so you can schedule interventions before downtime occurs.
A digital twin is a virtual representation of an asset or system that stays updated using operational data. It's worth it when optimization matters – energy usage, throughput, wear patterns, scenario simulation, or complex assets where “if/then” decisions save real money.
Edge processing is used when latency is critical, connectivity is unreliable, or data volumes are too high to stream raw. Cloud processing is ideal for scalable analytics, cross-site benchmarking, long-term storage, and centralized governance – many production systems use both.
On the application side: MQTT, HTTP/REST, AMQP; in industrial environments: OPC UA, Modbus; for connectivity: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, LTE/5G, NB-IoT/LTE-M, and LoRaWAN depending on range, power, and bandwidth needs. The choice should match your physical environment and operating model.
Security starts with device identity, encrypted communication, least-privilege access, and safe OTA update paths. On the platform side, we implement monitoring, audit trails, secrets management, and segmentation so a device incident can't become an enterprise breach.
In a standard B2B delivery model, you retain ownership of your device data and business logic. We help define governance (retention, access control, and lineage) so data can be trusted across teams and tools.
Yes – many clients need monitoring, incident response playbooks, reliability engineering, and continuous improvements (models drift, devices change, networks behave differently over seasons). Post-launch support can be structured as a managed service or a joint runbook with your teams.
Yes – design typically includes privacy-by-design, auditability, access controls, and integration patterns that respect regulated data flows. Compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA/GDPR) shape architecture decisions early, not as an afterthought.
Both describe the same engagement model. “IoT consulting services” refers to the strategy, architecture, and delivery work itself, while “IoT consulting company” refers to the firm doing that work. Sphere operates as both: a hands-on consulting team and the delivery partner that builds and supports what we design.
Look past the demo. Ask for a reference architecture from a project similar to yours, a named senior architect (not just a sales engineer), and at least one client outcome with a measurable result (downtime reduced, energy saved, incidents caught earlier). A strong IoT consulting company will also be upfront about where edge vs. cloud processing makes sense for your use case rather than defaulting to one pattern.
Most IoT engagements start as a fixed-scope pilot (defined devices, one workflow, clear KPIs) to prove value fast, then shift to a dedicated team or managed-service model once you scale beyond the first use case. Sphere structures both: a bounded pilot to de-risk the architecture, and an ongoing team for rollout, integrations, and operations.
Many IoT specialists are built around a single cloud (for example, an Azure-only practice) or focus on the pilot and hand off before production. Sphere delivers across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and the same team that designs your IoT architecture also builds the data pipelines, ERP/CRM integrations, and security controls a pilot needs to reach production — so you're not re-hiring a second vendor to take the project live.
The IoT market is on pace to grow from roughly $595.73 billion in 2023 to $4,062.34 billion by 2032. That growth is being captured by whoever gets a working pilot into production first and starts compounding the operational data advantage — waiting doesn't reduce the architecture, integration, or security work a rollout needs, it just gives competitors more runway to lock in that advantage first.
Yes – IoT delivers strong ROI in energy and utilities through smart grid monitoring, renewable asset management, and demand forecasting. These programs typically pay back through reduced outage costs, better load balancing, and higher yield from wind and solar assets.
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